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Establishing Public Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-964
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Labor market

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Establishing Public Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to include a statement regarding the net gain or loss of domestic jobs that is likely to result if a rule is adopted, as well as the accompanying analysis, in the notice of proposed rulemaking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Save Voters Act

Bill: 117-hr-966
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Save Voters Act 

 
This bill prohibits a state from removing registrants from the official list of eligible voters unless it meets certain verification and notice requirements.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits a state from removing a registrant from the official list of eligible voters unless it verifies, on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that the registrant is ineligible to vote in federal elections. Further, a state is prohibited from considering failure to vote in an election or failure to respond to a notice as evidence of ineligibility to vote.
 
Additionally, the bill requires a state to provide individual registrants who are removed with a notice, which must include the grounds for the removal and information on contesting the removal. Public notice must be provided after conducting any general program to remove the names of ineligible voters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Federal Skills Act

Bill: 117-hr-967
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Federal Skills Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the executive order titled 
Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates
, which was issued on June 26, 2020. The order generally prescribes certain limits as to the consideration and use of post-high school educational requirements for positions in the competitive service.
 
Among other things, the order specifies that an executive agency may only institute a minimum educational requirement for a position in the competitive service if it is legally required for the position, and may only consider a candidate's education with respect to other minimum requirements if it directly reflects the competencies necessary for the position.
 
The order requires the Office of Personnel Management to review and revise the classification and qualification standards for positions in the competitive service so as to comply with these requirements. The order also requires changes to be made public, and to take effect, within 120 days and 180 days of the date of the order, respectively. (The bill requires a similar timeline with respect to the date of enactment of the bill.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-968
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Budget process
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2021

 
 This bill establishes procedures and provides statutory authority to reduce the number of federal regulations. Specifically, it requires each agency to establish a regulatory reform task force chaired by a designated regulatory reform officer. Each task force must, among other duties (1) review each existing agency regulation; (2) estimate the potential cost savings of repealing or modifying each regulation; and (3) identify regulations that are appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification based on cost, effectiveness, and impact on employment.
 
 The bill further provides statutory authority for the executive order prohibiting agencies from issuing a new regulation with an economic impact of at least $100 million without identifying two regulations for repeal that will offset the cost of the proposed new regulation.
 
 Agencies also must submit a list of all planned regulatory actions for inclusion in the semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, including (1) the estimated economic effect of each action, and (2) proposed deregulatory actions to offset the cost of each proposed new regulation. Additionally, the Office of Management and Budget must establish an annual regulatory budget for each federal agency that specifies the net allowable increase in regulatory costs for each agency during the next fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Freedom from Regulations Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-969
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Freedom from Regulations Act of 2021

 
This bill requires independent regulatory agencies to comply with the requirements applicable to regulatory actions by other federal agencies, including the rulemaking process under the Administrative Procedure Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Small Business, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Small Business, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Small Business, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Opportunity Zone Extension Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-970
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Economic development
Income tax deferral
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 
This bill extends for two years the election and capital gain deferral periods for qualified opportunity zones. An opportunity zone is an economically-distressed community where private investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for capital gain tax incentives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Succession Planning Act

Bill: 117-hr-971
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business education
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Income tax credits
Small Business Administration
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Small Business Succession Planning Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to assist small businesses with developing and implementing business succession plans. The bill also provides a tax credit for a business that establishes a succession plan or that successfully carries out such a plan.
 
A business succession plan identifies who will assume the ownership responsibilities of a small business upon the owner's death or retirement, and it includes an operational description of the small business to ensure the continuation of operations.
 
To carry out the program, the SBA must develop and make publicly available a toolkit to assist small business with succession planning. Further, it must train resource partners on the toolkit, educate small businesses about the program, and ensure that each SBA district office and each resource partner employs someone to counsel small businesses on using the toolkit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Wildlife Refuge Conservation and Recreation for the Community Act

Bill: 117-hr-972
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Endangered and threatened species
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Wildlife Refuge Conservation and Recreation for the Community Act

 
This bill directs the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to establish as a national wildlife refuge the lands, waters, and interests therein acquired pursuant to this bill, to be known as the Western Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge.
 
The FWS shall publish notice of the establishment of the wildlife refuge in the Federal Register.
 
The FWS shall establish the acquisition boundaries of the wildlife refuge as the lands and waters within the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Area.

action_date: 2022-04-25
text: 

Wildlife Refuge Conservation and Recreation for the Community Act

 
This bill directs the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to establish as a national wildlife refuge the lands, waters, and interests therein acquired pursuant to this bill, to be known as the Western Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge.
 
The FWS shall publish notice of the establishment of the wildlife refuge in the Federal Register.
 
The FWS shall establish the acquisition boundaries of the wildlife refuge as the lands and waters within the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 216.
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-294.
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-294.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Central Coast Heritage Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-973
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Lakes and rivers
Motor vehicles
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Religion
Right of privacy
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Central Coast Heritage Protection Act
 
 
This bill designates specified land within the Bakersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management and in the Los Padres National Forest in California as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
The bill designates certain land in the Los Padres National Forest as
 
 
 the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness Area, to be incorporated into the Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area;
 
 the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area, to be incorporated into the San Rafael Wilderness;
 
 the Condor Ridge Scenic Area; 
 
the Black Mountain Scenic Area; and
 
 the Condor National Scenic Trail. 
 
 
The bill also designates specified segments of the Indian, Mono, Matilija, Sespe, and Piru Creeks and Sisquoc River in California as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and requires studies of new trails for recreation opportunities in California.
 
Indian tribes shall be assured access to the wilderness areas, scenic areas, and potential wilderness areas designated by this bill for traditional cultural and religious purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Budget Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-974
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Sustainable Budget Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform within the legislative branch to identify policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long term.
 
The commission must propose recommendations that (1) are designed to balance the budget, excluding interest payments on the debt, within 10 years; and (2) meaningfully improve the long-term fiscal outlook, including changes to address the growth of entitlement spending and the gap between projected federal revenues and expenditures.
 
Congress must consider the commission's recommendations using specified expedited legislative procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Seniors’ Access to COVID Treatments Act

Bill: 117-hr-975
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Ensuring Seniors' Access to COVID Treatments Act

 
This bill requires prescription drug plans under Medicare and Medicare Advantage to cover drugs that are approved to treat COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without cost-sharing during the public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
ETHIC Act

Bill: 117-hr-976
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nursing
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Ensuring Transparent Honest Information on COVID-19 Act or the ETHIC Act

 
This bill retroactively requires states and other jurisdictions to report specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a condition of receiving certain COVID-19 funding.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to commission a study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on public health data infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Lady Liberty Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-977
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Lady Liberty Act of 2021 

 
This bill sets a floor of 125,000 for the maximum number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States each fiscal year. Under current law, the President sets the annual cap on refugee admissions at the beginning of each fiscal year. (The cap for FY2021 is 15,000, and the cap for FY2020 was 18,000.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-978
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill requires federal agencies to develop and disclose safety plans that contain certain information for on-site employees and contractors during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill requires each agency to post a safety plan on its website that includes descriptions of (1) the personal protective equipment that the agency will provide to its on-site employees and contractors; (2) protections for employees whose work requires them to travel off-site; (3) testing, contact-tracing, and vaccination protocols; and (4) protocols that ensure the continuity of operations in the event it is necessary to reverse on-site requirements. 
 
Each agency's Office of the Inspector General must report on whether the agency has published and implemented its safety plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST - Mr. DeSaulnier asked unanimous consent that the ordering of the yeas and nays on the motion that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill H.R. 978 be vacated, to the end that the motion be considered as withdrawn. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House