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HITS Act

Bill: 117-hr-1945
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Help Independent Tracks Succeed Act or the HITS Act

 
This bill permits taxpayers to treat as currently deductible expenses the cost of qualified sound recording productions not exceeding $150,000 in a taxable year. The bill defines 
qualified sound recording production
 as certain sound recordings produced and recorded in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1946
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Genetics
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-16
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: 2021-03-16
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: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring a Long-Term Housing Recovery Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1947
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Public utilities and utility rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Ensuring a Long-Term Housing Recovery Act of 2021 

 
This bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide additional rental housing choice voucher assistance. This assistance may be used for rent, utilities (including internet service), related debt, fees, deposits, and landlord incentive payments. 
 
The bill authorizes HUD to waive certain requirements related to this additional assistance. In addition, the bill extends HUD's existing authority to waive requirements related to this assistance program and other programs that HUD administers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Upholding the Integrity of Public Officials Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1949
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Upholding the Integrity of Public Officials Act of 2021

 
This bill broadens the scope of conduct that qualifies as an 
official act
 for purposes of federal criminal offenses involving bribes or illegal gratuities offered to or received by public officials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1950
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2021

 
This bill makes a Member of Congress who has been convicted of a crime related to public corruption ineligible to receive certain retirement payments between the date of sentencing and the date of final conviction. Such retirement payments are those made under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System based on the individual's service as a Member.
 
Under current law, a Member must forgo receipt of these payments only after a final conviction (i.e., after the exhaustion of all appeals under the judicial process). The bill eliminates these payments to a Member from the date of sentencing for the conviction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1951
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the federal cost share from 75% to 90% for any emergency or major disaster declared by the President beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020.

action_date: 2022-04-06
text: 

Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the federal cost share from 75% to 90% for any emergency or major disaster declared by the President beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 213.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-289.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-289.
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 11.
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Stopping the Iron Pipeline Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1952
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Stopping the Iron Pipeline Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes requirements for incorporating passive identification capability into firearms sold in the United States. The term 
passive identification capability
 means technology that (1) enables identification by a mobile or fixed reading device, and (2) does not transmit an electronic monitoring or tracking signal.
 
Additionally, the bill requires a gun owner to report a lost or stolen firearm to local law enforcement authorities within 48 hours of discovery. A gun owner who fails to report a lost or stolen firearm is subject to penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer-Funded Checks for Prisoners Act

Bill: 117-hr-1953
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Detention of persons
Disaster relief and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

No Taxpayer-Funded Checks for Prisoners Act

 
This bill prohibits individuals who were incarcerated in a federal prison on the enactment date of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 from receiving the recovery rebates provided by that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act

Bill: 117-hr-1954
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Department of Commerce
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Marine pollution
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act

 
This bill requires the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System to continue to operate during a government shutdown by designating certain services related to the system as excepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
RESCUE Act

Bill: 117-hr-1955
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Foreign aid and international relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Medicare
Multilateral development programs
State and local finance
State and local government operations
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Responsible and Effective Spending Cuts of Undesirable Expenditures Act or the RESCUE Act

 
This bill temporarily modifies the requirements for the sequestration process (i.e., automatic spending reductions) that is used to enforce the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO Act), which generally prohibits revenue or direct spending legislation from increasing the deficit. 
 
With respect to the first sequestration order issued under the Statutory PAYGO Act after the enactment of this bill, the bill modifies the requirements to (1) require additional reductions to certain programs that were funded in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including programs that are unrelated to the direct health care treatment and prevention of COVID-19 in the United States; and (2) exempt Medicare from the process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1956
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 

2021

 
This bill accelerates and expands certain changes that are scheduled to take effect relating to the coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare.
 
Currently, such programs require physician supervision. Effective January 1, 2024, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists may also supervise these programs. The bill expedites the effective date of these changes to January 1, 2022, and also allows these practitioners to administer programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-17
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: 2021-03-17
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: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1957
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sex and reproductive health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish infertility treatments, standard fertility preservation services, or both to a covered veteran or partner of a covered veteran if the individuals jointly apply for such treatments or services. A covered veteran is a veteran who has infertility and is enrolled in the VA health care system.
 
Under the bill, in vitro fertilization treatment may only be furnished for up to three completed cycles resulting in live birth or six attempted cycles, whichever occurs first. The VA may furnish in vitro fertilization treatment using donated gametes or embryos.
 
 During the interim period before infertility treatment regulations are in effect, the VA must ensure that (1) fertility counseling and treatment for veterans may also be furnished to the partner of a veteran regardless of whether the veteran and the partner are married, and (2) such counseling and treatment may be furnished using donated gametes or embryos.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 10.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-09-20
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Children Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1958
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Latin America
Lawyers and legal services
Mexico
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Protection of Children Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the removal of unaccompanied alien children in certain instances and amends related provisions. 
 
An immigration officer must return an unaccompanied child apprehended at a land border to the child's country of nationality or last habitual residence if the child (1) is not a victim of severe trafficking, and (2) does not have a credible fear of persecution. Currently, an immigration officer may return the child only if such criteria is met and the child is from a contiguous country and able to make an independent decision to withdraw a petition for admission into the United States. 
 
If the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has determined that an unaccompanied child is a victim of severe trafficking or has a credible fear of persecution and DHS seeks to remove that child, removal proceedings with a hearing before an immigration judge shall be held within 14 days of the determination. Such a child shall have access to counsel, to the greatest extent practicable, and at no expense to the government. (Currently, the statute does not prohibit the government from bearing the expenses for such counsel.)
 
The bill extends and removes certain deadlines for transferring an unaccompanied alien child to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) custody.
 
HHS, before placing a child with an individual, shall provide DHS with certain information about the individual. If the individual's immigration status is unknown, DHS shall investigate and initiate removal proceedings if the individual is unlawfully present.
 

 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act

Bill: 117-hr-1959
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Department of Education
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Language arts
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act 

 
This bill expands special education and related services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, students with visual disabilities, and children and youth who are deaf-blind.
 
The individualized education program for each child who is visually and/or hearing impaired must include specified components and must provide the child with instruction that meets the child's unique learning needs. 
 
In addition, a state's closure of a special school serving deaf or blind children shall count as a reduction of its financial support for special education and related services.
 
Among other provisions, the bill authorizes support, including grants for training special education personnel, to be used in preparing individuals to become qualified teachers and early intervention specialists for children with hearing disabilities.
 
The bill establishes within the Department of Education the Anne Sullivan Macy Center on Visual Disability and Educational Excellence to better support students with visual disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, the "A.K. Baker VA Clinic".

Bill: 117-hr-1960
Sponsor: Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Middleburg, Florida, as the A.K. Baker VA Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
ATF Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1961
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

ATF Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a federal statutory process for licensed gun dealers, importers, and manufacturers to appeal rulings and determinations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House