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Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act

Bill: 117-hr-3042
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor carriers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act 

 
This bill establishes a standard of care for the selection of brokers and other entities that contract with motor carriers for the shipment of goods or household goods. A 
broker
 is a person, other than a motor carrier or an employee or agent of a motor carrier, that as a principal or agent sells, offers for sale, negotiates for, or holds itself out by solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise as selling, providing, or arranging for, transportation by motor carrier for compensation.
 
Specifically, the bill requires such entities to verify that a transporting motor carrier (1) is properly registered with the Department of Transportation (DOT); (2) has obtained the minimum required insurance coverage; and (3) is not determined unfit to safely operate commercial motor vehicles, or otherwise ordered to discontinue operations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or a state.
 
DOT must prescribe by regulation a process for revoking the registration of an owner or operator determined unfit to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Marijuana Data Collection Act

Bill: 117-hr-3043
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Hospital care
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Marijuana Data Collection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and relevant state agencies, to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences in order to study the effects of marijuana legalization in states for medicinal or non-medicinal use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3044
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2021

 
This bill requires U.S. representatives to certain international bodies to advocate for increased international cooperation to mitigate threats caused by the governance, opacity, or instability of financial intermediation in China. (Generally, financial intermediaries provide services, such as accounting and underwriting services, that facilitate financial transactions.)
 
Specifically, this requirement applies to U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund, the Group of 20 (G20), and the Financial Stability Board (a technical body established by the G20 to coordinate the group's agenda). 
 
The bill also requires the Financial Stability Oversight Council within the Department of the Treasury to report annually to Congress on such threats. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
No Regulation Through Litigation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3045
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

No Regulation Through Litigation Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the authority of federal agencies to enter into consent decrees and limits the inclusion of attorney fees in consent decrees or settlement agreements that result in a regulation or guidance document.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit Federal service academies from providing training and education based on critical race theory.

Bill: 117-hr-3046
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Education programs funding
Higher education
Military education and training
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for the provision of training or education based on critical race theory at the U.S. service academies (e.g., the Air Force Academy).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Military Moms Matter Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3047
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Health facilities and institutions
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Military Moms Matter Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses Department of Defense (DOD) policies regarding parental leave and postpartum care for service members.
 
The bill authorizes primary caregivers to take 12 weeks of parental leave, and up to 6 weeks of medical convalescent leave (which may not be considered in calculating the 12 weeks of parental leave), in connection with the birth of a child. Additionally, primary caregivers are authorized to take up to 12 weeks of parental leave in connection with the adoption of a child.
 
Under the bill, secondary caregivers are authorized to take up to 12 weeks of parental leave in connection with the birth or adoption of a child. The bill also removes the requirement that secondary caregivers must take such leave in one increment.
 
Among other requirements, DOD must also
 
 
provide at least four postpartum mental health assessments and other medical care in the year after a service member (or their dependent) gives birth,
 
ensure that a service member (or their dependent) who gives birth at a military medical treatment facility has the option to schedule a postpartum follow-up appointment concurrent with the date of the follow-up appointment for postnatal care for the newborn infant,
 
develop a standardized policy prohibiting each military branch from requiring a service member to take a physical fitness test until one year after giving birth, and
 
issue guidance on the development and implementation of standard protocols for the treatment of obstetric hemorrhages.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
North Pacific Ocean Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-3048
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

North Pacific Ocean Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in specified areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
No Communist Countries Participating in Lobbying Act

Bill: 117-hr-3049
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

No Communist Countries Participating in Lobbying Act

 
This bill prohibits former Members of Congress from lobbying the federal government on behalf of communist countries (or entities that are owned or controlled by such countries) and establishes specific monetary penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Kenneth Meisel Public Servants’ Claimant Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-3050
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Kenneth Meisel Public Servants' Claimant Fairness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise regulations so as to allow at least 60 days (rather than at least 30 days) for a claimant to submit any additional evidence that is requested by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to support a federal workers' compensation claim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
END ENDS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3051
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

 Ending Nicotine Dependence from Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Act of 2021 or the END ENDS Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits any e-liquid from having a concentration of nicotine higher than 20 milligrams per milliliter. (An e-liquid is a liquid intended for use with an electronic nicotine delivery system such as an e-cigarette or vape pen.)
 
The Food and Drug Administration may lower this cap to a minimally addictive or non-addictive level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Digital Trade for Development Act

Bill: 117-hr-3052
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Digital Trade for Development Act

 
This bill prohibits the President from designating any country as a beneficiary developing country if the country restricts digital trade to the detriment of U.S. development goals, strategic interests, or competitiveness. A country with such designation receives preferential trade treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences.
 
When designating any country as a beneficiary developing country, the President must, in addition to other factors, consider the extent to which such country has (1) refrained from imposing or eliminated digital trade barriers, and (2) taken steps to support consumer protections and the privacy of personal information online and to extend the benefits of digital trade to all.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
American Coasts and Oceans Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-3053
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
Pacific Ocean

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

American Coasts and Oceans Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in the Southern California planning area of the Outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act

Bill: 117-hr-3054
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Books and print media
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Libraries and archives
Library of Congress
News media and reporting
Photography and imaging
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
U.S. history
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

21st Century Federal Writers' Project Act

 
This bill creates a grant program in the Department of Labor to provide eligible entities with funds to assist individuals who are unemployed or underemployed in order to document in writing and images American society and the broad impacts and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
 
In addition, Labor must (1) establish a repository of works developed through the grant program in which grantees submit completed works from subgrantees, including giving credit to each writer or artist, and make such works available to the public; and (2) forward the completed work to the Library of Congress to archive such material.
 
The Library must establish an archive program in its American Folklife Center for collection and public availability, in a digital format of such written and visual works.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Public Health Service Ready Reserve Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3055
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Public Health Service Ready Reserve Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill entitles members of the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service to certain rights and benefits concerning leave and pay that are provided to members of the Army Reserve and the National Guard who are employed by the federal government or the government of the District of Columbia. The Ready Reserve Corps provides trained personnel to respond to health emergencies and improve access to health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Turkey and Ecumenical Patriarchate Religious Freedom Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3056
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Turkey and Ecumenical Patriarchate Religious Freedom Act of 2021

 
This bill requires reports on religious freedom in Turkey.
 
The Department of State must report to Congress on the State Department's policy for promoting religious freedom in Turkey.
 
If the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommends putting Turkey on the State Department's special watch list of countries that engage in or tolerate severe violations of religious freedom but the State Department does not do so, the President must report to Congress a justification for the decision. The President shall not have to make this report if Turkey is added to the special watch list or designated a country of particular concern for religious freedom. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Home Office Deduction Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3058
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Home Office Deduction Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a tax deduction for the trade or business expenses of employees during the period beginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2021.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Quality Care for Our Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-3059
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Ensuring Quality Care for 

O

ur Veterans Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with a nonfederal organization to conduct a quality management review of hospital care or medical services furnished by each Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provider whose license was terminated by a state licensing board based upon care or services provided in a non-VHA facility.
 
If a review determines that the standard of care was not met, the VA shall notify the individual who received such care or services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Putting Our First Responders First Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3060
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Putting Our First Responders First Act

 of 2021

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to allow first responders to exclude from gross income certain service-connected disability payments received as part of a pension or annuity after reaching the age of retirement. The bill applies to law enforcement officers, employees in fire protection activities, and individuals who provide out-of-hospital emergency medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House