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Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2265
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
White-collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill allows for the delay of the redemption of a security issued by an open-end investment management company if the company or transfer agent reasonably believes the redemption involves the financial exploitation of an individual age 65 or older or an individual age 18 or older who is unable to protect his or her own interests. Open-end investment management companies offer securities in pooled investment vehicles such as mutual funds.
 
Additionally, the Securities and Exchange Commission must make legislative and regulatory recommendations to address the financial exploitation of such adults.
 

action_date: 2021-10-25
text: 

Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill allows for the delay of the redemption of a security issued by an open-end investment management company if the company or transfer agent reasonably believes the redemption involves the financial exploitation of an individual age 65 or older or an individual age 18 or older who is unable to protect his or her own interests. Open-end investment management companies offer securities in pooled investment vehicles such as mutual funds.
 
Additionally, the Securities and Exchange Commission must make legislative and regulatory recommendations to address the financial exploitation of such adults.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5848-5849)
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5848-5849)
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2265.
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5848-5850)
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
COLA Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2266
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Certainty for Older Living Americans Act of 2021 or the COLA Act of 2021

 
This bill sets out an alternative method to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits.
 
The current method is based on the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which results in no or small increases to benefits following a year with deflation or low inflation. The alternative method established by this bill is based on a 10-year average of cost-of-living adjustments. The Social Security Administration must use whichever method results in the larger increase for a given year.
 
In addition, the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce must establish a working group to make recommendations on incorporating specified economic data when producing relevant consumer price indexes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Improving State and Local Government Access to Performance Contracting Act

Bill: 117-hr-2267
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Intergovernmental relations
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Improving State and Local Government Access to Performance Contracting Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide financial assistance to states for the implementation, improvement, or expansion of a state energy savings performance contracting program. 
Energy savings performance contract
 means a contract that provides for the performance of services for the design, acquisition, installation, testing, operation, maintenance, or repair of an energy conservation measure, water conservation measure, resiliency-related measure, utility cost savings measure, or series of measures. 
 
Upon the request of a state, DOE must provide information and technical assistance in the development and implementation of such a state program.
 
Further, DOE must establish a national project facilitator certification program to expand the availability of individuals who are trained and certified to work on behalf of the state and local government as project facilitators who will assist with the oversight of projects under state programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Our Promises Act

Bill: 117-hr-2268
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Keeping Our Promises Act

 
This bill expands the list of diseases that are provided a presumption of service-connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975.
 
The bill extends through September 30, 2030, the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make determinations and submissions related to the connection between herbicide exposure and occurrence of disease. Additionally, the VA is prohibited from taking the costs of compensation into account when determining the association between exposure to an herbicide agent and occurrence of a disease. 
 
The bill requires the VA to determine within 120 days (currently 60) whether a presumption of service-connection is warranted for diseases covered by a National Academy of Sciences report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2269
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Disability assistance
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Thailand
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, if it creates a presumption of service-connection between the occurrence of a disease and exposure to an herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces between January 9, 1962, and June 30, 1976, at a military base in Thailand, such presumption must also apply to exposure at any military base in Thailand, regardless of where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2270
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the coordination of state banking agencies with federal banking agencies in regulating and examining the activities of bank service companies. It also allows for the sharing of information related to examinations and regulations between federal and state agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2271
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Historical and cultural resources
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Minority education
Preschool education
Racial and ethnic relations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Native American Language Resource Center Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to make a grant to or enter into a contract with an eligible entity (e.g., an institution of higher education) to establish, operate, and staff a Native American language resource and training center. The center must serve as a resource to improve the capacity to teach and learn Native American languages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Cole asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2271, a bill originally introduced by Representative Young, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Coast Guard to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel WIDGEON, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2272
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 
This bill authorizes the Coast Guard to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel 
WIDGEON
 (United States official number 1299656).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Chinese Government COVID–19 Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-2273
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Chinese Government COVID-19 Accountability Act

 
This bill directs the President to develop and carry out a strategy to get China's government to reimburse the U.S. government for funds made available to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2274
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2021-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Minority education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: 

Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill assists qualified individuals in receiving the education and training needed to become a physician assistant.
 
Graduate students enrolled in physician assistant education programs are eligible for (1) Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans, and (2) loan forgiveness programs for those who serve in areas of national need upon graduation.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Education to
 
 
provide historically Black colleges and universities and predominantly Black institutions with grants to fund physician assistant studies at the masters level, 
 
prioritize the awarding of grants for physician assistant education programs at the postbaccalaureate level that will benefit Hispanic and low-income students, and
 
allow certain grants to be used to support student matriculation and establish physician assistant education programs at rural-serving institutions of higher education.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2275
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: 

Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2021

 
This bill makes permanent the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Insurance Tax Deduction Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2276
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: 

Mortgage Insurance Tax Deduction Act of 2021

 
This bill makes permanent the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Community-Based Sentencing Alternatives for Caretakers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2277
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: 

Community-Based Sentencing Alternatives for Caretakers Act of 2021

 
This bill requires sentencing courts to consider a community-based alternative sentence in the case of certain individuals who are caretakers (e.g., parents).
 
Current law sets forth seven factors that sentencing courts must consider when imposing a sentence. 
 
This bill establishes a new, eighth factor that courts must consider when imposing a sentence on a caretaker for a nonviolent offense. Specifically, courts must consider a community-based alternative sentence, which is a sentence that may require the defendant to complete or participate in community-based programming, counseling, or treatment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Gun Trafficking Act

Bill: 117-hr-2280
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: 

Prevent Gun Trafficking Act 

 
This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for gun trafficking and related conduct.
 
First, the bill establishes a stand-alone federal criminal offense for gun trafficking. A violation is punishable by a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. The bill also authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of the firearms and ammunition involved in the offense, the property involved in the offense, and the proceeds (or property traceable to the proceeds) derived from the offense.
 
Second, the bill makes it unlawful to sell or dispose of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reason to believe that the person intends to sell or dispose of the firearm in violation of a federal law, or to sell or dispose of the firearm to a person in another state in violation of that state's law. A violation is subject to existing penalties under current law&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. Current law already authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of firearms and ammunition involved in the offense. This bill also authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of the property involved in the offense and the proceeds (or property traceable to the proceeds) derived from the offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-2281
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Military history
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: 

Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the Dust Off crews (helicopter air ambulance crews) of the Vietnam War in recognition of their heroic military service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-2282
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Freedom of information
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: 

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

 
This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
 
Specifically, the bill removes provisions that
 
 
limit the use of firearms tracing data, 
 
limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act, 
 
prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory, 
 
prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and 
 
require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Introduced in House