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Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4065
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Minority health
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 

2021

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to Medicare coverage of treatments for chronic kidney disease. 
 
Specifically, the bill expands the Medicare annual wellness visit to include chronic kidney disease screening and allows certain Medicare beneficiaries who have End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) to enroll in Medicare supplemental policies. It also (1) provides for alternative payment methodologies for certain new drugs, biologics, and devices that are renal dialysis services; (2) revises quality measures; (3) establishes an incentive payment methodology; and (4) increases access to kidney disease education services.
 
The bill also extends the coordination period (from 30 months to 42 months) during which private health insurers may serve as the primary payers for Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-22
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: 2021-06-22
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: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4066
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Save Rural Hospitals Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes an area wage adjustment floor for Medicare hospital payments in states that are not frontier states and excludes such adjustments from certain budget neutrality rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act

Bill: 117-hr-4068
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Arizona
Aviation and airports
California
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Illinois
Intergovernmental relations
Massachusetts
Minority health
New York State
Public-private cooperation
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act 

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to jointly contract with an institution of higher education to study the characteristics, distributions, sources, and potential human health effects of airborne ultrafine particles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Septic Upgrade Grant Act

Bill: 117-hr-4069
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Septic Upgrade Grant Act

 
This bill expands the clean water state revolving fund program to include additional subsidization for on-site wastewater treatment system projects, such as projects that replace septic systems with wastewater treatment systems that reduce nitrogen pollution as specified under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Study To Observe and Prevent (STOP) Human Trafficking Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4070
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Study To Observe and Prevent (STOP) Human Trafficking Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice, in coordination with the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, to study and report on the prevalence and instances of human trafficking at adult entertainment clubs in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Gain-of-Function Research Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4071
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asia
China
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Europe
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Iran
Medical research
Middle East
North Korea
Research administration and funding
Russia
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Foreign Gain-of-Function Research Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to conduct or support gain-of-function research involving potential pandemic pathogens by China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or other foreign adversaries.
 Gain-of-function research
 is any research that is anticipated to confer an attribute on a pathogen to enhance its pathogenicity or transmissibility in mammals.
 
If the Department of State finds that an entity has used funds for prohibited research, the entity may not receive any federal funding for a period of five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Child Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4072
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Computer security and identity theft
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Social Security Administration to issue a new Social Security number to a child under the age of 14 if the child's Social Security card was stolen while being sent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Countering Hizballah in Lebanon’s Military Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4073
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Countering Hizbollah in Lebanon's Military Act of 2021

 
This bill limits the use of security assistance funds for Lebanon until certain conditions are met.
 
Specifically, 20% of funds appropriated or made available for such security assistance may not be obligated or expended until the President certifies to Congress that (1) the Lebanese Armed Forces have taken measurable steps to limit or expel Hezbollah-influenced military personnel that have significant influence over the Lebanese Armed Forces' policies or activities, (2) activities of the Lebanese Armed Forces to disarm Hezbollah demonstrate a serious commitment to fulfill United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 calling for such disarmament, and (3) the Lebanese Armed Forces have not cooperated or partnered with Hezbollah during the last year. 
 
The President may waive the first two requirements if it is in U.S. national security interest to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Addressing Social Determinants in Medicare Advantage Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4074
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2021-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

Addressing Social Determinants in Medicare Advantage Act of 2021

 
This bill allows Medicare Advantage plans to offer certain supplemental benefits that are currently only available to chronically ill enrollees to enrollees with low-income or who meet other criteria, such as socioeconomic risk factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Safe Skies Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4075
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2021-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

Safe Skies Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to modify a specified DOT final rule relating to flight crew member duty and rest requirements so that the requirements under that rule apply to all-cargo flight crew members to the same extent they apply to air passenger flight crew members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4076
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Special education
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to entities such as educational agencies, schools, and local governments to establish, expand, or support school-based mentoring programs that assist at-risk students in developing cognitive skills and promoting social-emotional learning to prepare them for success in high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4077
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2021-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

Closing the Meal Gap Act of 202

1

 
This bill revises the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
 
The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using the value of a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan, which is the diet required to feed a family of four, consisting of
 
 
a man and a woman 19-50 years of age,
 
a child 6-8 years of age, and
 
a child 9-11 years of age.
 
 
USDA must (1) reevaluate and publish the market baskets of the plan by January 1, 2027, and every five years thereafter, based on current food prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, and dietary guidance; and (2) make adjustments to the plan to account for household size, changes in the cost of the diet, and the costs of food in specified areas. 
 
The bill modifies the requirements for calculating household income to determine SNAP eligibility by (1) authorizing a standard medical expense deduction for households containing an elderly or disabled member, and (2) eliminating the cap on the excess shelter expense deduction.
 
The bill eliminates certain work requirements for SNAP. The requirements apply to able-bodied adults who are ages 18-49 and have no dependent children. 
 
The bill allows Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands to participate in SNAP. Currently, the three territories receive block grants instead of participating in SNAP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4078
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires credit reporting agencies to provide free credit scores to consumers with their free annual consumer reports. The bill also provides for automatic free credit scores and consumer reports in specified circumstances. Credit reporting agencies must provide consumers with additional information regarding the calculation of their credit score.
 
Specified lenders must give consumers free copies of any consumer reports and credit scores they used for underwriting before consumers sign the respective loan agreements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4079
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Birds
Ecology
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Horticulture and plants
Insects
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Pest management
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

Saving America's Pollinators Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses the use of certain pesticides and the health and status of native bees and other pollinators.
 
First, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Pollinator Protection Board to develop an independent review process for pesticides that pose a threat to pollinators and their habitats.
 
All active ingredients and pesticide products that contain one or more specified neonicotinoid pesticides must be deemed to generally cause unreasonable adverse effects to the environment. Under the bill, the registration of all uses of neonicotinoid pesticides must be immediately and permanently canceled. 
 
The EPA must revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows the presence of a neonicotinoid pesticide, or any pesticide chemical residue that results from neonicotinoid pesticide use, in or on food.
 
The continued sale or use of existing stocks of neonicotinoid pesticides is prohibited, and the EPA may not register any such pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
 
The bill requires the Department of the Interior, the EPA, and the Department of Agriculture to coordinate monitoring activities and report on the health and population status of native bees and other pollinators.
 
Finally, a state or federal agency may be granted an exemption to use neonicotinoid pesticides if the board votes that use of the pesticide is warranted (1) in an emergency situation to avert significant risk to threatened or endangered species, (2) to quarantine invasive species, or (3) to protect public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
China COVID–19 Restitution Act

Bill: 117-hr-4080
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government liability
Government trust funds
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Political parties and affiliation
State and local finance
Tariffs
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

China COVID-19 Restitution Act

 
This bill requires the President to impose duties on goods and components manufactured in China and to use the collected funds to provide compensation and reimbursement for losses related to COVID-19.
 
From this bill's enactment until December 31, 2021, the President must impose a 10% ad valorem duty on any good manufactured in China and any component manufactured in China and incorporated in a good imported from any country. This duty shall increase by an additional 10% each calendar year after 2021. 
 
The amounts from this duty shall go into a trust fund, which shall also include any amounts provided by China's government to provide compensation and reimbursement related to COVID-19. 
 
Using the amounts in the trust fund, the Department of Justice shall establish and administer a program to provide compensation and reimbursement for economic and financial losses related to COVID-19, including for assistance made available by the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in House