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Ensuring American Voters Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-873
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
State and local government operations
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Ensuring American Voters Act of 

2021

 
This bill prohibits states from registering an individual to vote in federal elections unless the individual provides documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
AOC Act

Bill: 117-hr-874
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Abandoning Online Censorship Act or the AOC Act

 
This bill repeals Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, which protects a provider or user of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media company) from liability for screening or blocking objectionable content. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-875
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits giving assistance, such as various types of economic support or military training, to countries that opposed U.S. positions on more than 50% of the recorded votes in the most recent United Nations session. 
 
A country may be exempted if there has been a fundamental change in the country's leadership and policies and the Department of State determines that the country will no longer oppose the U.S. position. The President may also exempt a country for U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Improving Housing Outcomes for Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-876
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Improving Housing Outcomes for Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to provide medical center staff and homelessness service providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with information related to best practices for the collaboration on activities under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Coordinated Entry program. The VA must also ensure that the information and related resources are accessible to VA medical center staff and homelessness service providers. 
 
Additionally, the bill requires the VHA to communicate with VA employees who have responsibilities related to homelessness assistance programs regarding (1) the measurement of performance by the VA's Homeless Program Office, and (2) how to obtain and provide feedback about the performance measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Sanctity of Human Life Act

Bill: 117-hr-877
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Sanctity of Human Life Act

 
This bill defines the beginning of human life for purposes of legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood.
 
Specifically, it declares that
 
 
the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is a person's most fundamental right;
 
each human life begins with fertilization, cloning, or its equivalent; and
 
Congress, each state, the District of Columbia, and each U.S. territory have the authority to protect all human lives. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act

Bill: 117-hr-878
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
California
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Ecology
Economic development
Emergency planning and evacuation
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Insects
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Roads and highways
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California Lands Act or the PUBLIC Lands Act

 
This bill sets forth provisions concerning the restoration, economic development, and conservation of, and recreational access to, certain public lands in California.
 
The bill establishes 
 
 
the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area, 
 
the California Public Lands Remediation Partnership, 
 
the Trinity Lake and Del Norte County visitor centers, 
 
the Horse Mountain Special Management Area, 
 
the Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail, 
 
the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area, and 
 
the Condor National Scenic Trail.
 
 
The bill designates 
 
 
specified federal lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
 
the North Fork Wilderness as the North Fork Eel River Wilderness, 
 
specified federal lands as potential wilderness areas, and 
 
specified segments of certain rivers and creeks and of a specified river estuary as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
 
 
Also, the bill 
 
 
authorizes the utilization of certain forest residues for research and development of biobased products that result in net carbon sequestration,
 
authorizes initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest ecosystems in the Redwood National Forest and state parks,
 
requires specified recreational studies and partnerships, and 
 
expands the boundaries of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act with respect to infants born with and identified as being affected by substance use or withdrawal symptoms, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-879
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family services
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 
This bill requires states receiving grants for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment to conduct family assessments and use a risk-based approach in addressing the needs of families with infants born with, and identified as being affected by, substance use or withdrawal symptoms, or related conditions.
 
Further, the Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children & Families must provide guidance and technical assistance with respect to these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Firearm Safety Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-880
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Firearms and explosives
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Firearm Safety Act of 2021

 
This bill allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.

Bill: 117-hr-881
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 
This bill requires the Surgeon General to report annually to Congress on the public health effects of gun violence and the status of actions taken to address those effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act

Bill: 117-hr-882
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act

 
This bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing firearms or ammunition. 
Specifically, it adds the following new categories of prohibited persons: 
 
persons convicted of a crime of violence in the most recent 10-year period;
 
persons under age 25 who have been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult;
 
 persons convicted, during a consecutive 3-year period in the most recent 10-year period, of two separate offenses involving drug or alcohol possession or distribution; and
 
persons convicted of stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Clean Start: Back to Work Tax Credit Act

Bill: 117-hr-883
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Clean Start: Back to Work Tax Credit Act

 
This bill allows employers a business related tax credit for 50% of the cost of qualified cleaning expenses incurred in a trade or business or with respect to owning or operating commercial real estate. The credit may not exceed $250,000 for any taxpayer in a taxable year and it terminates after March 31, 2022. 
 
The bill defines 
qualified cleaning expenses 
as amounts paid for cleaning services, cleaning products, tools, machinery, technology systems, personal protective equipment, and for obtaining a certification in cleaning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act

Bill: 117-hr-885
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food industry and services
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Retail and wholesale trades
Self-employed
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Travel and tourism
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act

 
This bill allows certain small businesses a tax credit for qualified personal protective equipment expenses, up to $25,000 in a taxable year. The entities eligible for such credit include farms, veterans organizations, and tribal business concerns. The bill defines 
qualified personal protective equipment
 
expenses
 to include the cost of equipment for reducing the risk of coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) transmission, including gloves, medical masks and protective gear, and cleaning supplies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Diaper Assistance Act

Bill: 117-hr-886
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Family services
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

COVID-19 Diaper Assistance Act

 
This bill provides additional funding for FY2021 for the Social Services Block Grant to provide diapers, wipes, and other diapering supplies to families in need. This grant is a flexible funding stream used by states and territories to support a wide range of social services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
DEVICE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-887
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

 Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2021 or the DEVICE Act of 2021 

 
This bill addresses design changes and reprocessing of medical devices. 
 
Specifically, medical device manufacturers must notify the Food and Drug Administration (1) before making changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device, and (2) no more than five days after widely disseminating to health care providers in a foreign country communications regarding changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device or regarding a safety concern about a device. (Reprocessing of medical devices is the process for cleaning and sterilizing or disinfecting devices for reuse.) 
 
A device may not be sold if the manufacturer violates these notification requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
RIDE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-888
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Prescription drugs
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Reinforcing Impaired Driving Education Act of 2021 or the
 
RIDE Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish a two-year pilot program to create and study the effects of a public marketing campaign to raise awareness on driving while under the influence of prescription and over-the-counter medications. The program shall be implemented in states or territories that are most affected by the opioid epidemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-hr-889
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

 
This bill allows individual and corporate taxpayers a tax credit for cash contributions to tax-exempt scholarship-granting organizations for elementary and secondary education expenses. It imposes a cap of $5 billion on the amount of contributions that qualify for a tax credit. 
 
The bill directs the Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of the Treasury, to establish, host, and maintain a web portal that (1) lists all eligible scholarship-granting organizations; (2) enables contributions to such organizations; (3) provides information about the benefits of this bill; and (4) enables a state to submit and update information about its programs and scholarship-granting organizations, including information on student eligibility and allowable educational expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
GYMS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-890
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Public utilities and utility rates
Small business
Sports and recreation facilities
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Gym Mitigation and Survival Act of 2021 or the GYMS Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a grant program to provide economic support to eligible fitness facilities in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Small Business Administration to make initial and supplemental grants to privately owned fitness facilities that primarily provide health or fitness services and that do not offer golf, hunting, sailing, or riding facilities. The total amount of grant funds for a recipient may not exceed $25 million, and the recipient must use these funds for payroll costs, rent or mortgage obligations, and other ordinary and necessary business expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House