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Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1639
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 

2021

 
This bill allows additional hospitals to qualify as critical access hospitals (CAHs) that receive special payment under Medicare.
 
Currently, in order to qualify as a CAH under Medicare, a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (or 15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area. 
 
The bill allows a hospital to also qualify if the hospital is a small, rural hospital that (1) serves a health professional shortage area, or a high number of low-income individuals or Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries; (2) has experienced financial losses for two consecutive years; and (3) attests to having a strategic plan to address financial solvency.
 
In addition, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation must test a new delivery and payment model for rural hospitals that promotes financially sustainable access to care and must establish a corresponding transition process for CAHs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-08
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: 2021-03-08
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: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

Bill: 117-hr-1640
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

 
This bill requires a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and has been repeatedly flooded, as specified by the bill, to (1) assess the continuing risks to community areas repeatedly damaged by floods; and (2) develop and implement a publicly available, community-specific plan for mitigating continuing flood risks to such areas.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must, upon request, provide a community with appropriate data to assist in preparation of the required plan.
 
In making decisions with respect to awarding flood risk mitigation grants, FEMA may consider the extent to which a community has complied with these requirements and is working to remedy problems with repeatedly flooded areas.
 
A community that does not comply with these requirements may be subject to appropriate sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act

Bill: 117-hr-1641
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act

 
This bill revises the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program to require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that the design and construction of a project carried out under the program must have appropriate payment and performance security, regardless of whether the obligor is a state, local government, agency or instrumentality of a state or local government, public authority, or private party.
 
DOT may accept such payment and performance security requirements if it makes a written determination that the federal interest is adequately protected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Prosecuting Gun Crimes Saves Lives Act

Bill: 117-hr-1642
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Employee hiring
Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Prosecuting Gun Crimes Saves Lives Act

 
This bill establishes requirements and authorities for the Department of Justice to take certain actions to address the illegal purchase and possession of firearms, including by authorizing grants and establishing task forces to increase investigations and prosecutions of relevant offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1643
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Law enforcement administration and funding
News media and reporting
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 20

21

 
This bill prohibits operating helicopter flights over any city with a population of over 8 million and a population density of over 25,000 people per square mile, except for purposes of (1) public health and safety, including law enforcement and emergency response; and (2) heavy-lift operations in support of construction and infrastructure maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
GOALS Act

Bill: 117-hr-1644
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Appropriations
Athletes
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Professional sports
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Give Our Athletes Level Salaries Act or the GOALS Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of funds for the 2026 World Cup until the U.S. Soccer Federation agrees to provide equitable pay to the members of the U.S. Women's National Team and the U.S. Men's National Team.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act

Bill: 117-hr-1645
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Crime victims
Debt collection
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Social security and elderly assistance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act

 
This bill revises requirements related to credit reporting agencies and the reporting of adverse credit information. 
 
Credit reporting agencies are prohibited from using social security numbers in credit reports and as a method of verifying a consumer's identity. 
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must supervise and examine the cybersecurity of certain credit reporting agencies. 
 
The bill prohibits a credit reporting agency from reporting paid, medically-necessary debt if the debt was paid over a year prior. A credit reporting agency is also prohibited from reporting certain adverse credit information related to financial abuse, unfair or fraudulent mortgage lending, or fraudulent private student lending.
 
The bill extends the time credit reporting agencies have to place a credit security freeze when receiving such a request by phone or through electronic means from one to three business days. It also extends the time agencies have to remove a freeze from one hour to three days. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
International Nuclear Energy Financing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1646
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign loans and debt
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

International Nuclear Energy Financing Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the U.S. Executive Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (and the U.S. Executive Director at any other international financial institution deemed appropriate) to support financial assistance for the generation and distribution of nuclear energy, consistent with U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
TREATS Act

Bill: 117-hr-1647
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Prescription drugs
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services Act or the TREATS Act

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently allows telehealth services for substance-use disorders and mental health disorders to be provided via audio-only technology, if a physician or practitioner has already conducted an in-person or video telehealth evaluation. Schedule III or IV controlled substances may also be prescribed online if a practitioner has conducted a telehealth evaluation with video.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
National Women’s Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1648
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

National Women's Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, half-dollar clad coins, and proof silver $1 coins in recognition and celebration of the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. 
 
All minted coins shall include a specified surcharge, which shall be paid to the National Women's Hall of Fame Foundation to establish an endowment fund to provide for the long-term financing of the hall's operations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019.

Bill: 117-hr-1649
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 
This bill retroactively eliminates the waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits for certain individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
 
Under current law, most SSDI recipients must wait five months after becoming disabled before their benefit payments may begin. The ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019 eliminated the waiting period for individuals with ALS but only covers individuals who apply for benefits after the date of enactment (December 20, 2020). As a result, individuals with ALS who applied for SSDI benefits in the five months before that date are still subject to the waiting period. This bill eliminates the waiting period for those individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To require the Federal Communications Commission to study the current and projected demands on rural broadband networks associated with services offered by edge providers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1650
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Technology assessment
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to analyze and report on the demands associated with edge provider data transmitted over rural broadband networks during a specified six-year period.
 
 An edge provider is an entity that provides content, applications, or services over the internet (e.g., search engine providers, streaming video or music services, social media platforms, and retailers). Some edge providers generate revenue by selling products or subscriptions to their content, while others offer their content for free and generate revenue by selling advertising to users based on user-provided information.
 
In its analysis, the FCC must retrospectively and prospectively estimate the quantity of edge provider data transmitted over rural broadband networks. It must also calculate costs to rural broadband providers that are not otherwise recovered for transmitting such data. These costs include (1) initial deployment of rural broadband networks, (2) operation and maintenance of those networks, and (3) the delivery of services to users over those networks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Federal Labs Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1653
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Federal Labs Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the inclusion of certain information related to research infrastructure in specified reports to Congress.
 
The bill requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy to include in a report to Congress a description of the deficiencies in funding for research infrastructure in research facilities and major instrumentation located at federal laboratories and national user facilities at academic institutions that are widely accessible for use by researchers in the United States.
 
The General Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress on research infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Membership on Capitol Police Board Act

Bill: 117-hr-1654
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

District of Columbia Membership on Capitol Police Board Act

 
This bill places the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia on the Capitol Police Board as an ex officio, nonvoting member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E210)
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1655
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: 

Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment, subject to specified frequency limits, of certain colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-08
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: 2021-03-08
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: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Introduced in House