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Jobs for Economic Recovery Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1962
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Jobs for Economic Recovery Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes an employment and training program to assist workers who are unemployed or underemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and other displaced workers and those who face barriers to employment, to obtain employment, including through subsidized employment programs.
 
Specifically, states, Indian tribes, local governments, and particular nonprofits must meet certain conditions before receiving funding to establish these programs.
 
In addition to providing this funding, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award temporary grants to these entities to plan and implement the programs.
 
The HHS Inspector General must biennially audit a sample of the state programs to ensure compliance with program and nondisplacement requirements, and to identify and protect against any waste, fraud, or abuse in such programs.
 
HHS must make information publicly available to job seekers online about whether they are eligible for state, local, or tribal program employment services, and the agency to contact for further information.
 
The bill also creates an employee retention work opportunity tax credit for employers that retain workers hired through the program for 24 months.
 
Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to evaluate whether the retention credit (1) had a meaningful impact on retention as compared to currently existing and previous subsidized employment programs, and (2) was easily understood by employers and had an impact on hiring decisions in addition to any subsidy received by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
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
Child Care Choices Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1963
Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Child Care Choices Act of 2021

 
This bill requires states to prioritize the availability of child care certificates over grants or contracts when providing federally supported child care assistance to families. A child care certificate is a voucher provided directly to a parent who may use the voucher only as payment for child care services.
 
The bill also prohibits states from setting differential payment rates based solely on the type of child care or type of provider.


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
Payer State Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1964
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Payer State Transparency Act of 2021
 
 
This bill requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to calculate the federal tax burden of each state for each calendar year. It also requires the Office of Management and Budget to calculate the total amount of federal outlays received by each state in each fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protect the U.S. Capitol.

Bill: 117-hr-1965
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional tributes
Crimes against property
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Protest and dissent
Smithsonian Institution
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of three Congressional Gold Medals to the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and other law enforcement agencies that protect the U.S. Capitol.
 
Following the award of these medals, one medal shall be given to the USCP, one medal shall be given to the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and one medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution and displayed with a plaque listing all law enforcement agencies that participate in protecting the Capitol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
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: 2021-03-17
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: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Nonprofits Act

Bill: 117-hr-1966
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Empowering Nonprofits Act

 
This bill reduces cost-sharing requirements for grants directly awarded to certain nonprofit organizations during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period and the following five years. Eligible nonprofit organizations are those in jurisdictions with more than 20% of individuals living below the poverty line.
 
Specifically, the bill provides that (1) any cost-sharing requirement shall be waived during a COVID-19 emergency period; and (2) in the five years following such an emergency, any cost-sharing requirement shall be reduced by 25%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to grant Puerto Rico eligibility to issue commercial driver's licenses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1967
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 
This bill makes Puerto Rico eligible to issue commercial driver's licenses. It also directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to work with Puerto Rico on obtaining full compliance with commercial driver's license requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Insurance Excise Tax Exemption Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1968
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Foreign and international corporations
Insurance industry and regulation
Puerto Rico
Sales and excise taxes
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Puerto Rico Insurance Excise Tax Exemption Act of 2021

 
This bill exempts from the foreign insurer excise tax certain insurance policies, indemnity bonds, annuity contracts, or reinsurance policies issued by partnerships or corporations created or organized under the laws of a U.S. territory or possession. The exemption applies unless any of the covered hazards, risks, losses, or liabilities are also covered by a reinsurance policy issued by a foreign insurer or reinsurer other than the partnership or corporation. 


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
Medicare Advantage Integrity Act

Bill: 117-hr-1969
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Medicare Advantage Integrity Act

 
This bill temporarily establishes geographic adjustments for certain Medicare Advantage payment formulations, and specifies that a certain percentage of corresponding payment increases must be directed toward compensating providers.


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 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: 2021-03-17
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: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act

Bill: 117-hr-1970
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Government information and archives
Policy sciences
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act

 
This bill requires tax-exempt charitable organizations to disclose in annual reports contributions and gifts exceeding $50,000 received from foreign governments and foreign political parties. The reports must disclose the names of such governments and political parties and the aggregate amounts of contributions and gifts.
 
The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to make publicly available in a searchable database information relating to such gifts and contributions received from foreign governments and political parties and the aggregate amount received in each year from the the People's Republic of China, and (stated separately) from the Chinese Communist Party.


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
To extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the local coordinating entity for the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area under subtitle B of Public Law 109-338.

Bill: 117-hr-1971
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Louisiana

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 
This bill extends the authority of the Department of the Interior to provide any assistance to the local coordinating entity for the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area in Louisiana. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1972
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Conflicts and wars
Disability assistance
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for hypertension and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) for veterans who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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
Child CARE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1973
Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Child Care Accessibility Report and Evaluation Act of 2021 or the Child CARE Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Administration for Children and Families to report on the regulations in each state relating to child care. The report must include the average cost of child care in each state and any effects of regulations that address the quality of child care on the cost and supply of child care.


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
Dynamic Glass Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1974
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Dynamic Glass Act of 2021

 
This bill includes electrochromic glass as energy property for purposes of the 30% energy tax credit. The bill defines 
electrochromic glass
 as glass that uses electricity to change its light transmittance properties to heat or cool a structure, but only with respect to property whose construction begins before January 1, 2024.


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
ECORA Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1977
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Credit and credit markets
Farmland
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Enhancing Credit Opportunities in Rural America Act of 2021 or the ECORA Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to exclude from gross income interest received by a lender from real estate loans secured by agricultural real estate or by a leasehold mortgage (with a status as a lien) on agricultural real estate.
 
Agricultural real estate includes real property that is substantially used for the production of one or more agricultural products. It also includes any single family residence that is (1) the principal residence of its occupant, (2) located in a rural area which is not within a Metropolitan Statistical Area and has a population of 2,500 or less, and (3) is purchased or improved with the proceeds of a loan secured by agricultural real estate or by a household mortgage.


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
Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1978
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Minority health
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 

2021

 
This bill specifies that certain deductible, coinsurance, initial coverage limit, and cost-sharing requirements that apply under the Medicare prescription drug benefit shall not apply with respect to vaccines that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must provide to Medicare beneficiaries specified information regarding (1) coverage of vaccines for seniors, and (2) access to recommended vaccines without cost-sharing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2021-07-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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
Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1979
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the current 21% income tax rate of corporations whose ratio of compensation of their principal executive officers or other highest compensated employees to median worker compensation is more than 50 to 1, in which case the increase is 0.5%. The pay ratio disparity extends from 100 to 1 to 500 to 1, in which case the increase is 5%. The bill exempts from such increase certain corporations based upon their average annual gross receipts.


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
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1980
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 

Working Families Flexibility Act of 2021

 
This bill revises requirements for the receipt of compensatory time off for private sector employees. 
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation otherwise is required; employees may accrue a maximum of 160 hours of compensatory time.
 
Employers are prohibited from interfering with an employee's right to or not request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of overtime compensation or from requiring an employee to use such compensatory time, and must give their employees 30-days notice before discontinuing a compensatory time policy.
 
Employers are liable to employees for damages from violations of these requirements.


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 require the Comptroller General to submit a report on the transfer of student debt functions from the Department of Education to the Department of the Treasury, including costs of such a transfer and the mitigation of the duplication of duties by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1981
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study and report on the potential impact of transferring the functions of the Office of Federal Student Aid from the Department of Education to the Department of the Treasury. In conducting the study, the GAO must consult with stakeholders (e.g., institutions of higher education).


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