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To prohibit any requirement that a member of the Armed Forces receive a vaccination against COVID-19.

Bill: 117-hr-3860
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Defense spending
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to require a member of the Armed Forces to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The bill also prohibits adverse action (e.g., punishment) being taken against a member of the Armed Forces because the member refuses to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Long. Petition No: 117-8. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/20211101?CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Making FHA Work for Borrowers with Student Debt Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3861
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Making FHA Work for Borrowers with Student Debt Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to modify its treatment of student loan debt for purposes of determining eligibility for federally insured mortgages for single-family homes. Specifically, the FHA must calculate a borrower's student loan debt obligation as the monthly payment required in connection with the loan or, if no monthly payment is required, 0.5% of the outstanding balance of the loan. Currently, the FHA calculates a borrower's student loan debt obligation as 1% of the outstanding balance of the loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Fair Representation Act

Bill: 117-hr-3863
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Fair Representation Act

 
This bill sets forth provisions related to ranked choice voting (a system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference) and congressional redistricting.
 
Specifically, the bill requires (1) that ranked choice voting be used for all elections for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, (2) that states entitled to six or more Representatives establish districts such that three to five Representatives are elected from each district, and (3) that states entitled to fewer than six Representatives elect all Representatives on an at-large basis. 
 
The bill also requires that congressional redistricting be conducted in accordance with a plan developed by (1) a state-established independent commission; or (2) if such a commission fails to enact a plan, a three-judge panel from a U.S. District Court. 
 
Further, the bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to make payments to states to implement ranked choice voting and carry out congressional redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Oyster Conservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-3864
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Chesapeake Bay
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research administration and funding
Seafood
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Oyster Conservation Act

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants to certain entities, including the academic community and seafood industry, to conduct research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems.
 
Grant awards may not exceed 85% of the research project's total cost unless NOAA waives such requirement. Additionally, NOAA must ensure that grant funding is apportioned according to the historic baseline (i.e., the estimated population of oysters in an estuary in 1850) oyster population of each estuary of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Bill: 117-hr-3865
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

 
This bill prohibits as a form of oppressive child labor the employment of any employee under age 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Chinese Currency Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3866
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Currency
International monetary system and foreign exchange

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Chinese Currency Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the United States to oppose, absent specified conditions, any increase in the weight of Chinese currency (i.e., the renminbi) in the basket of currencies used to determine the value of Special Drawing Rights. Special Drawing Rights are a currency support tool available to members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
 
Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must instruct certain U.S. officials at the IMF to oppose any such increase unless Treasury has certified that (1) China is in compliance with all general obligations of members of the IMF, (2) China has not been found to have manipulated its currency in the preceding 12 months, and (3) China is implementing policies and practices necessary to ensure that the renminbi is freely usable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Every Vote Counts Act

Bill: 117-hr-3867
Sponsor: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Disability assistance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying
Public transit
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Every Vote Counts Act

 
This bill requires states to take certain actions to facilitate absentee voting for federal elections.
 
First, the bill requires each state to establish an absentee ballot tracking program to track and confirm receipt of absentee ballots for federal elections. The Election Assistance Commission must make payments to states for establishing these programs.
 
Next, the bill requires each state to provide in each county secured drop boxes at which individuals may drop off their completed absentee ballots for federal elections.
 
These drop boxes must be (1) available beginning 45 days before the election; (2) accessible to individuals with disabilities and individuals with limited proficiency in the English language; (3) accessible by public transit; (4) available during all hours of the day; and (5) located in all communities within the county, including rural communities and on tribal lands. States must also post the requirements for absentee ballots to be counted and tabulated in the election. 
 
Further, the bill outlines additional requirements that a state must meet in determining the number and location of drop boxes.
 
The bill also requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop alternatives to signature matching for verifying the identity of an individual who is voting by absentee ballot.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act

Bill: 117-hr-3869
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Pro-Growth Budgeting Act 

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to incorporate a macroeconomic impact analysis in their cost estimates for major legislation. 
 
 The macroeconomic impact analysis (commonly referred to as dynamic scoring) must include the budgetary effects of changes in economic output, employment, capital stock, tax revenues, the sources of financing new outlays, the total debt of the federal government, international trade, international capital flows, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from the legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Teach CS Act

Bill: 117-hr-3870
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Teacher Education for Computer Science Act or the Teach CS Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education for establishing and maintaining teacher education programs for computer science.
 
It also includes computer science as an eligible education category with respect to receiving various teacher preparation grants and graduate fellowships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants for education programs on the history of the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II.

Bill: 117-hr-3871
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Education programs funding
Europe
Historical and cultural resources
Italy
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to provide grants for public awareness education programs on the history of the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II. 
 
In awarding such grants, priority shall be given to Italian American historical and cultural organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To apologize for the treatment of Italian Americans during World War II.

Bill: 117-hr-3872
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Europe
First Amendment rights
Italy
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 
This bill declares that Congress apologizes on behalf of the nation for violations of the civil liberties and constitutional rights of Italian Americans during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Open America’s Ports Act

Bill: 117-hr-3873
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation employees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Open America's Ports Act

 
This bill allows foreign vessels to transport passengers between U.S. ports and places. (Under current law, such vessels generally must be built in the United States and owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that governmental pension plans may include certain firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3874
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 
This bill expands tax-exempt governmental pension plans to include plans maintained by a tax-exempt public safety agency all of whose employees are emergency response providers performing firefighting services or out-of-hospital emergency medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3875
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise Act of 2021

 
This bill revises the duties, membership, and reporting requirements of the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise.
 
These changes include striking a requirement that the committee develop and promote new public sector programs and plans to foster women's business enterprise and, instead, requiring it to monitor the plans, programs, and operations of federal government departments and agencies to identify barriers to new business formation by women entrepreneurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Ketamine Restriction Act

Bill: 117-hr-3876
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Ketamine Restriction Act

 
This bill restricts the administration of ketamine to individuals during arrests and detentions. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the administration of ketamine to an individual during an arrest or detention for a federal offense other than in a hospital for medical purposes. 
 
Additionally, a state or local government must have in place a law or policy prohibiting the administration of ketamine to an individual during an arrest or detention other than in a hospital for medical purposes as a condition of receiving grant funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program and the Community Oriented Policing Services program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act

Bill: 117-hr-3877
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Air quality
California
Lakes and rivers
Outdoor recreation
Public contracts and procurement
Water quality
Water resources funding
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act

 
This bill provides the Bureau of Reclamation with additional project authorities for the Salton Sea research project in Southern California.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes Reclamation to provide grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to carry out projects (e.g., construction activities and dust suppression projects) to improve air quality, fish and wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and water quality in the area of the Salton Sea.
 
To carry out these projects, Reclamation may enter into partnerships with state, tribal, and local governments; water districts; joint powers authorities, including the Salton Sea Authority; nonprofit organizations; and institutions of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Employer-Sponsored Child Care Grants Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3878
Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Business expenses
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Expanding Employer-Sponsored Child Care Grants Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the temporary child care stabilization grant program to permit states to award subgrants to a business for the provision or expansion of child care services for its employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act

Bill: 117-hr-3879
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Protect America's Paper for Recycling Act

 
This bill modifies the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources to revise the definition of 
municipal solid waste
. 
 
The bill specifies that municipal solid waste does not include paper that is commonly recycled and that has been segregated from other solid waste, or solid waste that is collected as part of a system that does not provide for the separate collection of paper that is commonly recycled from residential solid waste. The bill includes exceptions for incidental and residual waste.
 
In the case of a facility that produces electricity both from municipal solid waste and other solid waste that is not a qualified energy resource (1) the facility is a qualified facility if it otherwise meets the requirements for qualified facilities, and (2) the credit only applies to the portion of the electricity produced from municipal solid waste.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in House