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STURDY Act

Bill: 117-hr-1314
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: 

Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act or the STURDY Act

This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revise the safety standards for freestanding clothing storage units such as a dressers, bureaus, or chests of drawers. Such standards must include specified testing related to tip overs and new warning requirements for all such products entering the U.S. market. 

action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act or the STURDY Act

This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revise the safety standards for freestanding clothing storage units such as a dressers, bureaus, or chests of drawers. Such standards must include specified testing related to tip overs and new warning requirements for all such products entering the U.S. market. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Pursuant to section 11 of H. Res. 486, and the motion offered by Mr. McGovern, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 482; H.R. 704; H.R. 961, as amended; H.R. 1314; H.R. 2571, as amended; H.R. 2679, as amended; H.R. 2694; H.R. 2922, as amended; H.R. 3182; H.R. 3239; H.R. 3241, as amended; H.R. 3723; H.R. 3752; H.R. 3841; S. 409; and S. 1340. (consideration: CR H3026-3052; text: CR H3027-3028)
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 11 of H. Res. 486, and the motion offered by Mr. McGovern, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 482; H.R. 704; H.R. 961, as amended; H.R. 1314; H.R. 2571, as amended; H.R. 2679, as amended; H.R. 2694; H.R. 2922, as amended; H.R. 3182; H.R. 3239; H.R. 3241, as amended; H.R. 3723; H.R. 3752; H.R. 3841; S. 409; and S. 1340.(consideration: CR H3026-3052; text: CR H3027-3028)
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 486, proceedings on H.R. 1314 are considered vacated.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1314.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2948-2950; text: CR H2948-2949)
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Access Through Identification Act

Bill: 117-hr-1315
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2021-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: 

Restoring Access Through Identification Act

 
This bill revises an existing requirement for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to help prisoners obtain identification documents during the prerelease planning process. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires such documents be provided at no cost to prisoners. Additionally, the BOP must notify prisoners if it cannot obtain such documents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Introduced in House
National Heritage Area Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1316
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2021-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Alaska
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Connecticut
Dams and canals
Florida
Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Military history
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York State
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Property rights
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: 

National Heritage Area Act of 2021

This bill establishes a National Heritage Areas System to recognize certain areas of the United States that tell nationally significant stories and to conserve, enhance, and interpret the areas' natural, historic, scenic, and cultural resources that illustrate significant aspects of U.S. heritage, and authorizes appropriations through FY2034 for each National Heritage Area. Through such system, the Department of the Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to local coordinating entities to support the establishment, development, and continuity of such areas.
 
The bill extends the authority for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission and the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission until September 30, 2034.
 
The local coordinating entity of a National Heritage Area, not later than three years after the area is included in the National Heritage Area System, shall submit to Interior a management plan for approval.
 
Interior, not later than one year before the authorization for federal funding expires for a National Heritage Area, shall (1) conduct an evaluation of the accomplishments of that area, and (2) submit a report detailing the evaluation to specified congressional committees. Based upon the evaluation, Interior shall prepare a report with recommendations for the National Park Service's continued role, if any, with respect to the area.
 
Interior may carry out or certify a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating a specific geographic area as a National Heritage Area to be included in the National Heritage Area System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1317
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-24 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: 2021-02-24
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 who has resided on the island of Vieques for not less than five years shall be awarded monetary compensation if the claimant contracted a chronic or life threatening case of cancer, hypertension, cirrhosis, kidney disease, diabetes, or heavy metal poisoning during or after the government used the island for military readiness.
 
The bill limits total amounts awarded to $1 billion and bars claims not filed within 15 years of enactment.


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: 2021-02-24
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: 2021-02-24
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: 2021-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Bill: 117-hr-1320
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

 
This bill establishes Juneteenth Independence Day as a federal holiday.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1321
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021

 
This bill makes the new markets tax credit permanent. It also modifies the credit to (1) provide for an inflation adjustment to the limitation amount for the credit after 2021, and (2) allow an offset against the alternative minimum tax for the credit (determined with respect to qualified equity investments initially made after 2020). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Fiscal State of the Union Act

Bill: 117-hr-1322
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Fiscal State of the Union Act

 
This bill requires both chambers of Congress to assemble each year in the Hall of the House of Representatives to receive a presentation reviewing the Government Accountability Office's audit of the financial statement of accounts and associated activities of the executive branch, together with an analysis of the financial position and condition of the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Receipt Act

Bill: 117-hr-1323
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Taxpayer Receipt Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to provide to each taxpayer a one-page estimate of how such taxpayer's money was spent by the government during the immediately preceding calendar year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
More Energy More Jobs Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1325
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Gulf of Mexico
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

More Energy More Jobs Act of 2021

 
This bill revises requirements concerning oil and gas lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf leasing program.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to allow coastal states to nominate areas off their coasts for oil and gas development.
 
In addition, Interior must hold at least two region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico. Each lease sale must include areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. The bill also establishes deadlines for completing environmental reviews of the lease sales.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Energy Efficient Appliances Act

Bill: 117-hr-1326
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Performance measurement
Product development and innovation
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Energy Efficient Appliances Act

 
This bill revises and expands the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program of the Department of Energy (DOE). Under the existing program, DOE sets minimum energy efficiency standards for product categories of certain consumer products (e.g., appliances) or industrial equipment.
 
 This bill expands the categories of appliances and equipment for which DOE may issue energy conservation standards. It also expands the meaning of 
energy conservation standard
 to include a performance standard that prescribes a minimum level of water efficiency or a maximum quantity of water use.
 
In addition, the bill reduces the lead time for when the standards must come into effect after the standards are issued or updated.
 
If DOE misses deadlines for issuing certain energy efficiency, energy use, or water use standards, then states may set higher standards than the national standard.
 
Finally, the bill repeals the following rules issued by DOE:
 
 

Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment
, and 
 

Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Evaluating Statutory Factors for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards
.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Green Energy for Federal Buildings Act

Bill: 117-hr-1327
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Federal-Indian relations
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Green Energy for Federal Buildings Act

 
This bill requires the federal government to increase the amount of renewable energy it consumes to 35% of its total electricity share by 2030, 75% by 2040, and 100% by 2050. In carrying out the requirement, the Department of Energy must seek to ensure that the federal government consumes renewable energy produced on-site at federal facilities, on federal lands, or on Native American lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Green Federal Fleet Act

Bill: 117-hr-1328
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Green Federal Fleet Act

 
This bill requires passenger vehicles that are purchased or leased from a nonfederal entity by a federal agency to be zero-emission vehicles. This requirement does not apply to tactical vehicles or in circumstances where a zero-emission vehicle is not technically feasible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1329
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas
Roads and highways
Taxation of foreign income
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021

 
 This bill limits or repeals certain tax benefits for major integrated oil companies, including (1) the foreign tax credit for companies that are dual capacity taxpayers, (2) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs, (3) the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells, and (4) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses.
 
The bill modifies the definition of 
major integrated oil company
 to include certain successors in interest that control more than 50% of the crude oil production or natural gas production of the company.
 
The bill establishes a Transportation Block Grant Fund and appropriates to the fund amounts equal to the increase in revenues as a result of this bill. The funds must be used for making grants under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1330
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 

2021

 
This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that limit, for purposes of Medicare participation, self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-25
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: 2021-02-25
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: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Mental Health Supports for BIPOC Communities Act

Bill: 117-hr-1331
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2021-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Criminal justice information and records
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Hospital care
Mental health
Minority employment
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: 

Strengthening Mental Health Supports for BIPOC Communities Act

 
This bill requires states and other jurisdictions that receive certain block grants for community mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment to report on services and outreach provided through those grants to members of racial and ethnic minority groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Introduced in House