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Expanding Opportunity through Pre-Apprenticeships Act

Bill: 117-hr-691
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Licensing and registrations
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Research and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Expanding Opportunity through Pre-Apprenticeships Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Apprenticeship (OA) within the Department of Labor to create a plan to expand participation in pre-apprenticeship programs for underrepresented populations and individuals with barriers to employment, and requires Labor to award related grants to certain eligible entities (e.g., community-based organizations, pre-apprenticeship sponsors, and employers for an in-demand industry or occupation).
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
establishes pre-apprenticeship program standards and requirements;
 
directs Labor to collect data on pre-apprenticeship programs, using workforce innovation and opportunity indicators of performance, on how programs resources are spent, and on the diversity and equal opportunity in apprenticeship programs;
 
directs the OA in partnership with state apprenticeship agencies to conduct research in state labor markets and create a plan to expand participation in registered pre-apprenticeship programs for nontraditional populations or individuals with barriers to employment such as youth, women, people of color, long-term unemployed, individuals with disabilities, individuals with substance abuse issues, individuals impacted by the criminal justice system, and veterans; and
 
provides grants to serve participants from nontraditional apprenticeship populations with preference to women, people of color, veterans, those who have been impacted by the youth or adult criminal justice system, and individuals with barriers to employment between the ages of 16 and 24.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making

Bill: 117-hr-692
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal district courts
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making

 
This bill sets forth requirements for determining the venue for judicial review of an agency action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill requires a proceeding for judicial review of an agency's compliance with NEPA to be brought in the U.S. district court for a district in which the authorized activity is proposed to be carried out or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-693
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
California
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act

 
This bill establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area in California as a unit of the National Park System, consisting of 49,387 acres of federal lands and interests in land.
 
The Department of the Interior must (1) cooperate with the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop opportunities for the management of the federal lands under DOD jurisdiction that are included within the recreation area, (2) create a comprehensive management plan for the recreation area, and (3) develop an integrated visitor services plan for the recreation area.
 
The bill establishes (1) the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council to advise Interior on the development and implementation of the management plan and the visitor services plan, and (2) the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership to coordinate activities of governmental and private entities in advancing the purposes of this bill and to improve management and recreational opportunities within the recreation area.
 
The Department of Agriculture must modify the boundaries of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in California to include 109,167 acres of additional, identified National Forest System lands and administer those lands as part of the monument. 
 
The bill designates (1) specified areas as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and (2) specified river and creek segments as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Metro Accountability and Investment Act

Bill: 117-hr-694
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Employee hiring
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Lawyers and legal services
Maryland
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Metro Accountability and Investment Act 

 
This bill reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2031 authority for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to finance in part the capital and preventive maintenance projects included in its Capital Improvement Program. 
 
It conditions the availability of funds, in part, on the WMATA Board of Directors certifying to DOT that it has adopted and will keep certain resolutions in effect for the entire funding period, including (1) establishing an independent budget authority, procurement authority, and hiring authority for its Office of the General Inspector; (2) ensuring its Inspector General (IG) can obtain legal advice from a counsel reporting directly to the IG; (3) requiring the IG to submit recommendations for corrective action to the General Manager and the Board of Directors of WMATA; (4) requiring the IG to publish such recommendations on its website; (5) requiring the WMATA Board of Directors to provide written notification to Congress at least 30 days in advance of the removal of an IG; and (6) prohibiting the WMATA Board of Directors from removing its Inspector General without a 30-day written notification that documents specific reasons for removal, including an abuse of authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
USPS Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-695
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

USPS Fairness Act

 
This bill repeals the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service annually prepay future retirement health benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
CARES Windfall for the Wealthiest Repeal Act

Bill: 117-hr-696
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

CARES Windfall for the Wealthiest Repeal Act

 
This bill restores and makes permanent the limitation on excess businesses losses of noncorporate taxpayers. It also allows taxpayers a carryback of their net operating losses arising in 2019 and 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

Bill: 117-hr-697
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deductions
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

 
This bill extends the $1 million limit on the deductibility of executive compensation to all employees of publicly traded corporations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
EV CHARGE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-698
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Electric Vehicle Charging Helps Access to Renewable Green Energy Act of 2021 or the EV CHARGE Act of 2021

 
This bill reinstates and extends through 2026, the 30% tax credit for the cost of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. The bill allows an additional 20% credit for excess costs attributable to refueling property that is intended for general public use or for use exclusively by fleets of commercial or government vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act

Bill: 117-hr-699
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act

 
 This bill specifies burden-of-proof and complaint requirements with respect to certain actions for breach of fiduciary duty against an investment adviser. Specifically, complaints must state certain facts with particularity, and a security holder has the burden of proving a breach of fiduciary duty by clear and convincing evidence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-02-02
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: 2021-02-02
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: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to develop, administer, and evaluate early childhood education apprenticeships, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-702
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to states to develop, administer, and evaluate registered apprenticeship programs focused on early childhood education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Apprenticeship Futures for All Act

Bill: 117-hr-703
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Insurance industry and regulation
Manufacturing
Minority employment
Retail and wholesale trades
Travel and tourism
Vocational and technical education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Apprenticeship Futures for All Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Apprenticeship (OA) within the Department of Labor to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities if the eligible entity is a qualified intermediary to (1) support national industry and equity intermediaries in establishing or expanding sector-based partnerships to support the delivery or expansion of programs under the national apprenticeship system to significant scale in the United States, or (2) serve programs under the national apprenticeship system in a local or regional setting.
 
The delivery or expansion of programs under the national apprenticeship system shall be (1) in key sectors, including manufacturing, information technology, cyber security, health care, insurance and finance, energy, hospitality, retail, construction, and other sectors identified by the OA as targeted for expansion under the national apprenticeship system; or (2) for nontraditional apprenticeship populations, women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and individuals impacted by the criminal or juvenile justice system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-705
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Evidence and witnesses
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Heartbeat Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion (1) without determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a fetus has a detectable heartbeat. 
 
It provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. 
 
A physician who performs a prohibited abortion is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. 
 
A woman who undergoes a prohibited abortion may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate the provisions of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Support for Substance Use Disorders Act

Bill: 117-hr-706
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
HIV/AIDS
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Emergency Support for Substance Use Disorders Act

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states, other jurisdictions, and community-based entities for harm reduction activities to address drug misuse during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
TREAT Act

Bill: 117-hr-708
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act or the TREAT Act

 
This bill temporarily authorizes the interstate provision of in-person and telehealth services. This authorization applies during, and for at least 180 days after, the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.
 
Specifically, subject to scope of practice and other requirements, a health care professional may provide health services in any U.S. jurisdiction based on that individual's authorization to practice in any one state or territory.
 
The bill also provides certain related powers to health care professional regulatory bodies, such as medical boards. Specifically, a regulatory body may investigate and take disciplinary actions against a professional who provides services pursuant to this bill to a patient in that body's jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-709
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Homeland security
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judges
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sound recording
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes additional requirements on asylum seekers, increases certain time limits related to detained aliens, and addresses other immigration-related issues.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must detain certain aliens, such as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony or believed to be a trafficker of controlled substances, beyond certain time limits for detaining an alien. 
 
The bill also provides for additional instances when DHS may extend the 90-day removal period (generally the window in which DHS has to remove an alien after a final order of removal). An alien choosing to appeal mandatory detention or detention as part of a removal period extension may do so only by filing for a writ of habeas corpus.
 
DHS shall establish a process to determine whether an alien not subject to mandatory detention and who has tried to comply with a removal order should be detained or released with conditions.
 
Furthermore, under this bill, an alien's credible fear of persecution must be more probable than not in order to be eligible for asylum. 
 
DHS may also deny asylum to an applying alien and remove the alien to a country that is not the alien's country of nationality, if the alien would be safe and would be able to apply for asylum from that country. (Currently, an asylum applicant may be removed to a third country only if that country is party to an agreement allowing for such removal.)
 
The Department of Justice may appoint 100 additional immigration judges. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-712
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: 

Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 20

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This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to examine and report on the various health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Introduced in House