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Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1124
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current recruiting database by requiring the VA to maintain a single searchable database to be known as the 
Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database
.
 
With respect to vacant positions for critical jobs or mental health professionals, the database must list (1) the military occupational specialty or skill that corresponds to the position, and (2) each qualified member of the Armed Forces who may be recruited to fill the position before such qualified member has been discharged and released from active duty. Qualified members of the Armed Forces are those service members who (1) are being separated or recently separated from active duty, (2) elect to be listed in the database, and (3) have been determined by the VA to have a military occupational specialty.
 
The database must list the following for each qualified member of the Armed Forces: name, contact information, expected discharge date, and military occupational specialty. 
 
The VA must implement direct hiring and appointment procedures for vacant database positions and may authorize relocation bonuses. 
 
The bill also requires the VA to train and certify veterans who served as basic health care technicians in the Armed Forces to work as VA intermediate care technicians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to expand the veterans healing veterans medical access and scholarship program to include more students and schools.

Bill: 117-hr-1125
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Medical education
Puerto Rico
Student aid and college costs
Texas
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 
This bill expands the Department of Veterans Affairs medical education pilot program, which currently provides funding for the medical education of two eligible veterans at each of the nine covered medical schools. The bill adds five schools to the list of covered medical schools, increasing the number of veterans covered from 18 to 28.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1126
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lawyers and legal services
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Metals
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military readiness
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021
 
 
This bill provides a framework to compensate certain residents of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the use of such island for military readiness. The bill sets forth provisions regarding award amounts for individuals and for claims by the municipality of Vieques.
 
An individual claimant shall be awarded monetary compensation if the claimant contracted a chronic, life threatening, or physical or mental disease or illness, during or after the government used the island for military readiness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

Bill: 117-hr-1127
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Consumer credit
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

 
This bill requires political committees, when accepting a credit card contribution over the internet, to collect the credit card's verification value. The card's billing address must be in the United States unless the contributor is a U.S. citizen living outside of the United States, in which case the contributor must provide his or her voter registration address.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
To allow expensing of amounts paid to move business property from China to the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1128
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
Business expenses
China
Department of the Treasury
Government trust funds
Income tax deductions
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to treat amounts paid by U.S citizens or business entities to move their inventory, equipment, and supplies from China to the United States as items of expense, deductible in the year in which they are incurred. The cost of this expensing allowance shall be paid for with tariffs collected by the United States on goods manufactured in China. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Our Money in China Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-1129
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Asia
Budget process
China
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Our Money in China Transparency Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to report annually regarding federal funds provided for activities conducted by or with certain Chinese individuals and entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
SOS ACT Act

Bill: 117-hr-1130
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
International exchange and broadcasting
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Secure Our Systems Against China's Tactics Act or the SOS ACT Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to temporarily guarantee up to 50% of an investment made during the public health emergency declared due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in a business that (1) incurred losses due to COVID-19, (2) advances a national security interest, and (3) is susceptible to being purchased by a Chinese entity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
China Technology Transfer Control Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1131
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Industrial policy and productivity
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Religion
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

China Technology Transfer Control Act of 2021

 
This bill controls exports of certain national interest technology and intellectual property to China.
 
Specifically, covered technology or intellectual property includes items that (1) would contribute significantly to the Chinese military to the detriment of U.S. national security, (2) are included in a designated list of product components compiled by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), or (3) are used by China to violate human rights or religious liberties.
 
The President must control exports to China of any covered technology or intellectual property. Further, the President must sanction (1) a foreign person who sells to China or purchases from China any covered item, and (2) a Chinese person who knowingly uses a covered item provided to them in violation of U.S. export control law.
 
In addition to a specified list of industries subject to the bill, the USTR must identify certain products from China that either receive designated support from the Chinese government or are used by China to violate human rights or religious liberties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Gun Owner Privacy Act

Bill: 117-hr-1132
Sponsor: Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government liability
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Gun Owner Privacy Act

 
This bill restricts the use of federal funds in connection with the implementation and operation of a firearms-related background check system.
 
Specifically, it prohibits the use of federal funds for
 
 
a firearms-related background check system that does not immediately destroy all information about a person who is eligible to own firearms, or
 
the implementation or collection of a tax or fee in connection with a firearms-related background check.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1133
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 
This bill makes certain full-time health care practitioners eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Specifically, the bill extends program eligibility to health care practitioners who work at a nonprofit or public hospital or facility but are prohibited under state law from being directly employed by the hospital or facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
African Descent Affairs Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1134
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

African Descent Affairs Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of State to establish an Office of Global African Descent Affairs, to be headed by the Director and Special Envoy to the Secretary on Global African Descent Affairs.
 
The functions of the office shall include
 
 
directing policies, programs, and funding relating to the human rights and advancement of people of African descent internationally; 
 
developing and managing the Fund for African Descent Affairs to invest in solutions to combat racial discrimination and create opportunities for people of African descent internationally; 
 
directing U.S. government resources to support the protection, integration, resettlement, and empowerment of people of African descent; and 
 
compiling an annual report on U.S. government activities relating to people of African descent. 

 
The bill requires that a description of the status of the people of African descent in each country be included in a specified annual human rights report. 
 
The U.S. Agency for International Development must appoint a Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Global African Descent Affairs who shall (1) direct policies, programs, and funding relating to the human rights and advancement of people of African descent internationally; and (2) develop a uniform set of indicators and standards for monitoring and evaluating foreign assistance for people of African descent. 
 
The Office of Global African Descent Affairs must develop or update annually (for 10 years after the initial report) a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to discrimination and violence against people of African descent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E139-140)
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
LITE Act

Bill: 117-hr-1135
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Congressional operations and organization
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Higher education
Human rights
International exchange and broadcasting
Libraries and archives
Minority education
Policy sciences
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Leadership Institute for Transatlantic Engagement Act or the LITE Act

 
This bill establishes the Leadership Institute for Transatlantic Engagement to develop a diverse community of transatlantic leaders who are committed to democratic institutions.
 
The institute shall award grants and develop programs, activities, and services that it considers appropriate for entities and individuals in the United States and abroad to (1) provide training and professional development opportunities for diverse leaders on democratic governance and international affairs, (2) enable international exchanges between leaders to increase understanding and knowledge of democratic models of governance, and (3) increase awareness of the importance of international public service careers in diverse communities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E144)
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Federal Jobs Act

Bill: 117-hr-1136
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Minority employment
Public contracts and procurement
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Federal Jobs Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to develop plans to increase diversity in the workforce. 
 
Specifically, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must develop a plan to increase diversity in the executive branch of government that includes specified information, including strategies for agencies to remove barriers to equal employment opportunities. Each executive agency must develop an agency-specific plan to increase diversity, pursuant to OPM and OMB guidance, and periodically publish specified data. The legislative and judicial branches of government must also implement these requirements to the greatest extent possible.
 
Additionally, each executive agency, and each prime contractor that is under contract with an executive agency, must periodically report information relating to economically and socially disadvantaged businesses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2021-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E147)
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Opposing Business with Chinese Military Companies Act

Bill: 117-hr-1137
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2021-02-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Foreign and international corporations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: 

Opposing Business with Chinese Military Companies Act

 
This bill requires the President to exercise certain economic powers, such as investigating or prohibiting payments, with respect to an entity that is engaging in economic activities in the United States and is (1) affiliated with China's government or military, or (2) owned or controlled by an entity affiliated with China's defense industrial base. (The President currently has such powers but is not required to exercise them.)
 
The bill extends to December 31, 2026, a provision requiring the Department to Defense to annually report to Congress an updated list of such entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Introduced in House