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COMMUTE Act

Bill: 117-hr-3581
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Connecting Opportunities through Mobility Metrics and Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies Act or the COMMUTE Act
 
 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish an accessibility data pilot program. 
 
The purpose of the pilot program is to develop or procure an accessibility data set and make such data available for states and metropolitan or rural planning organizations to improve their transportation planning by 
 
 
measuring the level of access to important destinations such as jobs, health care facilities, child care services, educational and workforce training facilities, affordable housing, and food sources;
 
disaggregating the level of access by multiple transportation modes by a variety of population categories, including minority populations;
 
assessing the change in accessibility that would result from new transportation investments; and
 
providing data necessary to prioritize transportation investments that will improve access by all modes of travel.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Employment Recovery Act

Bill: 117-hr-3582
Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Veteran Employment Recovery Act

 
This bill increases the work opportunity tax credit in 2021 for the hiring of certain disabled or unemployed veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
REGROW Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3585
Sponsor: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Revive Economic Growth and Reclaim Orphaned Wells Act of 2021 or the REGROW Act of 2021

 
This bill provides funding for grants to plug orphaned (i.e., abandoned) oil and gas wells, clean up pollution leaking from such wells, and conduct research and related activities.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funding for a grant program within the Department of the Interior to plug and clean up orphaned wells located on federal, state, tribal, and private land.
 
In addition, the bill provides funding to the Department of Energy and the Oil and Gas Compact Commission for conducting research and development activities to assist federal land management agencies, states, and Indian tribes in (1) identifying and characterizing undocumented orphaned wells, and (2) mitigating the environmental risks of undocumented orphaned wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Education Empowerment Act

Bill: 117-hr-3586
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Veteran Education Empowerment Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and otherwise revises a Department of Education (ED) grant program for student veteran centers. Specifically, ED must make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or consortia of IHEs to establish, maintain, improve, or operate a student veteran center. A student veteran center is a dedicated space on a campus that provides students who are veterans or members of the Armed Forces with (1) a lounge or meeting space for themselves, their spouses or partners, their children, and veterans in the community; and (2) a centralized office for student veteran services that serves as a single point of contact to coordinate comprehensive support services for student veterans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Better Way for Providers To Repay Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3589
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Better Way for Providers To Repay Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies recoupment provisions under the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19. The program provides Medicare payments in advance to eligible providers experiencing claims or cash flow disruptions, such as during national emergencies; the program was specifically expanded in response to COVID-19 to encompass more types of providers, subject to certain recoupment and repayment provisions.
 
The bill provides for an additional one year before recoupment of advance payments (through claims offsets) begins, so that recoupment begins two years (rather than one year) after payments are made. The bill also applies repayments that providers have already made toward the collection of offsets for a corresponding amount of time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Local Control and Community Preservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-3590
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Local Control and Community Preservation Act

 
This bill modifies the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources and the energy tax credit to require the approval of local governments of wind and solar facilities qualifying for such credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Safe Roads Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3591
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Safe Roads Act of 2021 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement motor vehicle safety standards that (1) require certain truck-tractors with electronic stability control systems to be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system, (2) establish performance requirements for such braking systems, and (3) require such systems to be used while the truck-tractors are in operation.
 
DOT must also study and report on equipping commercial motor vehicles with automatic emergency braking to avoid or mitigate a collision with an obstacle in the path of the vehicle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Adopt GREET Act

Bill: 117-hr-3592
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Adopt the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation model Act or the Adopt GREET Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update the methodology used in life-cycle analyses of greenhouse gas emissions that result from the production and use of corn-based ethanol and biodiesel fuel. The EPA must update its methodology within 90 days and every five years thereafter. In the first update, the EPA must adopt the most recent Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation model (commonly referred to as the GREET model) developed by Argonne National Laboratory. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3594
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 202

1

 
This bill addresses provisions related to surface transportation research, development, and deployment programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 Among other provisions, the bill 
 
reauthorizes through FY2026 DOT highway research and development programs, including highway safety, technology and innovation deployment, training and education, and intelligent transportation systems;
 
sets forth a program to provide awards to institutions of higher education or nonprofit research organizations to establish regional road weather research and development centers;
 
reauthorizes through FY2026 the University Transportation Centers Program, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the public transportation research and development program, the National Cooperative Rail Research Program, the hazardous materials research and development program, and the National Cooperative Freight Transportation Research Program;
 
establishes Centers of Excellence to advance research and development that improves the resilience of regions of the United States to natural disasters, extreme weather, and the effects of climate change on modal and multimodal transportation and infrastructure; 
 
directs DOT to carry out and publish the results of a study for the purpose of informing land use and transportation planning for accessible health, food, education, and other essential services and activities; and
 
requires DOT to establish a multimodal national cooperative freight transportation research program, a Heavy Freight Automated Trucking Research Initiative, and an Advanced Transportation Research and Innovation Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3595
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice to award grants to law enforcement and corrections agencies for behavioral health crisis response training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E590)
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Lawrence J. Hackett, Jr., Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-3596
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

 

Lawrence J. Hackett, Jr., Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Fairness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a task force to make recommendations about the care and compensation that should be provided to veterans who have been exposed to Agent Orange, their spouses, and multiple generations of their offspring.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
William Becker Promoting Careers in Aviation for America’s Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-3597
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

William Becker Promoting Careers in Aviation for America's Veterans Act

 
This bill modifies the treatment of reimbursed flight training expenses for tax deduction purposes and in relation to educational assistance benefits for veterans.
 
In taxable years before January 1, 1980, the determination of whether a deduction for flight training expenses is authorized as a trade or business expense must be made without regard to whether the taxpayer was reimbursed for any portion of such expenses by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
The bill removes the requirement that an individual must possess a valid private pilot certificate and meet certain medical requirements to utilize VA educational assistance for flight training purposes.
 
The VA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Labor must develop a national strategy for providing assistance to veterans in pursuing careers in aviation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
POWERS Act

Bill: 117-hr-3598
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Foreign property
Germany
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Russia
Sanctions
Turkey
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Protecting Our Wellbeing by Expanding Russian Sanctions Act or the POWERS Act

 
This bill expands existing sanctions against foreign persons engaged in certain activities related to the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream pipelines, two Russian pipelines that were constructed to supply natural gas to Europe.
 
Currently, these sanctions apply to foreign persons that (1) provided pipe-laying vessels for the construction of either pipeline, (2) facilitated certain transactions for such vessels, (3) provided certain underwriting services or insurance for such vessels, or (4) provided certain services for such vessels or Nord Stream 2. Under this bill, these sanctions must also apply to any foreign person that engaged in any transaction with such sanctioned persons.
 
The bill also reinstates any sanctions that were previously waived with respect to Nord Stream 2 AG (the company established to construct and operate the pipeline) or any of its corporate officers. Such reinstated sanctions may not be waived except by an act of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act

Bill: 117-hr-3600
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act

 
This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail. 
 
The trail shall be administered by the National Park Service in a manner that respects and maintains its idiosyncratic nature. 
 
The Department of the Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation in carrying out this bill. 

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act

 
This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail. 
 
The trail shall be administered by the National Park Service in a manner that respects and maintains its idiosyncratic nature. 
 
The Department of the Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation in carrying out this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 428.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-593.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-593.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Fully Informed Veteran Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3601
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Fully Informed Veteran Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to authorize physicians and other health care providers of the Veterans Health Administration to provide veterans with information about participating in state-approved marijuana programs if their state has such a program available. Under the bill, the term 
state
 includes the District of Columbia, federally recognized tribes, and U.S. territories and possessions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House