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Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4495
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021 

 
This bill establishes a grant program through the Department of Housing and Urban Development for states and other entities to provide qualifying assistance to certain first-time, first-generation home buyers in purchasing their first homes. Qualifying assistance includes assistance for mortgage down payments, mortgage closing costs, reduction of mortgage interest rates, subsidies for shared equity homes, or for certain preoccupancy modifications to a home to accommodate persons with disabilities. 
 
The bill also establishes grant requirements regarding home buyer income, types of housing, homeowner occupancy, types of mortgages, and home buyer counseling. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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
Ending Homelessness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4496
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Ending Homelessness Act of 2021 

 
This bill expands the housing choice voucher program and provides assistance to homeless individuals and families. 
 
Specifically, the bill provides FY2022-2025 funding for the expansion of the housing choice voucher program for certain extremely low income families. Furthermore, beginning in FY2026, the bill creates and funds an entitlement to housing choice vouchers for certain extremely low income families. Eligibility for the entitlement expands annually, extending to low-income families by FY2030. 
 
The bill also reduces the geographic area used to calculate an area's fair market rent for purposes of voucher payment standards and prohibits the use of criminal history in determining eligibility for certain housing assistance. 
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of a renter's source of income or a renter's veteran status. 
 
The bill also provides additional FY2022-FY2026 funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist the homeless, including to award emergency relief grants in jurisdictions with the highest need and award grants to provide outreach and coordinate services.
 
Furthermore, the bill provides additional FY2022-FY2026 funding for the Housing Trust Fund, which provides affordable housing for extremely low-income and very low-income families. While this additional funding is available, HUD must ensure that priority for occupancy in assisted units is given to individuals and families who are homeless. 
 
Finally, the bill permanently reauthorizes certain homeless assistance grants and makes permanent the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 Financial Services, 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
To make emergency appropriations to the National Guard.

Bill: 117-hr-4498
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil disturbances
Crimes against property
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Protest and dissent
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 
This bill provides supplemental FY2021 appropriations to the National Guard for its response to the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 Appropriations, 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
Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4499
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a new tax credit for maintaining and enhancing hydroelectric dams that is equal to 30% of the basis of any qualified dam safety, environmental, and grid resilience enhancement property placed in service in a taxable year. It also allows a 30% credit for qualified obsolete river obstruction removal expenditures for demolishing and removing certain nonpowered or hydroelectric dams.


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
Local Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4500
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Local Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill requires state and local governments to certify that they provide a certain level of qualified immunity to law enforcement officers in order to be eligible for (1) funds under the Community Development Block Grant program, and (2) loans under the Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program. 
 
 
Qualified immunity
 is a judicially created legal doctrine that shields government officials from civil liability in cases involving the deprivation of statutory or constitutional rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3769)
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4501
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Office for Access to Justice within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to advise on matters relating to justice for low-income and other underrepresented people in the criminal and civil justice systems. Additionally, DOJ must establish a Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable to raise the awareness of executive branch agencies of the ways in which civil legal aid and indigent defense can help advance federal objectives, including those related to employment, family stability, housing, consumer protection, health services, and public safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Home for the Brave Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4503
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Home for the Brave Act of 2021

 
This bill excludes from income veterans' service-connected disability or death benefits for purposes of determinations made in connection with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's housing assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4504
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes biochar demonstration projects. 
Biochar
 refers to carbonized biomass produced by converting feedstock through reductive thermal processing for nonfuel uses.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior (for land under Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction) and the Department of Agriculture (for land under Forest Service jurisdiction) to enter into agreements with tribes or tribal organizations to carry out biochar demonstration projects. These projects must support the development and commercialization of biochar on Indian forest land or rangeland and in nearby communities by providing them with reliable supplies of feedstock from federal lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
VACCINES Act

Bill: 117-hr-4506
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Veterans' Access to Care Concerning Inoculations Needed in Emergency Situations Act or the VACCINES Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish specified care during a public health emergency declared by a federal authority. Specifically, during such emergency, the VA must furnish to veterans (1) diagnostic products to detect the disease relating to the emergency, and (2) vaccinations for such disease.
 
The VA may not require any copayment or other cost sharing for any diagnostic product or vaccine furnished under this bill.
 
Additionally, the VA must conduct outreach to ensure that veterans are aware of the diagnostic products and vaccines available during the public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Family Resources and Training Options Act

Bill: 117-hr-4507
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Protecting Family Resources and Training Options Act

 
This bill applies specified federal laws regarding improper payment to state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish review and reporting requirements through regulations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4508
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Crime victims
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay compensation to direct victims of civil rights era violence.
 
An individual is a direct victim and may receive payment if the individual (1) is a U.S. citizen, (2) sustained an injury as a result of racial violence during the civil rights era, (3) can provide evidence of the injury sustained through medical records, and (4) is incurring expenses related to that injury.
 
The benefit amount is the cost of the individual's medical care associated with the injury, as demonstrated by the direct victim's medical records.
 
A family member of a direct victim shall be eligible for a benefit if he or she is responsible for the costs related to the injury and the direct victim is deceased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

Bill: 117-hr-4509
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act

 
This bill renames the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program as the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) program, reauthorizes the program through FY2027, and makes changes relating to work requirements for beneficiaries.
 
States providing aid under the program shall create an individual opportunity plan for each beneficiary. States shall impose work requirements on all work-eligible beneficiaries and shall reduce benefits for noncompliance. (Currently, individual plans are optional under TANF, and states have discretion as to whether to reduce benefits for noncompliant individuals.)
 
States providing aid shall meet annual performance targets related to the number of beneficiaries who exit the program and find unsubsidized employment. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall reduce grants to states that fail to meet such targets. States shall provide data related to beneficiary employment and wages to HHS, which shall be publicly available.
 
The bill modifies certain limitations that restrict the use of funds for case management and other purposes and requires states to spend at least 25% of funds from various grants on core activities.
 
Certain existing laws relating to monitoring and recovering improper benefits payments shall apply to the JOBS program.
 
The bill eliminates programs providing (1) supplemental grants for population increases, (2) bonuses for high performance states, (3) welfare-to-work grants, and (4) contingency funds for state welfare programs.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Health Enterprise Zones Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4510
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Health Enterprise Zones Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for the designation of Health Enterprise Zones in certain geographic areas with documented and measurable health disparities. This designation, which expires 10 fiscal years after the bill's enactment, confers eligibility for certain grants, student loan repayment programs, and tax credits for those working to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes in these zones. 
 
Specifically, community-based nonprofits or local government agencies, in coalition with health care providers, social service organizations, and others, may apply to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the designation. The application must include a plan to reduce health disparities and achieve other outcomes.
 
In implementing the program, HHS must consult with, among others, the Department of Housing and Urban Development. When approving applications, HHS shall consider factors including geographic diversity and the commitment of supporting funds from the private sector. HHS (1) may award grants to organizations or agencies that applied for the designation to support activities aligned with their plans, and (2) must carry out a student loan repayment program for health care providers who agree to provide services in a Health Enterprise Zone. 
 
In addition, the bill establishes tax credits for employers that hire, and individuals who work as, Health Enterprise Zone workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-19
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: 2021-07-19
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: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
FACTS Act

Bill: 117-hr-4511
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

FDA Advancing Collection of Transformative Science Act or the FACTS Act

 
This bill establishes that certain data and determinations from a request for emergency use authorization for a drug, biological product, or medical device may apply to later regulatory procedures for that product.
 
Specifically, data generated to support a request for emergency use authorization may constitute valid scientific evidence to be considered for various later submissions to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including a request for market approval.
 
Also, when granting emergency use authorization for a medical device, if the FDA determines that the device performs certain simple low-risk examinations or procedures, that determination shall apply to certain other regulatory submissions unless additional information contradicts that determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Semipostal Stamp Clarification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4512
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: 

Semipostal Stamp Clarification Act of
 
2021
 
 
This bill removes the authority of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue semipostal stamps (stamps sold at a premium to raise funds for causes of national public interest) except as provided by an act of Congress. (Currently, the USPS issues semipostals using its own discretion to determine the causes it considers to be in the national public interest.)
 
The bill also makes entities (currently, only agencies) eligible to receive amounts that become available from the sale of semipostals. Congress must determine the appropriate agencies or entities that receive such amounts. 
 
The USPS must issue regulations addressing how administrative costs incurred relating to semipostals shall be computed, recovered, and kept to a minimum. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Introduced in House