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Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments

Bill: 117-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments

 
This bill establishes grants and a committee within the Department of Education (ED) to assist schools with discontinuing the use of derogatory or discriminatory names or depictions as team names, mascots, or nicknames.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes ED to make (1) grants to elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools to assist them in discontinuing the use of names or depictions that are derogatory or discriminatory; and (2) subsequent grants to schools to discontinue objectionable names or depictions and to Indian schools for construction or renovation.
 
Additionally, ED must establish a committee on Indian relations to (1) determine which names and depictions are derogatory or discriminatory, (2) identify schools that use derogatory or discriminatory names or descriptions and inform them of the availability of assistance in discontinuing their use, (3) assist ED in awarding grants, and (4) provide cultural proficiency training at grantee schools.
 
The bill lists 
Indians
, 
Redskins
, 
Braves
, and 
Chiefs 
as derogatory or discriminatory names or depictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Rural Forest Markets Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Rural Forest Markets Act of 202

1

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Rural Forest Market Investment Program to guarantee investments to finance certain projects that will enable rural private forest landowners to participate in an innovative market for forest carbon or other products.
 
In establishing the program, USDA must consider ways to ensure that the program minimizes disruptions to traditional forest products markets.
 
Eligible projects are projects developed by a private entity or a publicly supported, charitable nonprofit organization engaged in the aggregation of sustainable forestry practices implemented by rural private forest landowners to facilitate the sale of credits in the voluntary carbon market or other environmental market using a methodology approved by a credible, third-party entity.
 
USDA may guarantee up to $150 million with respect to each investment.
 
Authority to carry out the program terminates on September 30, 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Leave Act

Bill: 117-hr-3791
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

FAIR Leave Act
 
or the 

Fair Access for Individuals to Receive Leave Act

 
This bill repeals the limit on the aggregate number of workweeks of family and medical leave that spouses employed by the same employer may be entitled to during any 12-month period. The current limit is 12 aggregate workweeks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
STRONG Support for Children Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3792
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Medicaid
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Services and Trauma-informed Research of Outcomes in Neighborhoods Grants for Support for Children Act of 2021 or the STRONG Support for Children Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes two grant programs for governmental health departments to prevent and mitigate childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
 
For the first program, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to health departments to use data analysis methods to identify interventions to prevent and mitigate childhood trauma. Grant activities include using data analysis to identify geographic areas with a high prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and to implement strategies to improve outcomes for infants, children, and adolescents.
 
For the second program, HHS must award grants to local or tribal governments to establish or expand early childhood trauma-informed care coordination services, including by instituting risk and needs assessments to respond to adverse childhood experiences.
 
For both grants, the bill prohibits the use of funds for certain purposes, such as using the data analysis methods to inform individual case decisions, including child removals, or increasing the presence of law enforcement.
 
In addition, HHS must evaluate and report on these programs and make findings and recommendations publicly available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Families of the Fallen Act

Bill: 117-hr-3793
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Life, casualty, property insurance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Supporting Families of the Fallen Act

 
This bill increases from $400,000 to $500,000 the maximum coverage amount for members (or former members) of a uniformed service under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-09-20
text: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Farm Subsidy Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-3794
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Farm Subsidy Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the collection and disclosure of demographic and other information about recipients of agricultural benefits.
 
Specifically, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must collect and make publicly available (1) the race and gender of individuals who directly or indirectly received or applied for certain benefits, such as grants or other funding under USDA's commodity, conservation, research, extension, and education programs; and (2) the farm or ranch acreage of the recipients of such benefits.
 
USDA must also collect and track the race and gender of individuals who register for the USDA service center information management system (a repository of participants in programs offered by USDA's Farm Service Agency, Natural Resource and Conservation Service, and rural development agencies).
 
Additionally, the Commodity Credit Corporation must collect and disclose (1) the race and gender of individuals who receive or apply for benefits from the corporation, and (2) the farm or ranch acreage of the recipients of such benefits. 
 
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation must collect and disclose (1) the name, race, gender, and farm or ranch acreage of individuals who receive federally subsidized insurance for crops, livestock, or forage; and (2) the premium subsidy amount for each recipient. 
 
The bill also requires financial institutions to gather demographic information in response to loan applications for farms and ranches that are minority-owned or women-owned. (Currently, institutions must gather that information in response to loan applications from women-owned and minority-owned small businesses.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
STEM Educator Awards Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-3795
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

STEM Educator Awards Equity Act

 
This bill increases from 108 to 110 the number of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching the President must award each year. The awards are given to kindergarten through grade 12 school teachers of mathematics and science who have demonstrated outstanding teaching ability.
 
In selecting teachers for an award, the President shall select at least one teacher each from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E613)
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
ELITE Vehicles Act

Bill: 117-hr-3796
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Eliminate Lavish Incentives To Electric Vehicles Act or the ELITE Vehicles Act

 
This bill terminates the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles 30 days after this bill's enactment date. The credit is permanently repealed for taxable years beginning 1 year and 30 days after enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Access to Safe Child Care Facilities Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3797
Sponsor: Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Increasing Access to Safe Child Care Facilities Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the temporary child care stabilization grant program to permit states to award subgrants to child care providers for modifications, renovations, upgrades, maintenance, or repairs that increase the capacity of those providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Break the Chain Act

Bill: 117-hr-3798
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Break the Chain Act

 
This bill makes various changes related to family-sponsored immigration, such as narrowing the definition of what constitutes an 
immediate relative
 and lowering the annual numerical cap on certain classes of family-sponsored visas.
 
The alien parents of U.S. citizens shall not qualify for visas for 
immediate relatives
, which are not subject to any direct numerical limits. Currently, the spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of citizens are considered immediate relatives.
 
The bill also reduces the baseline annual cap for family-sponsored visas from 480,000 to 87,934, and revises the methods for calculating the cap. Currently, the 480,000 cap may be adjusted depending on various factors but shall not be less than 226,000. A spouse or child of a sponsoring alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall be subject to the family-sponsored visa cap.
 
The bill revises the rules for determining whether an alien is a child for the purposes of family-sponsored immigration, and establishes that an alien who is married or turns 25 years old prior to a visa becoming available for issuance shall not qualify as a child.
 
The bill creates a nonimmigrant classification for alien parents of adult U.S. citizens, which authorizes such alien parents for admission into the United States for an initial five-year period. Such alien parents shall not be authorized for employment or to receive any public benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Take Your Shot Act

Bill: 117-hr-3799
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Take Your Shot Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a national incentive program to award $1 million cash prizes to 100 eligible individuals who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Prize money shall not be considered income for purposes of federal taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-08
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: 2021-06-08
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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
SHIELD Act

Bill: 117-hr-3801
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Free trade and trade barriers
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Showing How Isolationism Effects [
sic
] Long-term Development Act or the SHIELD Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study and report on electronic commerce, including data sharing and data flow, and its impact on the U.S. economy.
 
Such study shall involve a review of (1) the economic benefit of the free transfer of data, (2) the impact of digital trade barriers on the U.S. economy and business development, and (3) the beneficial impacts of data agreements on commerce. Commerce and the FTC must also establish and maintain a compendium of data localization regulations.
 
Commerce and the FTC must report to Congress the results of such study and any recommendations to promote U.S. economic activity through electronic commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to medical care.

Bill: 117-hr-3802
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 
This bill permanently extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to health care facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Ted Simonson and Reoforce, Inc.

Bill: 117-hr-3803
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Provides for the relief of Ted Simonson and Reoforce, Inc.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Major Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3804
Sponsor: Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
California
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Mental health
Neurological disorders
New York State
Texas
Veterans' medical care
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Major Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified major medical facility projects during FY2021. The bill also indicates the maximum amount that can be spent on each project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Millionaires Surtax Act

Bill: 117-hr-3805
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Millionaires Surtax Act

 
This bill imposes an additional 10% tax on individual taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $2 million ($1 million for taxpayers not filing a joint return or surviving spouses). The bill sets forth special rules for the taxation of nonresident aliens and citizens and residents living abroad, and exempts charitable trusts from such tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Hospitals Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3806
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

State Accountability, Flexibility, and Equity for Hospitals Act of 2021 or the SAFE Hospitals Act of 

2021

 
This bill alters Medicaid requirements relating to payment for inpatient hospital services that are provided by disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs). (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
 
Among other changes, the bill requires state Medicaid programs to adopt a payment methodology that meets certain criteria, including by prioritizing payments based on the DSH tier for which the hospital qualifies; tiers are determined based on factors such as the hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate. 
 
The bill also incorporates state poverty ratios (i.e., the number of qualifying low-income individuals in a state compared to all states) into the formula for determining state DSH allotments under Medicaid. The bill phases in application of the revised formula over the course of 10 to 15 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House