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Tax Fairness for Tribal Youth Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4478
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Federal-Indian relations
Income tax rates
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Tax Fairness for Tribal Youth Act of 2021

 
This bill treats certain payments made by Indian tribal governments to children as earned income of the child for the purposes of the kiddie tax (the tax on the unearned income of children). This has the effect of exempting the payments from the tax. The bill applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4479
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes separate payment requirements for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services. The bill's requirements apply to diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals that have an average daily cost of $500 or more in 2022 and as adjusted based on a specified fee schedule factor in each year thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-16
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: 2021-07-16
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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act

Bill: 117-hr-4480
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act

 
 This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover certain services provided via telecommunications systems (i.e., telehealth). Specifically, the telehealth services must be deemed medically necessary by a health care provider and covered under the plan if provided in person. Plans must apply the same cost-sharing and reimbursement amounts that would otherwise apply to such services and may waive cost-sharing requirements for any services to diagnose or treat COVID-19, including via telehealth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
EITC and ACTC Eligibility Verification Act

Bill: 117-hr-4482
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

EITC and ACTC Eligibility Verification Act

 
This bill denies the earned income tax credit and the refundable portion of the child tax credit to individuals who are not authorized to work in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Veterans and Servicemember Consumer Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4483
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Telephone and wireless communication
Television and film
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Veterans and Servicemember Consumer Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to designate a coordinator within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on preventing fraud targeting military veterans and service members and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting those individuals.
 
The coordinator must (1) disseminate to veterans, service members, and their families and caregivers information about the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints to the FTC; (2) make complaints immediately available to relevant law enforcement authorities; (3) publish information regarding the FTC's enforcement actions; and (4) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting those individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for certain succession reforms, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-4484
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 
This bill makes changes to provisions regarding succession at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
The bill includes the Associate Secretary of DHS within provisions regarding the absence, disability, or vacancy of the Secretary or Deputy Secretary.
 
The bill provides for a further order of succession after those three officials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
IRS Customer Service Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-4485
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Labor-management relations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

IRS Customer Service Improvement Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of official time for specified union activities by employees of the Internal Revenue Service during the period each year beginning on February 12 and ending on April 15.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Survey Our Ser­vice­mem­bers Act

Bill: 117-hr-4486
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Survey Our Servicemembers Act or the SOS Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced nongovernment entity to conduct an annual survey to determine the experiences of veterans in obtaining hospital care and medical services at each VA medical facility. Such surveys must be conducted over a five-year period and must include questions related to the experiences of veterans in seeking care at both VA and non-VA facilities. 
 
The VA shall make the survey results publicly available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
SAVE North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4487
Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Scientific Assistance for Very Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Act of 2021 or the SAVE Right Whales Act of 2021

 
This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (
Eubalaena glacialis
).
 
Specifically, it requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide financial assistance for the conservation of such whales.
 
In addition, NOAA must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
FTC Autonomy Act

Bill: 117-hr-4488
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

FTC Autonomy Act

 
This bill provides authority for the Federal Trade Commission to bring civil actions to recover penalties for violations of final orders issued by the commission. Currently, only the Department of Justice may bring such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act

Bill: 117-hr-4490
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Immigrant health and welfare
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor market
Labor-management relations
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Self-employed
Small business
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award to states (1) temporary five-year supplemental formula grants for emergency layoff aversion, workforce training, and other assistance to reduce and prevent unemployment and limit the impact of disruptions on labor markets; and (2) planning and implementation grants for innovative layoff aversion models. A state receiving a grant under the bill must establish an advisory council to oversee and assess the performance of activities carried out under such grants.
 
The bill also requires the Departments of Commerce and Labor to jointly establish a federal interagency task force to (1) identify any challenges that a state or local area receiving funds under this bill has had to overcome; (2) collect and disseminate best practices and develop and recommend policies at the federal level to support ongoing efforts to limit the impact of market disruptions on workers, employers, and industry sectors or occupations; (3) establish a framework for a state receiving a grant under the bill to measure employer satisfaction for activities funded under it; and (4) establish the minimum standards of job quality that an employer is required to meet as a condition of receiving assistance under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
National Security Council Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4491
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

National Security Council Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the scope and modifies the membership of the National Security Council. Specifically, the council must advise the President with respect to the integration of biodefense policies in addition to the currently required policies (e.g., domestic policy).
 
The bill adds to the membership of the council the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Biosecurity Information Optimization for Defense Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4492
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Biosecurity Information Optimization for Defense Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the President to establish a cabinet-level interagency forum to be known as the National Biodefense Directorate.
 
The directorate must develop a (1) national biodefense strategy and implementation plan, and (2) national strategy for combating public health misinformation and disinformation that threatens the national security and associated implementation plan.
 
The directorate must submit to the National Security Council and Congress a report including the National Biodefense Strategy and associated implementation plans. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must review the report and submit to Congress a report that identifies gaps in such strategies and plans and that makes recommendations to address such gaps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
action_date: 2021-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Secure 5G Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4493
Sponsor: Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Promoting Secure 5G Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution (e.g., the International Monetary Fund or the International Finance Corporation) that it is U.S. policy to 
 
 
 support institutional assistance with advanced wireless technologies only if they provide appropriate security for users, 
 
encourage assistance with infrastructure or policy reforms that facilitate the use of secure advanced wireless technologies, and 
 
cooperate with institutional member states to strengthen international support for such technologies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training Center Land Acquisition Act

Bill: 117-hr-4494
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Employment and training programs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Maryland
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training Center Land Acquisition Act

 
This bill authorizes the National Park Service (NPS) to acquire land or interests in land in Frederick County, Maryland, for the Historic Preservation Training Center and related facilities. The NPS may acquire not more than 20 acres in the county to support the physical space, program initiatives, and workforce development capacity of the center.
 
The NPS may acquire land or an interest in land by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller using donated or appropriated funds.

action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training Center Land Acquisition Act

 
This bill authorizes the National Park Service (NPS) to acquire land or interests in land in Frederick County, Maryland, for the Historic Preservation Training Center and related facilities. 
 
The NPS may acquire not more than 20 acres in the county to support the physical space, program initiatives, and workforce development capacity of the center.
 
The NPS may acquire land or an interest in land by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller using donated or appropriated funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-575.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-575.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House