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Pullman National Historical Park Act

Bill: 117-hr-2626
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Architecture
Commemorative events and holidays
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Industrial facilities
Labor-management relations
Land transfers
Manufacturing
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
Railroads
U.S. history
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Pullman National Historical Park Act

 
This bill redesignates the Pullman National Monument in Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park. 
 
The Department of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with interested parties to
 
 
support collaborative interpretive and educational programs at nonfederal historic properties within the boundaries of the historical park, and 
 
identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the preservation of nonfederal land within the boundaries of the historical park and at sites in close proximity to the historical park. 
 
 
Interior may acquire any land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller for inclusion in the historical park.
 
Interior must complete a general management plan for the historical park.

action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Pullman National Historical Park Act

 
This bill redesignates the Pullman National Monument in Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park. 
 
Specifically, the Pullman National Monument, is abolished and all lands or interests in land that constitute the monument are incorporated in, and shall be considered to be part of, the historical park. Any funds available for purposes of the monument shall be made available for purposes of the historical park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 423.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-582.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-582.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Pell to Grad Act

Bill: 117-hr-2627
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Pell to Grad Act

 
This bill raises from 12 to 16 the total number of semesters during which a student may receive a Pell Grant. It also allows income-eligible graduate students who received Pell Grants during their undergraduate education to utilize their remaining Pell Grant eligibility toward their first graduate degree, subject to this 16-semester duration limit. Currently, Pell Grants are available only to undergraduate students, subject to the 12-semester duration limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act

Bill: 117-hr-2628
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Disaster relief and insurance
Inflation and prices
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act

 
This bill applies certain consumer protections regarding debt collection to debt owed to a state. It also specifies that existing limits on civil damages awarded for abusive practices by a debt collector must be adjusted for inflation. 
 
A court may award injunctive relief for certain debt collection violations. 
 
The Department of the Treasury may not contract with any debt collector or other private party to recoup overpayments of certain disaster assistance made to an individual or household by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), except in cases of fraud or deceit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2629
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2021

 
This bill generally prohibits a federal criminal defendant from asserting, as a defense, that the nonviolent sexual advance of an individual or a perception or belief of the gender, gender identify or expression, or sexual orientation of an individual excuses or justifies conduct or mitigates the severity of an offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
ARC Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2631
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Amputation Reduction and Compassion Act of 2021 or the ARC Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides for coverage of peripheral artery disease screening tests without cost-sharing under Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance for certain at-risk individuals, and requires the development of certain educational programs and Medicare quality measures to reduce amputations relating to such disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-04-16
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: 2021-04-16
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: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Build for Future Disasters Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2632
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Building construction
Floods and storm protection
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Build for Future Disasters Act of 2021

 
This bill eliminates certain National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate subsidies for newly constructed property. Specifically, the chargeable rate for NFIP coverage of newly constructed property and any substantial improvements of property started on or after January 1, 2025, must not be not less than the estimated risk premium rate. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the feasibility and effects of (1) eliminating by January 1, 2027, all subsidies that reduce premiums for NFIP coverage to amounts below those necessary to operate to program without a deficit, and (2) prohibiting these subsidies unless flood mitigation activities have been completed on a property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and expand the credit for carbon oxide sequestration.

Bill: 117-hr-2633
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 
This bill modifies the tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration. It increases the applicable dollar amount of such credit, repeals the placed-in-service deadline, expands the types of facilities to which the credit applies, and extends the credit period from 12 to 20 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
LIFT Act

Bill: 117-hr-2634
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Local Infrastructure Financing Tools Act or the LIFT Act

 
This bill allows the issuer of an American Infrastructure Bond a credit with respect to each interest payment under such bond. 
 
The bill restores advance refundings of bonds to allow states and localities to refinance existing debt. 
 
The bill increases to $30 million the limitation on bank-qualified debt for small municipal and nonprofit issuers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Offshore Wind Opportunities Act

Bill: 117-hr-2635
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Restoring Offshore Wind Opportunities Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to grant leases on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities that produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas (e.g., wind energy) in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic and Straits of Florida Planning Areas.
 
In September of 2020, presidential memorandums placed a moratorium on all energy leases in those areas for a 10-year period. This bill allows energy leases from such sources in those areas during that time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening our Health Security Through Resilient Medical Supply Chains Annual Review Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2636
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Manufacturing
Natural disasters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Strengthening our Health Security Through Resilient Medical Supply Chains Annual Review Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report annually on the resiliency of U.S. medical supply chains.
 
In particular, HHS must assess vulnerabilities related to global disruptions and dependence on supplies produced outside of the United States in these reports. HHS must also make unclassified portions of reports publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Fire Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-2638
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: 

Public Housing Fire Safety Act

 
This bill creates a grant program, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in certain public housing projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Union Member Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-2640
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2021-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government studies and investigations
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: 

Union Member Protection Act

 
 This bill requires labor unions to obtain approval of a majority of union members for specified political expenditures. Further, it requires unions to report proposed political expenditures and to disclose the vote of each union officer with respect to such expenditures during the preceding fiscal year.
 
 Additionally, labor union bylaws must require principal officers to vote on individual political expenditures in excess of $50,000 and such individual votes must be made publicly available on the union's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park Act

Bill: 117-hr-2642
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2021-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: 

Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park Act

 
This bill provides for the establishment of the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park in Collinsville, Illinois; Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois; and St. Louis City County, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System. 
 
The Department of the Interior may acquire lands and interests within the boundary of the park by donation, purchase, or exchange, except that land owned by such states or their political subdivisions may only be acquired by donation. 
 
Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with such states and their political subdivisions, colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, Indian tribes, and individuals to (1) mark, interpret, and restore nationally significant historic or cultural and natural resources related to the life of the Mississippi culture within the park, if the agreement provides for reasonable public access; and (2) conduct research related to Mississippi culture. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2645
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2021-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Child care and development
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Labor market
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: 

Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2021

 
This bill (1) directs the Department of Labor, beginning after the earlier of submission of the Government Accountability Office's study on automation or October 1, 2022, to award grants to eligible partnerships to support demonstration and pilot projects relating to the training needs of workers who are, or are likely to become, dislocated workers as a result of automation; (2) expands training programs for such workers, including activities that prepare the individuals for occupations in the technology sector; (3) authorizes the award of national dislocated worker grants to provide employment and training assistance to workers affected by advances in automation technology; and (4) expands funding for national dislocated worker grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Taiwan International Solidarity Act

Bill: 117-hr-2646
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2021-04-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International organizations and cooperation
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Taiwan
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: 

Taiwan International Solidarity Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to annually report to Congress on efforts by China to undermine Taiwan's participation in international organizations or Taiwan's relationships with other countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Remedies for Refusal of Repatriation Act

Bill: 117-hr-2647
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2021-04-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Terrorism
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: 

Remedies for Refusal of Repatriation Act

 
This bill provides penalties for countries that refuse or delay repatriation of certain nationals ordered to be removed from the United States.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish procedures for determining whether a foreign country is systematically and unreasonably refusing or delaying repatriation of that country's nationals ordered removed from the United States who (1) have been convicted of a violent felony, or (2) are a threat to national security or public safety. 
 
The Department of State and DHS shall notify representatives of a country found to be engaging in such behavior that the United States may stop issuing visas to that country's nationals. If the country continues to systematically and unreasonably refuse or delay repatriation of the individuals described in this bill, the State Department shall stop issuing visas to nationals of that country. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Suicide Prevention Assistance Act

Bill: 117-hr-2648
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2021-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: 

Suicide Prevention Assistance Act

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to award grants to primary care offices for self-harm and suicide prevention services, including screenings. SAMHSA must also develop standards of practice for conducting such screenings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Introduced in House