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Saving America's Future by Educating Kids Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6324
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Saving America's Future by Educating Kids Act of 

2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to develop and support implementation of an evidence-based, K-12 curriculum on the dangers of substances of misuse, including opioids, vaping, and synthetic drugs. ED must review and update the curriculum every two years.
 
ED must award grants to state educational agencies to implement the evidence-based curriculum. In awarding these grants, ED must give priority to those states that have experienced the highest drug overdose death rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Melecio Andazola-Morales.

Bill: 117-hr-6325
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Provides for the relief of Melecio Andazola-Morales.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
NEW START Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6326
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist Re-entry Training Act of 2021 or the NEW START Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a pilot program for providing entrepreneurial development assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program whereby it awards grants to organizations or partnerships that create or support entrepreneurship programs for providing assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. Such assistance shall be in the form of entrepreneurial development programming that includes the disbursement of microloans.
 
The Government Accountability Office must submit a report evaluating the (1) services that grant recipients provide to formerly incarcerated individuals, (2) oversight of the pilot program by the SBA, and (3) overall performance and impacts of the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Constitutional Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-6327
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government liability
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

Constitutional Accountability Act

 
This bill extends civil liability to federal, state, and local government entities and officials for constitutional violations committed by law enforcement officers. 
 
Current law provides a statutory civil cause of action against state and local government actors (e.g., law enforcement) for violations of constitutional rights (also known as Section 1983 lawsuits); the Supreme Court has also found an implied cause of action against federal law enforcement officers in certain situations (e.g., Fourth Amendment violations). 
 
However, under the judicial doctrine of qualified immunity, government officials performing discretionary duties are generally shielded from civil liability except when their actions violate clearly established rights of which a reasonable person would have known. Additionally, under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, federal and state government entities generally cannot be sued without their consent. Further, the Supreme Court has held that a local government entity cannot be sued for an injury inflicted by its employees. 
 
The bill provides a statutory civil cause of action against and extends liability to federal, state, and local government entities and officials for violations of constitutional rights committed by law enforcement officers in their employment, regardless of any immunity that would otherwise apply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
FinCEN Exam Delegation Study

Bill: 117-hr-6328
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

FinCEN Exam Delegation Study 

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to brief specified congressional committees on Treasury's delegation of examination authority under the Bank Secrecy Act. The Bank Secrecy Act's aim is to deter and detect money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes by requiring financial institutions to keep records and report suspicious activity. Examinations of these financial institutions are delegated to and performed by financial regulatory agencies. 
 
The briefing must include how frequently agencies are able to examine entities under their authority, the resources available to agencies to perform their responsibilities, and whether examiners have sufficient training and support.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6329
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Industrial policy and productivity
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Trade agreements and negotiations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes the Committee on National Critical Capabilities to review certain transactions by U.S. businesses, including those transactions that could result in an unacceptable risk to national critical capabilities. Further, the bill authorizes the President to suspend or prohibit transactions that pose an unacceptable risk to national critical capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Nonmarket Economy Overcapacity Reform Act

Bill: 117-hr-6330
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

Nonmarket Economy Overcapacity Reform Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to consider additional factors in determining whether an industry in the United States is threatened with material injury by reason of imports or sales for importation of subject merchandise. In particular, the USITC must consider the effects of excess production capacity of subject merchandise from nonmarket economy countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E38)
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6331
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for a Department of Agriculture pilot program that provides direct loans to Native community development financial institutions to increase homeownership opportunities for tribal communities in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Planning for Aging Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6332
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

Planning for Aging Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses the long-term care of veterans, including by implementing policies for the administration of state homes.
 
First, the bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a strategy for the long-term care of veterans.
 
The VA must develop a standardized process for entering into sharing agreements between state homes and VA medical centers. A
 state home 
is a home established by a state for veterans who are disabled by age, disease, or otherwise and incapable of earning a living because of such disability. The term also includes a home that furnishes nursing home care for veterans.
 
Under the bill, the VA must furnish prescribed drugs and medicines to veterans who are catastrophically disabled and for whom the VA is paying a per diem for nursing home or domiciliary care in a state home. Generally, veterans are 
catastrophically disabled
 if they have a permanent severely disabling injury, disorder, or disease that compromises the ability to carry out the activities of daily living.
 
The VA must monitor any contractor it uses to conduct inspections of state homes, including by reviewing inspections, reporting deficiencies, and publishing inspection results and any planned corrective actions on a public VA website.
 
The VA must implement a two-year pilot program to provide geriatric psychiatry assistance to eligible veterans at state homes.
 
Finally, the VA must work with public housing authorities and local organizations to assist aging homeless veterans in accessing existing housing and supportive services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish, maintain, or support any national database identifying individuals as having received or not received any vaccine.

Bill: 117-hr-6333
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to establish or maintain a national database that identifies individuals based on whether they have or have not received any vaccine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6334
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2021 

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts upon the request of Indian tribes and tribal organizations to carry out the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
HUBS for Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6335
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 
 
Helping Unleash Benefits and Services for Veterans Act of 2021 or the HUBS for Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a grant program to assist the transition of military personnel to civilian life. It directs the Department of Labor to carry out a five-year program of grants to nonprofit organizations that assist the transition of the following persons from Armed Forces service to civilian life:
 
 
members eligible for preseparation counseling,
 
former members who are transitioning to civilian life, and
 
spouses of such members or former members.
 
 
Funds must be used for a broad range of supportive programs, such as job recruitment training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
SNAP PLUS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6338
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

SNAP Provisions to Lower Undue Struggle Act of 2021 or the
 
SNAP PLUS Act of 2021

 
 This bill expands the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to permit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase prepared foods fit for immediate consumption and hot foods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Health Coverage Tax Credit Reauthorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6339
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 

Health Coverage Tax Credit Reauthorization Act of 2021

 
This bill extends for four years the tax credit for health insurance coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To establish the United States policy on Burma at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and the Asian Development Bank, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6340
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2021-12-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: 
This bill establishes a U.S. policy to oppose certain financial assistance to Burma (Myanmar) and addresses related issues.
 
Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must instruct U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and the Asian Development Bank to inform the respective institution that it is U.S. policy to oppose and vote against any loan or financial assistance to Burma through the State Administration Council or any successor entity controlled by Burma's military. This policy shall not apply to humanitarian assistance implemented by an entity not controlled by Burma's military. 
 
The President may waive this policy on a case-by-case basis upon certifying that doing so would substantially promote delivering humanitarian assistance to Burma's civilian population or otherwise support U.S. national interests.
 
This policy shall be repealed upon the earlier of (1) the President certifying that certain events have occurred, including Burma's military releasing all political prisoners and the instatement of an elected government following free and fair elections; or (2) 10 years after this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Horses from Soring Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6341
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2021-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: 

Protecting Horses from Soring Act of 2021

 
This bill revises requirements concerning the inspection of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and actions for sored horses (e.g., horses suffering from pain when moving due to substances or devices placed on their limbs). Specifically, this bill replaces a requirement for the Department of Agriculture to prescribe regulations governing the appointment of inspectors with a requirement for the Horse Industry Organization, which is established by this bill, to appoint inspectors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
KO Cancer Act

Bill: 117-hr-6342
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: 

Knock Out Cancer Act or the KO Cancer Act

 
This bill provides additional funding through FY2027 to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for cancer research. The amount of additional funding each fiscal year is equal to 25% of the total amount allocated to the NIH for cancer research in FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
Illicit Finance Improvements Act

Bill: 117-hr-6343
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2021-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Europe
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Russia
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: 

Illicit Finance Improvements Act

 
This bill establishes procedures, sets forth penalties, and allows for injunctive relief related to a determination that a financial institution or type of account is of primary money laundering concern in connection with Russian illicit finance. 
 
The bill also revises the permitted meeting subjects of Treasury's supervisory team on cooperation between the public and private sectors for purposes of countering illicit finance to include advising on strategies to counter sanctions evasion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
Research and Development Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6344
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2021-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: 

Research and Development Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the refundable research tax credit for new and small businesses to (1) increase the limit on refundability to $500,000, with an adjustment for inflation; (2) allow refundable amounts to cover all payroll taxes paid by such businesses; and (3) extend eligibility for the credit to small businesses with less than $10 million in gross receipts (currently, less than $5 million).
 
The bill also increases the rate of the alternative simplified tax credit for such businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6345
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2021-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: 
This bill provides a process by which the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Oregon may negotiate to amend or replace the existing agreement defining the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights.
 
The current agreement, which was made effective by a May 2, 1980, consent decree by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, serves as the exclusive and final determination of the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering rights. This bill instead allows an April 22, 1980, agreement between the United States, Oregon, and the tribe (known as the Siletz Agreement) to define the tribe's rights until and unless it is amended or replaced upon mutual agreement of the tribe and Oregon.
 
The bill allows the tribe and Oregon to return to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to request the modification or termination of the May 2, 1980, consent decree.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Introduced in House