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Help Wanted Act

Bill: 117-hr-3148
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Help Wanted Act

 
This bill eliminates certain work search exceptions and flexibilities in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Specifically, the bill prohibits states participating in PUA from modifying unemployment work search requirements on an emergency basis to respond to COVID-19. The bill also eliminates a requirement that states be flexible regarding work search requirements for individuals who are unable to search for work because of COVID-19. Similarly, the bill makes individuals who decline to work on the basis of safety concerns related to COVID-19 and claimants who quit working as a direct result of COVID-19 ineligible for PUA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
HEAL for Immigrant Families Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3149
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2021 or the HEAL Immigrant Women and Families Act of 20

21

 
This bill extends Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to individuals lawfully present in the United States who otherwise meet eligibility requirements. Individuals granted federally authorized presence also are required to maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage and are eligible for health insurance exchanges, reduced cost sharing, premium subsidies, and premium tax credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3150
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a loan repayment program for mental health professionals who work in designated workforce-shortage areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Eric’s Law

Bill: 117-hr-3151
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Eric's Law

 
This bill modifies procedures with respect to capital sentencing hearings.
 
If a jury at a capital sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence and there is a motion by the attorney for the government, the court must order a new special sentencing hearing and impanel a new jury. If the new jury at the special sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence, then the court is prohibited from imposing a death sentence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2320)
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans.

Bill: 117-hr-3152
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 
This bill excludes certain purchases of employee-owned stock from being considered as outstanding voting stock for the purpose of the excise tax on excess business holdings of a private foundation in a business enterprise. 
 
The bill applies to any voting stock that is (1) not readily tradable on an established securities market; (2) purchased by the business enterprise on or after January 1, 2005, from an employee stock ownership plan in which employees of the business enterprise participate, in connection with a distribution from the plan; and (3) held by the business enterprise as treasury stock, cancelled, or retired.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

Bill: 117-hr-3153
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

 
This bill modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment (BRIDGE) for Workers Act

Bill: 117-hr-3154
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment (BRIDGE) for Workers Ac
t
 
This bill allows states to use funding for reemployment services and eligibility assessments to serve all workers receiving unemployment benefits&#8212;not just those most likely to exhaust their benefits. The bill also allows states to provide reemployment services to individuals receiving pandemic unemployment assistance and pandemic emergency unemployment compensation.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Child Care Investment Act

Bill: 117-hr-3155
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child care and development
Elementary and secondary education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Preschool education
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Small Business Child Care Investment Act

 
This bill deems certain nonprofit child care providers to be small business concerns so that they may participate in loan programs administered by the Small Business Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Wartime Contracting Commission Reauthorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3156
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Afghanistan
Asia
Defense spending
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Reconstruction and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Wartime Contracting Commission Reauthorization Act of 2021

 
This bill reestablishes the Commission on Wartime Contracting. The commission was established in 2008 to study U.S. wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
The bill replaces the commission's general duties to direct it to study (1) contracting funded by overseas contingency operations funds, and (2) contracting for the logistical support of coalition forces operating under the authority of the 2001 or 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force or for the performance of security functions in countries where coalition forces operate under that authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Fight Radicalization of Elementary Education (FREE) Act

Bill: 117-hr-3157
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Fight Radicalization of Elementary Education (FREE) Act

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from conditioning or incentivizing financial support upon the adoption of specific instructional content, academic standards and assessments, curricula, or programs of instruction related to the priorities in the Department of Education's proposed rule titled 
Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education
, published on April 19, 2021, or related to critical race theory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act

Bill: 117-hr-3158
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act

 This bill repeals certain provisions related to the treatment of Indians, including provisions on hostile tribes, alcohol, work requirements, penalties for truancy, and placement of youth in reform school without the consent of a parent or guardian.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3159
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2021 
 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to states, local governments, or gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs. The BJA may distribute smart prepaid cards for use by a state, local government, or gun dealer to compensate individuals who dispose of firearms.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for using or accepting a smart prepaid card in the acquisition or transfer of a firearm or ammunition. A violator is subject to a fine, up to two years in prison, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act

Bill: 117-hr-3160
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquaculture
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Outdoor recreation
Performance measurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act

 
This bill addresses the preservation and accessibility of waterfronts in coastal states.
 
The bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a Working Waterfront Task Force that will be designed to identify and address critical working waterfront needs with respect to cultural and economic importance, environmental threats, and market conditions for water-dependent businesses.
 
NOAA must also establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program. Under the program, NOAA may award grants to coastal states with approved working waterfront plans in place to preserve and expand access to coastal waters for people engaged in fishing, aquaculture, boat building, and other water-dependent businesses.
 
In addition, NOAA is authorized to award grants to coastal states for the purpose of developing or revising working waterfront plans.
 
States are allowed to allocate any grant money received to eligible Indian tribes, local governments, and other entities. Each state that is awarded a grant must contribute at least 25% of matching funds towards the total cost of the project carried out with the grant, subject to certain exceptions.
 
The bill establishes the Working Waterfronts Preservation Loan Fund to provide loans to coastal states for the purpose of implementing working waterfront plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3161
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2021
 
 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out a pilot program to make grants to local governments to enhance the mapping of urban flooding and associated property damage and the availability of such mapping data to homeowners, businesses, and localities to enable them to minimize flooding risk. The grants may only be made to local governments in urbanized areas with populations greater than 50,000 or to stormwater management authorities in those localities.
 
FEMA shall give priority to grant applicants in areas that (1) are highly vulnerable to a sea level rise, (2) include a military installation or other national security facility, or (3) have a population highly vulnerable to urban flooding and have an uneven capacity for flood mitigation and response efforts due to socioeconomic factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Relief Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-3162
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Disaster Relief Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to report on the allocation and applicant approval rates of specified assistance programs related to disaster recovery. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
CRT Act

Bill: 117-hr-3163
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Combating Racist Teaching in Schools Act or the CRT Act

 
This bill prohibits federal funds from being awarded to elementary or secondary schools or institutions of higher education that promote certain race-based theories or compel teachers or students to affirm belief in such theories in a manner that discriminates on the basis of race, color, or national origin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Hot Cars Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3164
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Hot Cars Act of 2021

 
This bill requires safety measures in passenger cars to reduce injuries or deaths from heatstroke and other harms to occupants of unattended vehicles.
 
Specifically, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) must issue a motor vehicle safety standard that requires certain new passenger motor vehicles to include a system that detects and warns of the presence of an unattended occupant in the passenger compartment. The NHTSA must issue the final rule prescribing the safety standard within two years after the enactment of this bill, with full compliance with the standard required not later than two years after the rule is issued.
 
After the standard is issued, the Department of Transportation must periodically contract with an independent third party to study retrofitting passenger motor vehicles with technologies and products that detect and warn when there is an unattended occupant in the passenger compartment. The study must identify relevant technologies and products to retrofit vehicles and provide recommendations about testing such technologies and products. Information about the performance of the technologies and products must be published on the NHTSA's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
NURSE Act

Bill: 117-hr-3166
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act or the NURSE Act

 
This bill establishes a demonstration grant program through which the Department of Education must award matching funds to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools served by a local educational agency in which at least 20% of students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House