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Redirecting Resources to the Border Act

Bill: 117-hr-2180
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil disturbances
Crimes against property
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Latin America
Mexico
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Protest and dissent
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Redirecting Resources to the Border Act

 
This bill addresses the relocation of personnel and fencing deployed in the National Capital Region in response to the January 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol building and grounds.
 
Specifically, the bill requires all fencing installed in response to the attacks to be relocated to the southern land border of the United States.
 
The Department of Defense must reassign National Guard members who were deployed in response to the attacks to the National Capital Region on or after January 6, 2021, to the southern land border of the United States to assist U.S. Customs and Border patrol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act

Bill: 117-hr-2181
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Canada
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Prescription drugs
Trade restrictions
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act

 
This bill allows expanded importation of eligible prescription drugs and addresses related issues.
 
Current law allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize the importation of certain eligible prescription drugs from Canada if HHS certifies to Congress that doing so would pose no additional risk to public health and safety and would result in significant cost savings for consumers. The bill removes this certification requirement and requires HHS to issue regulations that permit the importation of qualifying prescription drugs from Canada. After a certain amount of time, HHS may authorize importation from certain other countries if it determines that importation from Canada has resulted in cost savings for consumers and increased access to safe medication.
 
The bill also expands the types of prescription drugs eligible for importation to include, for example, biologics such as insulin. 
 
Furthermore, the bill allows individuals to use an eligible licensed foreign pharmacy to fill a U.S.-issued prescription for a qualifying drug for personal use. Currently, an individual seeking to import a prescription drug generally must acquire a waiver from HHS. 
 
The bill imposes various requirements related to certification of foreign sellers, labeling of imported drugs, and supply chain security. 
 
The bill also (1) prohibits certain acts that discriminate against foreign sellers, such as charging higher prices to foreign sellers than to other sellers in the same country; and (2) imposes criminal penalties for online websites that sell counterfeit drugs or dispense drugs without a required prescription.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Disinformation Research and Reporting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2182
Sponsor: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical research
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

COVID-19 Disinformation Research and Reporting Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the National Science Foundation to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) on the internet and social media platforms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Eliminate the Digital Divide Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2183
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Eliminate the Digital Divide Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program to provide funding to states for expanding access to broadband service in unserved areas. States must distribute these funds to certain broadband service providers for projects that offer a low-cost broadband service option for low-income subscribers. The bill also provides funding to carry out this program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2184
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Department of the Treasury
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2021

 
This bill limits or repeals certain fossil fuel oil and gas subsidies for oil companies. Specifically, it
 
 
increases to seven years the amortization period for geological and geophysical expenditures; 
 
repeals the tax credits for producing oil and gas from marginal wells and for enhanced oil recovery;
 
repeals the tax deduction for the intangible drilling and development costs of oil and gas wells; 
 
repeals percentage depletion;
 
repeals the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenses; 
 
repeals the passive loss exception for working interests in oil and gas property; 
 
denies the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities for oil and gas activities; 
 
prohibits the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies;
 
limits the foreign tax credit for dual capacity taxpayers (i.e., taxpayers who are subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and receive specific economic benefits from such country or possession); and 
 
expands the definition of 
crude oil
 for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture (tar sands), and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing sources (oil shale).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E309)
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Quit Because of COVID–19 Act

Bill: 117-hr-2185
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Quit Because of COVID-19 Act

 
This bill provides for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of certain tobacco cessation services. 
 
Specifically, the bill provides for coverage, without cost-sharing, of diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services and pharmacotherapy, including prescription and nonprescription tobacco cessation agents, that are provided under medical supervision and in accordance with specified guidelines. It also applies a 100% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such items and services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 and for two years after the emergency period ends.
 


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

Bill: 117-hr-2186
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government lending and loan guarantees
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Beginning Agriculturalist Lifetime Employment Act of 2021 or the BALE Act of 20

21

 
 This bill revises the limits for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation loan guarantee program. 
 
The bill replaces the existing 80% limit on the portion of a loan that USDA may guarantee with limits that range from 80%-90%, depending on the principal amount of the loan.
 
For socially disadvantaged or beginning farmers or ranchers, the bill replaces the existing 90% limit with limits that range from 85%-95%, depending on the principal amount of the loan. 
 
The bill also (1) prohibits USDA from guaranteeing a loan under the program that exceeds $4 million, and (2) requires USDA to adjust the limits annually for inflation. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-2187
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act

 
This bill authorizes appropriations through FY2026 to the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on the federal-aid highway system.
 
DOT must provide competitive grants to states, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, and certain public agencies for projects that provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on federal-aid highways or on a facility with reasonable access to such a highway or a freight facility.
 
The federal share for a project carried out in accordance with the bill must be 100%.

action_date: 2022-12-13
text: 

Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act

 
This bill authorizes appropriations through FY2026 to the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on the federal-aid highway system.
 
DOT must provide competitive grants to states, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, and tribal governments for projects that improve the safety of commercial motor vehicle operators and provide parking for commercial motor vehicles on federal-aid highways or on a facility with reasonable access to such a highway or a freight facility.
 
The federal share for a project carried out in accordance with the bill shall be up to 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 448.
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-622.
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-622.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged.
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Reopening America by Supporting Workers and Businesses Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2188
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Personnel records
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Reopening America by Supporting Workers and Businesses Act of 2021

 
This bill permits states to provide a one-time lump sum payment, through July 1, 2021, to individuals who (1) were eligible for COVID-19 pandemic unemployment compensation during any week after enactment of this bill, and (2) are no longer eligible as a result of becoming thereafter reemployed. Payments of $1,200 shall be paid to individuals who work at least 30 hours and $600 to individuals who work at least 20 hours but less than 30. 
 
The payments are available for claimants (1) who are not employed by a government entity, (2) who return to work for at least four consecutive weeks, and (3) whose annual salary does not exceed $75,000. Before receipt of a payment, the individuals' employers must verify their hours and earnings.
 
Additionally, the bill (1) accelerates a scheduled increase in funding for reemployment services and eligibility assessments (RESEA), (2) allows states to use RESEA funds to serve all workers receiving unemployment benefits, and not just those most likely to exhaust their benefits; and (3) allows states to provide reemployment services to individuals receiving pandemic unemployment assistance and pandemic emergency unemployment compensation.
 
Finally, the bill reinstates the requirement that unemployment claimants certify they are able, available, and actively seeking work.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
State Tax Freedom Act

Bill: 117-hr-2189
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local finance
State and local government operations
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

State Tax Freedom Act

 
This bill removes a prohibition on states and territories using COVID-19 relief funding under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to offset a reduction in revenue resulting from a reduction in taxes or a delay in the imposition of a tax or tax increase.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to refund the state, territory, or tribal government any money that was repaid to the federal government since enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 due to the state cutting taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2190
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2021

 
 This bill permanently extends the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs and services: 
 
 
homeless veterans reintegration programs,
 
financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing,
 
a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs, 
 
treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, 
 
housing assistance for homeless veterans, and 
 
the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Homeowners from Disaster Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2191
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Life, casualty, property insurance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Protecting Homeowners from Disaster Act of 2021

 
This bill repeals the tax rule in effect through 2025 that limits the deduction for personal casualty losses to losses attributable to a federally declared disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2192
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Environmental health
Evidence and witnesses
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Jurisdiction and venue
Legal fees and court costs
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
North Carolina
Veterans' medical care
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2021

 
This bill allows certain individuals to sue and recover damages for harm from exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987. 
 
This action is available only to individuals who were exposed to contaminated water for at least 30 days.
 
The bill prohibits the U.S. government from asserting specified immunity from litigation in response to such a lawsuit.
 
The bill also prohibits an individual who brings such an action from bringing a separate tort action against the United States based on the same harm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House