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2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Ac

Bill: 117-hr-267
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Appropriations
Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: 

2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act

 
This bill expands the Department of Agriculture's Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) to include coverage for losses of crops (including smoke-tainted wine grapes) due to wildfires occurring in calendar year 2020. Under current law, the program provides disaster payments to agricultural producers who suffered crop, tree, bush, and vine losses resulting from hurricanes, wildfires, and other qualifying natural disasters that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years.

action_date: 2021-09-20
text: 

2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act

 
This bill expands disaster indemnity programs through which the Department of Agriculture provides payments to agricultural producers for crop and milk losses resulting from hurricanes, wildfires, and other qualifying natural disasters. 
 
In particular, the bill extends the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+), the On-Farm Storage Loss Program, and the Milk Loss Program to make losses that occurred in the 2021 and 2022 calendar years eligible for payments. Under current law, these programs provide disaster payments to agricultural producers with crop and milk losses resulting from qualifying natural disasters that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.
action_date: 2021-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-124.
action_date: 2021-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-124.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act

Bill: 117-hr-269
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2021-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Infrastructure development
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: 

Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act

 
This bill authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) for FY2022-FY2024 to make improvements to existing ports of entry in the United States to improve border security.
 
In making improvements, the GSA must prioritize the ports of entry that are in the most need of repairs to improve border security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act

Bill: 117-hr-270
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marketing and advertising
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: 

Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act

 
This bill requires the market name of genetically engineered (commonly called 
genetically modified
 or 
GMO
) salmon to include 
Genetically Engineered
 or 
GE
 in front of the existing market name.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that an independent scientific organization reviews the Food and Drug Administration's environmental assessment that supports the approval of a new drug related to AquAdvantage Salmon, a type of genetically engineered salmon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish.

Bill: 117-hr-271
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: 
This bill prohibits the sale of food that contains genetically engineered fish unless the food bears a label stating that it contains genetically engineered fish.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-272
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce from designating as a national marine sanctuary an area of the marine environment off the coast of Alaska seaward of the high tide line unless an act of Congress requires Commerce to make the designation and prescribes the boundaries of the designated area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act

Bill: 117-hr-273
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Aquaculture
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Genetics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: 

Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act 

 
This bill prohibits a person from 
 
 
shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a genetically altered finfish (e.g., salmon), or a food product containing those fish, in commerce; 
 
having custody, control, or possession of those fish or food products with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase them in commerce; 
 
engaging in net-pen aquaculture (pens of fish contained by nets) of those fish; 
 
releasing those fish into a natural environment; or 
 
having custody, control, or possession of those fish with the intent to release them into a natural environment. 
 
 
 Fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this bill are exempted from the prohibition. An additional exemption is established if the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 after reviewing an application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this bill, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Keep Finfish Free Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-274
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquaculture
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: 

Keep Finfish Free Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce from authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, except in accordance with a law enacted after enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To establish the National Commission on the Domestic Terrorist Attack Upon the United States Capitol.

Bill: 117-hr-275
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil disturbances
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Evidence and witnesses
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Political parties and affiliation
Protest and dissent
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on the Domestic Terrorist Attack Upon the United States Capitol. 
 
The commission shall (1) conduct an investigation of the relevant facts and circumstances relating to the attacks on the Capitol of January 6, 2021; (2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of and the lessons learned from the attacks, relative to detecting, preventing, and responding to such kinds of attacks; and (3) report to Congress and the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2021-01-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H154)
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Oversight of Unjust Policing Act

Bill: 117-hr-276
Sponsor: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Employee hiring
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Members of Congress
Protection of officials
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 

Congressional Oversight of Unjust Policing Act

 
This bill establishes the U.S. Commission on Unjust Policing to investigate law enforcement activities and decisions related to the security breach at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
 
Specifically, the commission must investigate decisions made by leadership of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Secret Service, and the Department of Homeland Security leading up to and during the siege at the Capitol, including an assessment of whether conscious and unconscious bias was a factor in the miscalculation of the risk posed by protesters to Members of Congress and their staff. The commission must also investigate whether current USCP officers have ties to white supremacist and other extremist groups, movements, and organizing efforts, and whether any USCP officers neglected their duty and colluded with protestors or other law enforcement entities.
 
Further, the commission must recommend specific measures and reforms related to realigning (1) USCP priorities and practice to address disparate use of force and surveillance targets in and around the Capitol; and (2) USCP recruitment, hiring, and retention policies and practices to address conscious and unconscious biases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E34)
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

Bill: 117-hr-277
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legal fees and court costs
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 

Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

 
This bill requires an edge provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media website) to adopt and maintain written terms of service binding itself to a contractual duty of good faith in order to qualify for the statutory protection against being treated as the publisher of information distributed through the service by a third party.
 
An 
edge provider
 is a provider of an interactive computer service through which information published by other content providers is distributed and that has more than (1) $1.5 billion in annual global revenue, and (2) 30 million monthly users in the United States or 300 million monthly users worldwide. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer-Funded Art in Embassies Act

Bill: 117-hr-278
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 

No Taxpayer-Funded Art in Embassies Act

 
This bill prohibits the purchase, installation, insurance, or transport of art for display in a U.S. embassy or consulate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-279
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 

Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021

 This bill bars the Department of Agriculture from allowing the construction of roads, the reconstruction of roads, or logging in an inventoried roadless area where those activities are prohibited by the Roadless Rule (i.e., certain federal regulations relating to roadless area management).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
PDMPs Help Patients Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-280
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 

PDMPs Help Patients Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program to test the feasibility of integrating substance use disorder and behavioral health treatment locator tools into prescription drug monitoring programs. HHS may award grants to up to five states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-281
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
District of Columbia
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 

District of Columbia Prosecutor Home Rule Act of 2021

 
This bill shifts the responsibility for conducting prosecutions for violations of District of Columbia laws from the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia (Attorney General for the District) or his or her assistants to the head of the office designated under District local law as the one responsible for conducting such prosecutions (local prosecutor's office) or his or her assistants.
 
An indictment or information brought in the name of
 
 
 the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia may include charges of offenses prosecutable by the District if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such inclusion in writing, and 
 
the District in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be joined for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with an indictment or information brought in that court if the offenses charged could have been joined in the same indictment or information and if the head of the local prosecutor's office consents to such joinder.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E33)
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Judgeship Retirement Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-282
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal district courts
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 

Territorial Judgeship Retirement Equity Act of 2021

 
This bill lowers the age and service requirements for a district court judge in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands to receive a retirement annuity and be eligible to serve as a senior judge.
 
Under the bill, a district court judge in one of these territories may receive a retirement annuity after having served for at least 10 years and reaching 50 years of age, along with meeting other requirements. A retiring judge may serve as a senior judge if the judge (1) has served for at least 15 years, or (2) has served for at least 10 years and is at least 65 years old. Current law generally requires a higher age and, in certain cases, a longer length of service before a district court judge in one of these territories may receive an annuity and obtain senior status. 
 
The bill also lowers various requirements for such a district court judge to receive an annuity if the judge retired, or was removed, due to a disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-283
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: 

Crowd Sourcing of Environmental Data Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes states to monitor certain criteria air pollutants (i.e., lead, ozone, particulate matter, or sulfur dioxide) by greatly increasing the number of air quality sensors under their state implementation plans.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (1) may not enforce a requirement concerning the method of monitoring if the derived data meets quality standards, and (2) must allow states to consider data derived from such methods when determining whether national ambient air quality standards for criteria air pollutants were exceeded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-12
text: Introduced in House