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Woman on the Twenty Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-503
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Currency
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Woman on the Twenty Act of 2021

 
This bill bars the printing of any $20 note after December 31, 2024, which does not prominently feature a portrait of Harriet Tubman on the front face of the note.
 
The Department of the Treasury shall release to the public the preliminary design of the $20 note prominently featuring a portrait of Harriet Tubman no later than December 31, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of State to establish a unit within the Office of the Inspector General to audit United States contributions to multilateral and international organizations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-504
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Latin America
Middle East
Multilateral development programs
North Korea
Russia
Syria
Terrorism
United Nations
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 
This bill requires the Department of State to establish the Unit to Audit US Contributions to Multilateral and International Organizations to audit and report on the contributions to those organizations during the preceding fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Native American Education Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-hr-505
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Native American Education Opportunity Act

 
This bill addresses education savings account programs and charter schools for tribal students. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education and the Department of the Interior, at the request of federally recognized Indian tribes, to provide funds to tribes for tribal-based education savings account programs. Tribes must use these funds to award grants to education savings accounts for students who (1) attended or will be eligible to attend a school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE); or (2) will not be attending a school operated by the BIE, receiving an education savings account from another tribe, or attending public elementary or secondary school while participating in the program.
 
Funds may be used for items and activities such as costs of attendance at private schools, private tutoring and online learning programs, textbooks, educational software, or examination fees. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must review the implementation of these education savings account programs, including any factors impacting increased participation in such programs.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the BIE to approve and fund charter schools at any school that it operates or funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-506
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act of 2021 

 
This bill expands statutory provisions to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to request a law enforcement agency to detain an individual who has been arrested for violating any law (if the individual is believed to be an unlawfully present alien), where current provisions only explicitly authorize detainer requests for individuals arrested for violating controlled substances laws. The bill also modifies other related provisions.
 
A law enforcement agency that has received a detainer request may hold the targeted individual for up to 48 hours. DHS may enter into agreements with law enforcement agencies to indemnify such agencies against claims for wrongful detention resulting from a detainer request. 
 
No provision of federal, state, or local law may restrict any government entity from (1) providing DHS with access to databases with information relating to issued detainers, or (2) holding an individual subject to a detainer. 
 
DHS shall periodically certify to Congress as to which state or local entities have not complied with a detainer request. Such entities shall be ineligible for compensation for costs related to honoring detainer requests.
 
State and local entities that comply with DHS detainer requests shall have prioritized access to (1) certain law enforcement-related grants, and (2) certain excess federal property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Innovative Energy Manufacturing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-507
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Materials
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Innovative Energy Manufacturing Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for additional annual allocations, in 2022 through 2026, of the qualifying advanced energy project tax credit. A 
qualifying advanced energy project
 is a project that reequips, expands, or establishes a manufacturing facility for the production of energy from alternative sources, including solar, wind, or other renewable resources. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must report to Congress by the end of 2027 on domestic job creation attributable to the credit allocations made by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Streets Act

Bill: 117-hr-508
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Safe And Friendly for the Environment Streets Act or the SAFE Streets Act

 
This bill revises the Highway Safety Improvement Program to create special rules for vulnerable road users. The bill defines 
vulnerable road user
 as a nonmotorist such as a pedestrian, pedalcylcist, bicyclist, other cyclist, or person on personal conveyance.
 
Specifically, the bill requires
 
 
states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) with above the median rate of vulnerable road user fatalities and serious injuries to dedicate at least 75% of funds under the program for projects to improve safety for such users, and
 
states and MPOs to create vulnerable road user safety assessments that include locations and corridors where serious injuries and fatalities occur and strategies to reduce safety risks for such users in the corridors.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard Safety and Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-509
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Coast Guard Safety and Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Coast Guard to formally respond in writing to each recommendation about transportation safety from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
 
The response must indicate whether the Coast Guard intends to (1) adopt the complete recommendation, (2) adopt a part of the recommendation, or (3) refuse to adopt the recommendation.
 
The NTSB must make a copy of each recommendation and response available to the public at a reasonable cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Support Local Transportation Act

Bill: 117-hr-510
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Support Local Transportation Act

 
This bill revises requirements for the surface transportation block grant program to increase the percentages of program funds required to be allocated to states for each of FY2022-FY2026 for surface transportation projects in
 
 
urbanized areas with a population of over 200,000, 
 
non-urban areas with a population greater than 5,000, and 
 
other areas of the state. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-511
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

National Multimodal Freight Network Improvement Act

 
This bill revises the network components of the National Multimodal Freight Network (NMFN).
 
Specifically, the bill requires 
 
 
the interim NMFN to include public ports of the United States that have a total annual cargo value of at least $1 billion, and 
 
the final NMFN to include all specified interim network components when the Department of Transportation designates or redesignates the network. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Green Bus Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-512
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Public transit
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Green Bus Act of 2021

 
This bill requires all buses purchased or leased with Federal Transit Administration funds to be zero-emission beginning on October 1, 2029.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) must issue an annual best practices report on zero-emission bus programs to help states and transit agencies implement zero-emission bus fleets.
 
DOT must give preference in awarding grants under the low or no emission program to transit agencies who have completed a full fleet transition plan.
 
The federal share of the cost of any zero-emission bus purchased or leased in accordance with this bill shall be 90%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
A PLUS Act

Bill: 117-hr-513
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act
 
 
This bill creates a framework under which states may receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Preserve American History Act

Bill: 117-hr-514
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Civics education
Executive Office of the President
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Preserve American History Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for a November 2, 2020, executive order establishing the President's Advisory 1776 Commission to promote the history and principles of the founding of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-516
Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes an interagency Environmental Justice Mapping Committee that must create a tool to identify environmental justice communities. Environmental justice communities are communities with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities that experience, or are at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects, as compared to other communities.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish an environmental justice data repository to maintain the data collected by the committee. The EPA must make the repository available to regional, state, local, and tribal governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Employee Bonus Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-517
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Employee Bonus Protection Act

 
This bill excludes from an employee's regular pay rate, for purposes of calculating overtime compensation, payments made to reward an employee or group of employees for meeting or exceeding the productivity, quality, efficiency, or sales goals specified in writing in a gainsharing plan, incentive bonus plan, commission plan, or performance contingent bonus plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Youth Apprenticeships Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-518
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Strengthening Youth Apprenticeships Act of 2021

 
This bill requires (1) the Office of Apprenticeship within the Department of Labor to enter into an agreement with the Department of Education to promote the integration and alignment of apprenticeship programs with secondary, postsecondary, and adult education; and (2) Labor to award grants to eligible entities to create or expand youth apprenticeship programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-519
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Legislative rules and procedure
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the President and the Department of the Interior to obtain the approval of Congress before implementing a moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico region of the outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Coal Leasing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-520
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Legislative rules and procedure
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Safeguarding Coal Leasing Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the President and the Department of the Interior to obtain the approval of Congress before implementing a moratorium on coal leasing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Conservation Funding Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-522
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Gulf of Mexico
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Conservation Funding Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to hold at least two region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico. Each lease sale must include areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. In addition, the bill establishes deadlines for completing environmental reviews of the lease sales.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House