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To establish the Election Integrity Commission to study the integrity and administration of the general election for Federal office held in November 2020 and make recommendations to Congress to improve the security, integrity, and administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-607
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Postal service
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the Election Integrity Commission. The commission must (1) study the integrity and administration of the November 2020 general election; and (2) make recommendations to Congress on improving the security, integrity, and administration of federal elections.
 
The commission terminates 30 days after the submission of its final report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-608
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family planning and birth control
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Human trafficking
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill requires recipients of grants for family planning services to demonstrate their compliance with state and local laws that mandate reporting of child abuse, human trafficking, or other mistreatment.
 
If a grantee does not comply, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must first work with the grantee to remedy violations. For subsequent violations, the bill directs HHS to recoup funds received by the grantee. It also bars the grantee from receiving family planning funds for 36 months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak to convey of certain properties to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-609
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Land transfers
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 
This bill requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), on or before June 30, 2021, to convey specific properties to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including the Keystone Line and stations between Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
 
Amtrak shall be entitled to use the properties conveyed on the same terms and conditions and right to determination by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board as afforded commuter authorities operating over Amtrak's lines, but shall not be entitled to compensation for the conveyances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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
ROCKS Act

Bill: 117-hr-611
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Materials
Regional and metropolitan planning
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Rebuilding Our Communities by Keeping aggregates Sustainable Act of 2021 or the
 
ROCKS Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a working group of stakeholders (e.g., state, tribal, and local transportation and planning agencies) with knowledge and expertise in the production and transportation of materials used in the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure projects to conduct a study on access to such materials, including access to stone, sand, and gravel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-29
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
Downwinders Parity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-612
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government liability
Nevada
Nuclear weapons
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Downwinders Parity Act of 2021

 
This bill expands a program that compensates individuals who were exposed to radiation from atmospheric nuclear testing and subsequently developed specified cancers.
 
Under current law, the program compensates, among others, individuals who were present in a designated geographic area during a period of nuclear testing. The bill expands that area to include all parts of Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona. Current law restricts eligibility to certain parts of those counties.
 
The Department of Justice must report on efforts to inform individuals newly eligible for compensation about the program.

action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

Downwinders Parity Act of 2021

 
This bill expands a program that compensates individuals who were exposed to radiation from atmospheric nuclear testing and subsequently developed specified cancers.
 
Under current law, the program compensates, among others, individuals who were present in a designated geographic area during a period of nuclear testing. The bill expands that area to include all parts of Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona. Current law restricts eligibility to certain parts of those counties.
 
The Department of Justice must report on efforts to inform individuals newly eligible for compensation about the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-220.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-220.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 13.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Discharged.
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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
SALT Deductibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-613
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Property tax
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Securing Access to Lower Taxes by ensuring Deductibility Act or the SALT Deductibility Act

 
This bill repeals the temporary restrictions in taxable years 2018 through 2025 on the deductibility of state and local taxes.


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
Put School Counselors Where They’re Needed Act

Bill: 117-hr-614
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to implement a demonstration project providing competitive, four-year grants to at least 10 secondary schools that have a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 60% or lower, for the provision of additional school counselors and counselor resources.
 
The additional school counselors must primarily serve students identified as being at risk of not graduating in four years.
 
Grantees that demonstrate progress in improving their graduation rates shall be eligible for subsequent grants. 


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
Keeping the Lights On Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-615
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Disability assistance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Public utilities and utility rates
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Keeping the Lights On Act of 2021

 
This bill allows an eligible employer a payroll tax credit equal to 50% of a limited amount of qualified fixed expenses paid by such employer in a calendar quarter. 
Qualified fixed expenses
 include a mortgage, rent, or a utility payment. 
 
An employer is eligible for such payroll credit if the employer was carrying on a trade or business that had not more than 1,500 full-time employees or not more than $41.5 million in gross receipts in 2019. The employer's business must have been suspended in a calendar quarter due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and have experienced a significant decline in gross receipts due to that pandemic. 
 
The credit may not be claimed by the federal government or by any state or tribal government, or by U.S. possessions, but may be claimed by tax-exempt organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Water is a Human Right Act

Bill: 117-hr-616
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Emergency Water is a Human Right Act

 
This bill creates a grant program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide funds to states and Indian tribes to assist low-income households that pay a high proportion of household income for drinking water and wastewater services. Further, any entity receiving financial assistance under this grant program must ensure that no home energy service or public water system service is or remains disconnected or interrupted during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. 


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 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
No Coronavirus Copays for Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-617
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

No Coronavirus Copays for Veterans Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring a co-payment or other cost sharing for qualifying preventive services related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). A qualifying preventive service is intended to prevent or mitigate COVID-19 and is either (1) an evidence-based item or service with an 
A
 or 
B
 rating in the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or (2) an immunization that has in effect a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to the individual involved.
 
Such a prohibition shall take effect 15 business days after the date on which a recommendation is made regarding a qualifying preventive service related to COVID-19.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Access to Credit for Homebuyers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-618
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Financial literacy
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Low- and moderate-income housing
Rural conditions and development
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Promoting Access to Credit for Homebuyers Act of 2021

 
This bill requires Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to purchase or insure single-family mortgages originated on or after February 1, 2020, on the same terms as they otherwise would despite a borrower entering into, or inquiring about, forbearance due to a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) related hardship. This requirement begins 5 days after enactment of this bill and ends 60 days after the end of the period of time a borrower may request a COVID-19 related forbearance. 
 
The Federal Housing Finance Agency may not increase fees or otherwise restrict access to credit during the COVID-19 emergency without congressional notice. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on COVID-19-related assistance to consumers by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance programs. 


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
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-619
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health personnel
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
 
This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must provide in the case of a child born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.
 
 Specifically, a health care practitioner who is present must (1) exercise the same degree of care as would reasonably be provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure the child is immediately admitted to a hospital. Additionally, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with the degree-of-care requirements must immediately report such failure to law enforcement.
 
A health care practitioner who fails to provide the required degree of care, or a health care practitioner or other employee who fails to report such failure, is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. 
 
 An individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder.
 
The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive under this bill and allows her to bring a civil action against a health care practitioner or other employee for violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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
Dignity for Aborted Children Act

Bill: 117-hr-620
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Cemeteries and funerals
Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health information and medical records
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Dignity for Aborted Children Act

 
This bill sets out requirements for the disposition of human fetal tissue from an abortion.
 
Specifically, it requires abortion providers to obtain a patient's informed consent for one of two specified methods of disposition.
 
First, patients may choose to retain possession of the tissue. A patient may choose to transfer the tissue to an entity that provides interment or cremation services.
 
Second, in cases where the tissue is expelled on the provider&rsquo;s premises, the patient may elect to release the tissue to the provider. Providers must ensure any tissue released to them is interred or cremated within seven days of the procedure in a manner consistent with state law regarding the disposal of human remains.
 
Abortion providers must report annually about these requirements and other specified information.
 
The bill provides civil or criminal penalties for violations of disposal, informed consent, and reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
BOLIVAR Act

Bill: 117-hr-621
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Latin America
Public contracts and procurement
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Banning Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian Regime Act or the BOLIVAR Act

 
This bill prohibits an executive agency from entering into a contract for the procurement of goods or services with any person that has business operations with the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
 
The bill lists exceptions, including where vital to U.S. national security or as necessary for purposes of providing humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and other urgent lifesaving measures, or to carry out noncombatant evacuations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-622
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional tributes
Crimes against property
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers
Protest and dissent
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Officer Brian D. Sicknick Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal commemorating Officer Brian D. Sicknick for giving his life to protect the Capitol and Members and staff of Congress on January 6, 2021.
 
Following its award, the medal shall be given to Officer Sicknick's parents, Charles and Gladys Sicknick.


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