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ASAP Act

Bill: 117-hr-5379
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Armed Services Always Paid Act or the ASAP Act

 
This bill provides funding to continue the pay and allowances of members of the Armed Forces, including reserve personnel, during a lapse in appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Helping Students Plan for College Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5380
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Helping Students Plan for College Act of 2021

 
This bill requires certain statements related to the impact of nonfederal financial assistance (e.g., private scholarships, grants, and loans) on financial-aid awards from an institution of higher education (IHE).
 
Specifically, the bill requires an IHE that participates in federal student-aid programs and adjusts its financial-aid awards based on students receiving such other financial assistance to provide enrolled and prospective students with a statement about (1) its policies on adjusting awards, and (2) how receipt of such other financial assistance may impact student eligibility for and the amount of financial-aid awards from the IHE.
 
 The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the relationship between such other financial assistance and eligibility for and the amount of financial-aid awards from IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
FLAT Act

Bill: 117-hr-5381
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Front-Loaded Aid Transparency Act or the FLAT Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the front-loading of grant aid by institutions of higher education (IHEs) for FY2007-FY2020. 
Front-loading
 refers to the practice of providing first-year students with a higher amount or percentage of grant aid than the IHE provides to second-year, third-year, or fourth-year students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
POWER Act

Bill: 117-hr-5382
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act

 
This bill authorizes the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and interpret data collected by, such device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Grid Hardening Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5383
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Grid Hardening Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant Program within the Department of Energy to include grants for technology, equipment, or hardening measures that enable the electric grid to better withstand the effects of extreme weather, a wildfire, or any other natural disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Rock Creek National Park Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5384
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Rock Creek National Park Act of 2021

 
This bill redesignates Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1031)
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Shield and Protect Physician Peer-Reviews Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5386
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Shield and Protect Physician Peer-Reviews Act of 2021

 
This bill makes changes to congressional findings for provisions that provide protection under federal and state laws for members of a professional review body and their staff who take certain reasonable actions that adversely affect the clinical privileges or professional society membership of a physician.
 
Specifically, the bill recognizes the need for balance between incentives for effective professional review to improve health care quality and protections for competent physicians who face adverse peer review decisions based on factors other than competence or conduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Secure American Foreign Evacuation Act

Bill: 117-hr-5387
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Secure American Foreign Evacuation Act

 
This bill requires U.S. citizens and permanent residents who visit or reside in highly dangerous foreign countries to register with the Department of State.
 
The President must submit to Congress within 30 days a list of highly dangerous foreign countries. These are countries (1) whose government has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism, (2) where U.S. armed forces have engaged in hostilities, or (3) where there is a high probability that U.S. citizens or permanent residents visiting or residing in the country will need to be evacuated. The President must periodically update this list.
 
Within five days of departing the United States or another foreign country to visit or reside in a highly dangerous foreign country, a U.S. citizen or permanent resident must register with the Department of State. Failure to comply with the registration requirement results in a financial penalty, which the State Department may waive in extraordinary circumstances.
 
When evacuating U.S. citizens and permanent residents from highly dangerous foreign countries, the United States shall give priority to those who have complied with the registration requirements.
 
The State Department must report on the implementation of the registration system and give recommendations for its improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
PREPARE ACT of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5388
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Promoting Readiness and Ensuring Proper Active pharmaceutical ingredient Reserves of Essential medicines Act of 2021 or the PREPARE Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Reserve.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must annually publish a public list of essential generic medicines that are medically necessary to have available at all times. 
 
HHS must report and implement a plan to establish the reserve, which must be designed to minimize the impact of an interruption or reduction in imports of (1) key starting materials (including active pharmaceutical ingredients) for essential generic medicines, and (2) finished dosage forms of essential generic medicines for which key starting materials are not imported. The plan must also contain provisions to strengthen domestic capacity for active pharmaceutical ingredient production, storage, and conversion. 
 
Within one year of this bill's enactment, the plan must include at least 25 of the essential generic medicines on the required list. The plan must add at least 25 medicines each year until the full list is covered. 
 
HHS must prioritize domestically manufactured key starting materials for the reserve to the maximum extent possible. 
 
A manufacturer of an essential generic medicine that switches to an active pharmaceutical ingredient sourced through the reserve shall not have to update the approved application for that medicine. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing, including the time and costs needed to develop domestic manufacturing capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
REDUCE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5389
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Rewarding Efforts to Decrease Unrecycled Contaminants in Ecosystems Act of 2021 or the REDUCE Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes an excise tax on any taxable virgin plastic resin.
 
The bill establishes a Plastic Waste Reduction Fund to carry out reduction and recycling activities, plastic waste and marine debris reduction, detection, monitoring, and cleanup activities, and address environmental justice and pollution impacts from plastic products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and 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: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and 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: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and 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: 2021-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and 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: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in House
COBRA Subsidy Extension for Workers and Families Act

Bill: 117-hr-5390
Sponsor: Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

COBRA Subsidy Extension for Workers and Families Act

 
 This bill extends temporary health insurance premium assistance for enrollees in the COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) continuation coverage program.
 
 Currently, COBRA premiums are fully subsidized through September 30, 2021, and the bill extends the subsidy through September 30, 2022.
 
 The bill also provides for expedited review of denials of eligibility for such assistance.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit emergency temporary standards with respect to vaccines, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5391
Sponsor: Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Labor from issuing a new emergency temporary occupational safety or health standard requiring employers to ensure that their employees receive a vaccine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to allow women to elect to register for the draft.

Bill: 117-hr-5392
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 
This bill provides that a female citizen of the United States (or other female person residing in the country) who is between the ages of 18 and 26 may elect to present herself and submit to registration for the draft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Local News Deserts Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5393
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Eliminating Local News Deserts Act of 2021

 
This bill requires a cable company operating within a state to carry certain low-power stations under specified conditions.
 
A cable company must carry such a low-power station if, among other requirements (1) the state has no exclusive, in-state broadcast television market within its boundaries; (2) there are no full-power commercial network affiliates (i.e., ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX) that are licensed to, and principally operate within, the state; and (3) such low-power station provides a minimum amount of particularized local programming each week.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Meaningful Access to Federal Health Plan Claims Data Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5394
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Meaningful Access to Federal Health Plan Claims Data Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a program that allows clinician-led clinical data registries to access Medicare claims data for purposes of research, quality of care measurement, and reporting. (Clinician-led clinical data registries are data repositories operated by clinician organizations and that collect information about particular diseases and related medical procedures and therapies.)
 
The new program must allow for various types of data queries, including provider, state, and nationwide claims data. Such data may be used for public reports about provider performance, specified nonpublic analyses (e.g., medical research), and fee-based data services. Registries must apply to the CMS for access. Additionally, registries and their authorized users must enter into data use agreements and are subject to monetary penalties for breaching such agreements.
 
The bill also allows for Medicare coverage of new and emerging items and services for purposes of evidence collection in relation to such items and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-28
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: 2021-09-28
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: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5395
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the President and specified federal agencies to take steps to increase transparency and limit the use of waivers of Buy American laws. Generally, Buy American requires agencies to procure domestic goods.
 
The bill requires (1) the Department of Commerce to report periodically to Congress and the President on the implementation of, and compliance with, Buy American laws; (2) Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to assess the impacts of all U.S. free trade agreements and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement on the operation of such laws; and (3) the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish a free, publicly available BuyAmerican.gov website. Public interest waivers from Buy American laws shall be construed to ensure the maximum utilization of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States.
 
The President shall develop a mechanism to collect information on requests to waive Buy American laws and other domestic content restrictions for purposes of providing early notice to possible waivers via the website. Executive agencies shall make information concerning the intention to issue a waiver or exception in connection with a federal procurement available to the GSA at least 20 days prior to waiving a Buy American law.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress within two years of this bill's enactment describing the bill's implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Title IX Take Responsibility Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5396
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Title IX Take Responsibility Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes statutory standards of liability for sexual harassment and a private right of action under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities.
 
Currently, Title IX does not expressly provide for a private right of action for violations, prohibit sexual harassment, or establish standards of liability with respect to such conduct. The Supreme Court has interpreted the statute to cover sexual harassment and has determined that it provides an implied private right of action; the Court has also delineated standards of liability that generally require actual knowledge on the part of educational institutions with respect to such conduct.
 
The bill specifically sets out standards of liability for sexual harassment with respect to covered entities under Title IX. Among other provisions, the bill specifies that a covered entity is liable for sexual harassment committed by an employee against a student that is enabled by the employee's authority and results in a hostile environment, regardless of whether the entity knew or should have known about such conduct.
 
The bill also allows any person aggrieved by the failure of a covered entity to comply with Title IX to bring a civil action for damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in House