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Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-4302
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act

 
This bill establishes forest management, forest conservation, and wildfire prevention programs and activities.
 
The bill establishes
 
 
a collaborative prescribed fire program,
 
an incentive program for large, cross-boundary prescribed fires,
 
a program to remove or treat bark beetle-killed or infested trees,
 
the Restoration and Resilience Partnership Program, and 
 
Forest Reserve Revenue Areas to generate revenue for counties.
 
 
The bill also provides for, among other things
 
 
the removal of certain trees or parts of those trees that come within 500 feet of an electric power line as hazard trees,
 
the selection and implementation of landscape-scale forest restoration projects,
 
removing the maximum term limits on stewardship end result contracting projects,
 
study of only two alternatives (action vs. nonaction) in proposed collaborative forest management activities,
 
the balancing of the long- and short-term effects of forest management activities on the affected ecosystem while considering injunctive relief, 
 
categorical exclusions from certain environmental requirements for specified forest management activities, and
 
the expansion of the fire regime areas outside the wildland-urban interface for which a collaborative restoration project may be conducted. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-07-01
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: 2021-07-01
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: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Labor Market Response Act

Bill: 117-hr-4303
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Labor Market Response Act

 
This bill requires the inclusion of certain information about the labor market in applications for grants that provide low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
No Red and Blue Banks Act

Bill: 117-hr-4304
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Finance and Financial Sector
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

No Red and Blue Banks Act

 
This bill prohibits the General Services Administration from awarding a contract to a bank or savings association insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation if the institution avoids doing business with companies based solely on social policy considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Crisis Care Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-hr-4305
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Crisis Care Enhancement Act

 
This bill requires states to support evidence-based crisis care services, such as crisis call centers, through the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG). In addition, for each year in which the appropriations for that grant exceed a specified amount, states must expend a certain percentage of their MHBG allotment on crisis care services.
 
Additionally, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may permit states and territories to use MHBG funding on crisis care services for individuals who are not part of the grant's target population. Currently, the MHBG targets adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4306
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

 
This bill increases access to career and educational opportunities for eligible family members of foreign service employees.
 
Specifically, the Department of State must use additional hiring preferences and apply appropriate hiring standards to eligible family members seeking employment in certain civil service positions overseas. Additionally, the State Department may take other steps to improve job portability and otherwise support employment of eligible family members who work in the federal civil service or private sector jobs. The State Department must also report on the implementation of the Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps, a program that expedites hiring and onboarding processes for family members who are eligible for appointment to positions overseas.
 
Furthermore, each federal agency must include in its telework policy the circumstances under which an employee may temporarily work from an approved location overseas.
 
The bill also makes foreign service employees (or their spouses and dependent children) who are domiciled or assigned to a duty station in a given state eligible for in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education in that state. Such individuals retain their eligibility for in-state tuition provided they maintain continuous enrollment even if their domicile or duty station changes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

Bill: 117-hr-4307
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

 
This bill establishes requirements regarding congressional redistricting, including that redistricting plans must be developed by an independent redistricting commission.
 
A state that has been redistricted after an apportionment of Representatives may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct a subsequent redistricting in order to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Each state must establish an independent redistricting commission to develop redistricting plans that meet specified criteria. If such a plan is not enacted into law, a state's highest court may select a plan developed by the state's commission. If the state court does not select a plan, a U.S. district court must develop a plan.
 
The Election Assistance Commission must make payments to states to carry out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Removing Federal Barriers to Offering of Mobile Wagers on Indian Lands Act

Bill: 117-hr-4308
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Removing Federal Barriers to Offering of Mobile Wagers on Indian Lands Act

 
This bill establishes provisions related to the regulation of certain online wagers (i.e., bets) as Indian gaming.
 
The bill deems an online wager as occurring exclusively on Indian lands, and therefore subject to the jurisdictional framework that governs Indian gaming, if (1) the person placing the wager and the server that accepts the wager are located in the same state, and (2) the applicable state and Indian tribe have entered into a gaming compact.
 
For the purposes of regulation as Indian gaming, an online wager is deemed to be made at the physical location of the server or other computer equipment used to accept the wager, unless otherwise agreed to by the state and Indian tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E735)
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
MINKS are Superspreaders Act

Bill: 117-hr-4310
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Livestock
Mammals
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Minks in Narrowly Kept Spaces are Superspreaders Act or the MINKS are Superspreaders Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase American mink (
Neovison vison
) raised in captivity for fur production, whether dead or alive. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Def Security Assistance, Federal Judicial Center.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4311
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of
 
2021

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care. Coverage includes (1) routine dental cleanings and exams, basic and major dental services, emergency dental care, and dentures; (2) routine eye exams, eyeglasses, and contact lenses; and (3) routine hearing exams, hearing aids, and exams for hearing aids. With respect to such care, the bill establishes special payment rules, limitations, and coinsurance requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-01
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: 2021-07-01
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: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
NFA SBS Act

Bill: 117-hr-4312
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

No Frivolous Application for Short-Barreled Shotguns Act or the NFA SBS Act

 
This bill removes certain short-barreled shotguns from the definition of 
firearms
 for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the sale or transportation of such shotguns in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled shotgun as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such shotguns where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. 
 
The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled shotguns. 
 
The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of shotguns described by this bill within one year after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Small Refinery Exemption Clarification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4313
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Small Refinery Exemption Clarification Act of 2021

 
This bill states that a small refinery may submit a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency for an exemption from the requirements of the Renewable Fuel Program only if that refinery has received an exemption continuously since 2011. Thus, small refineries may not request extensions of exemptions if previous exemptions are already expired.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Fair Allocation of Highway Funds Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4314
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Fair Allocation of Highway Funds Act of 2021

 
This bill revises the methodology for apportioning federal highway funds among states. Specifically, the bill adjusts each state's apportionment to account for both certain tax payments attributable to highway users in the state and other federal taxes collected in the state relative to such taxes collected in all states. The bill also caps the apportionment that each state may receive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4315
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Fair COLA for Seniors Act

 
This bill bases cost-of-living adjustments for certain benefits available through federal and military retirement programs, Social Security, and specified programs for veterans on a price index that tracks the spending patterns of older consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor must publish that price index on a monthly basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Armed Services, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Armed Services, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Armed Services, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Armed Services, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E730)
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Healthcare Careers Act

Bill: 117-hr-4316
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Health personnel
Indian social and development programs
Minority employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Tribal Healthcare Careers Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve a portion of Health Profession Opportunity Grants for Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal colleges and universities.
 
HHS must award at least 10 grants to tribal applicants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Separation of Powers Restoration Act

Bill: 117-hr-4317
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Separation of Powers Restoration Act

 
This bill restricts the scope of presidential orders. A 
presidential order
 means any executive order, presidential proclamation, or presidential directive, as well as any other presidential or executive action issued under the authority of the President or other federal officer or employee that purports to effect standards and norms outside of the executive branch.
 
Specifically, the bill limits the application of a presidential order to the executive branch unless the order is issued pursuant to certain presidential powers under the Constitution or statutory authority. The bill further specifies that the President may not issue an order under a ratified or unratified treaty (or bilateral or multilateral agreement) if the treaty (1) violates constitutional protections for rights retained by the people or powers reserved to the states, or (2) delegates power to a foreign government or international body absent constitutional authority. When issuing a presidential order, the President must cite to the applicable constitutional or statutory authority.
 
A presidential order without this citation is invalid. Members of Congress, nonfederal government officials, and aggrieved persons may challenge an order's validity on the basis that it exceeds the President's constitutional or statutory authority.
 
The bill also repeals the War Powers Resolution (a joint resolution that outlines procedures for Congress and the President to participate in decisions to send Armed Forces into hostilities) and terminates emergency authorities available to the President and other federal officers and employees for responding to a declared national emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Rules, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Rules, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Rules, 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: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House