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Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3083
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 20

21

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants for programs that provide mentoring for children in foster care and children with experience in foster care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Taiwan Fellowship Act

Bill: 117-hr-3084
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
China
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
International exchange and broadcasting
Taiwan

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Taiwan Fellowship Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to establish a program to provide fellowships in Taiwan to qualifying U.S. government employees. 
 
Each program fellow shall work in (1) a Taiwanese government agency; or (2) a nongovernmental organization, such as the American Institute in Taiwan, whose interests are associated with the interests of the fellow's employing U.S. government agency. (In 1979, the United States established diplomatic relations with China and ended formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan. The American Institute in Taiwan is a private organization that has a contract with the State Department to represent U.S. interests in Taiwan and provide consular services.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
ENACT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3085
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical research
Minority education
Minority employment
Minority health
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Act of 2021 or the ENACT Act of 2021

 
This bill sets out activities and requirements to increase the participation of underrepresented populations in research and clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. 
 
Specifically, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) must establish and provide technical assistance to Alzheimer's research centers located in areas with higher concentrations of minority groups. These centers must
 
 
establish diagnostic and treatment clinics designed to serve minority, rural, and other underserved populations;
 
operate clinical trials; and
 
carry out public outreach to encourage members of minority populations to participate in clinical trials and research.
 
 
Additionally, the NIA must disseminate information to members of minority populations about participating in clinical trials and take other actions to enhance diversity with respect to the Alzheimer's research that it conducts or supports.
 
The bill also directs the NIA to increase diversity among Alzheimer's researchers by encouraging the participation of individuals who are from groups that are underrepresented in clinical, behavioral, and social sciences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Locality Pay Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3086
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Locality Pay Equity Act of 

2021

 
This bill (1) prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as 
Rest of United States
; and (2) requires the OPM to ensure that this bill shall not have the effect of reducing the rate of basic pay for an individual serving as a prevailing rate employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-3087
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following the surgical removal of the breast (i.e., a mastectomy), including replacements of such prostheses. Currently, Medicare covers surgically implanted breast prostheses, as well as some external breast prostheses (e.g., post-surgical bras).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3088
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Digital media
Firearms and explosives
Manufacturing
Materials
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
 
 
This bill establishes a federal statutory framework to regulate the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, and receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers). 
 
Additionally, the bill revises the federal statutory framework regulating the manufacture, possession, sale, import, shipment, delivery, receipt, and transfer of undetectable firearms. Among the revisions, the bill defines 
undetectable firearm
 as a firearm without a major component wholly made of detectable material.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act

Bill: 117-hr-3089
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to establish a process through which qualifying out-of-state providers may enroll as participating providers without undergoing additional screening requirements. Among other things, a qualifying provider must (1) serve minors, or adults whose condition began as a minor; and (2) have previously been screened for Medicare participation or for participation in the Medicaid program of the state in which the provider is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Interstate Rail Compacts Advancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3090
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Interstate Rail Compacts Advancement Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a grant program and makes other changes to support interstate rail compacts with improving and enhancing intercity passenger rail transportation systems.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) must award up to 10 matching grants each fiscal year to interstate rail compacts or commissions for administrative costs related to the compact. In awarding the grants, DOT must consider (1) the amount of funding from and participation of railroads and other stakeholders, (2) whether the compact seeks to restore routes formerly operated by Amtrak, and (3) other factors. Additionally, DOT must give preference to compacts that are initiating, restoring, or enhancing intercity rail passenger transportation.
 
Further, DOT must publish on its website a list of interstate rail compacts, as well as annuallly updated information for the public about how states may establish compacts.
 
The bill also repeals a prohibition on the use of funds made available for Amtrak to carry out interstate rail compacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Cherokee Nation and Chickasaw Nation Criminal Jurisdiction Compacting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3091
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Cherokee Nation and Chickasaw Nation Criminal Jurisdiction Compacting Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Cherokee Nation and the Chickasaw Nation to each enter into intergovernmental compacts with Oklahoma for the state to exercise its criminal jurisdiction within Indian country.
 
The bill outlines the requirements for such compacts, including that they must define the categories of criminal offenders or offenses within the reservation over which Oklahoma may exercise its jurisdiction. 
 
The Department of Justice must, upon the request of a nation, consult with and provide technical assistance for developing or implementing a compact. 
 
A nation may require an offender who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than six months to serve such a sentence in the nearest appropriate federal facility.
 
The Department of the Interior must publish a compact that it receives from a nation. Interior must also report on the development and implementation of compacts and make recommendations to support and enhance the criminal justice system of each nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-05-11
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: 2021-05-11
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: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3092
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Consumer credit
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021

 
This bill retroactively applies certain borrower protections related to cosigners of private student loans. Specifically, all private student loan agreements must (1) prohibit creditors from declaring a default or accelerating the debt of a private student loan on the sole basis of the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner to such a loan, and (2) require loan holders to release a cosigner from any obligation upon the death of the student borrower. Under current law, these protections apply only to private student loan agreements entered into on or after November 20, 2018.
 
Additionally, the Department of the Treasury must establish a program to purchase and retire such private student loans from loan holders suffering financial injury as a result of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Save Hotel Jobs Act

Bill: 117-hr-3093
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Travel and tourism
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Save Hotel Jobs Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to award grants to hotel owners and operators to assist with payroll costs.
 
Applicants for a grant must provide Treasury with certain assurances, including that (1) the hotel, if in operation, experienced at least a 40% decline in revenue during a three-month period in calendar year 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in 2019; and (2) the hotel owner or operator has a policy to offer employees who have been laid off during the COVID-19 public health emergency any same or similar positions that become available as a result of receiving a grant. All grant funds must be expended during the 270-day period beginning on the date the funds are disbursed.
 
If the hotel owner or operator receives loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, the grant must be reduced by the amount of such loans that are forgiven under the program, including loans received on or before enactment of this bill. For federal tax purposes, the grants are not included as part of the gross income of the hotel owner or operator.
 
The bill also establishes a tax credit equal to 50% of the expenses a hotel owner or operator incurs for qualified personal protective equipment (up to a maximum of $25,000).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Treasury Human Trafficking Coordinator Act

Bill: 117-hr-3094
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Treasury Human Trafficking Coordinator Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to designate a Coordinator for Human Trafficking Issues to coordinate, promote, and support Treasury's work related to human trafficking.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act

Bill: 117-hr-3096
Sponsor: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act

 
This bill directs the General Services Administration to establish a program under which a federal law enforcement officer may purchase a retired handgun from the agency that issued the handgun to the officer. 
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that amounts received from the sale of handguns should be used for evidence-based gun violence prevention or gun safety education and training programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Green Transportation Act

Bill: 117-hr-3097
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commuting
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Motor vehicles
Performance measurement
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Green Transportation Act

 
This bill incorporates greenhouse gas emission reduction in various transportation-related planning activities and programs.
 
Specifically, states and metropolitan planning organizations must address greenhouse gas emission reductions and certain other issues (e.g., public health and climate change) in long-range and other planning related to highways and public transportation.
 
The bill also makes reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation system a national goal of the Federal-aid Highway Program. The Department of Transportation (DOT) must establish applicable performance measures and standards related to that goal.
 
Additionally, states and metropolitan planning organizations may use certain funding available through the National Highway Trust Fund to develop standardized models and methodologies to measure and monitor transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. DOT must collect and organize such models and methodologies in a publicly available clearinghouse and report about them to Congress.
 
Further, DOT must establish a program to fund projects that support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the surface transportation system. As part of this program, DOT must annually evaluate carbon dioxide emissions on public roads and evaluate states' progress in reducing emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3098
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Regional and metropolitan planning
Research administration and funding
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits state or local governments that abolish or defund police departments from receiving certain Economic Development Administration grants or Community Development Block Grant funds.
 
Specifically, the bill applies to state or local governments that abolish or disband the police or significantly reduce the police department's budget without reallocating a portion of those funds to any other community policing program.
 
Further, a state or local government that abolishes or defunds a police department must return any Community Development Block Grant funds it has already received.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House