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Vaccine Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-979
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Minority health
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Vaccine Fairness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide weekly reports to Congress concerning the distribution of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines to the public.
 
HHS must also make publicly available certain data on the number of vaccine doses administered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-980
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill withdraws specified federal land in Curry and Josephine Counties in Oregon from (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
IoT Readiness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-981
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Radio spectrum allocation
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

IoT Readiness Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to ascertain the amount of spectrum necessary to meet rising demand by studying the growing usage of Internet of Things devices (i.e., devices that use a network to communicate and share data with other devices) and devices that utilize 5G networks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-982
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of
 
20

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This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on preventing fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting seniors.
 
The office must (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information about the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-983
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for an individual. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.

action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for an individual. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 5 (Roll no. 174). (text: CR H2952)
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 5 (Roll no. 174).(text: CR H2952)
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2988-2989)
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 983.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2952-2954)
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Inflation Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-984
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Inflation and prices
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Retirement Inflation Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill allows the adjusted basis of certain assets, including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business, to be adjusted for inflation solely for the purpose of determining the gain or loss of individuals who (1) have held such assets for more than 3 years, and (2) have attained the age of 59 1/2 as of the date of the sale or other disposition of the assets. The bill uses the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) for purposes of making the inflation adjustment. 
 
The bill sets forth rules for applying the inflation adjustment to short sales, dispositions between related persons, and improvements to property. 
 
The Internal Revenue Service may disallow an adjustment if any person transfers cash, debt, or any other property to another person for the principal purpose of securing or increasing an inflation adjustment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
WISE Government Act

Bill: 117-hr-985
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Library of Congress
Public contracts and procurement
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Well-Informed, Scientific, and Efficient Government Act of 2021 or the WISE Government Act

 
This bill prohibits an agency from entering into a contract for a journal subscription that prohibits disclosure of the cost of the subscription to another agency or the Library of Congress.
 
Each agency library must make policies and procedures for employee access to library subscriptions easily and clearly available to the agency's employees, including regional employees, through the intranet.
 
The General Services Administration shall submit to Congress and each agency library a report on increasing agency library access to serials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Robust International Response to Pandemic Act

Bill: 117-hr-986
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign loans and debt
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International monetary system and foreign exchange
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Rule of law and government transparency
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Robust International Response to Pandemic Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury and each U.S. Executive Director at an international financial institution to take certain actions in support of the global response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, each U.S. Executive Director at an international financial institution (e.g., the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Finance Corporation) must 
 
 
 seek the suspension of debt service payments to the institution and the relaxation of fiscal targets for certain programs, 
 
oppose programs or loan agreements that would reduce countries' health care spending or other spending related to their responses to COVID-19, and 
 
require approval of all Special Drawing Rights (a currency support tool) allocation transfers from wealthier member countries to countries that are emerging or developing to ensure the allocations are used for the public good and in response to the global pandemic.
 
 
Further, the U.S. Governor at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must advocate for the issuance of Special Drawing Rights so that governments may access additional resources to finance their responses to COVID-19. Of these Special Drawing Rights allocated to the United States, Treasury must lend a specified amount to the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust or other special purpose vehicle of the IMF to help eligible low-income countries respond to COVID-19.
 
Treasury must also advocate for an extension of the current moratorium on debt service payments to official bilateral creditors by the world's poorest countries.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E130)
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To establish a grant program for domestic maritime workforce training and education, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-987
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Marine and inland water transportation
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to award maritime career training grants to institutions of higher education and postsecondary vocational institutions for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for American workers related to the maritime workforce.
 
Each awarded grant may not exceed $20 million.
 
DOT must award grants based on 
 
 
a determination of the merits of the grant proposal submitted by the institution of higher education or postsecondary vocational institution to develop, offer, or improve maritime educational or career training programs to be made available to workers;
 
an evaluation of the likely employment opportunities available to workers who complete a maritime educational or career training program that the institution proposes to develop, offer, or improve;
 
 an evaluation of prior demand for training programs by workers in the community served by the institution, as well as the availability and capacity of existing maritime training programs to meet future demand for training programs; and
 
any prior designation of the institution as a Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-988
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Firearms and explosives
Lakes and rivers
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 

2021

 
 This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm at a Corps water resources development project as long as the individual's possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Consistent Labeling for Political Ads Act

Bill: 117-hr-989
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional elections
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Consistent Labeling for Political Ads Act

 
This bill requires an online platform that displays a qualified political advertisement to (1) display with the advertisement a visible notice that identifies the sponsor of the advertisement, and (2) ensure that the notice continues to display if a viewer of the advertisement shares it with others on the platform. 
Online platform
 refers to any public-facing website, web application, or digital application that sells qualified political advertisements and has a certain number of unique monthly U.S. visitors or users.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Block Foreign-Funded Political Ads Act

Bill: 117-hr-990
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional elections
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying
Subversive activities
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Block Foreign-Funded Political Ads Act

 
This bill requires certain entities (i.e., television and radio broadcasting stations, providers of cable and satellite television, and online platforms) to make reasonable efforts to ensure that political advertisements are not directly or indirectly purchased by a foreign national.
 
Specifically, the bill requires these entities to directly inquire whether the purchase for a political advertisement is being made by a foreign national. It also requires these entities, when accepting a credit card purchase for a political advertisement, to collect the credit card's verification value. The card's billing address must be in the United States unless the purchaser is a U.S. citizen living outside of the United States, in which case the purchaser must provide his or her voter registration address.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Safety Net Integrity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-991
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration status and procedures
Poverty and welfare assistance
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Preserving Safety Net Integrity Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from rescinding, revising, or suspending the final rule titled 
Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds
. (Among other changes, the rule expanded the types of public benefits that, if received by an alien, could make that alien a public charge, which may make that alien inadmissible.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Funding for the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-992
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Higher education
Human rights
Political parties and affiliation
Research administration and funding
Research ethics
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

No Taxpayer Funding for the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to report to Congress on the extent to which China has benefited from U.S. taxpayer-funded research. The report shall also contain information including (1) a list of U.S. government-funded entities that have hired Chinese nationals; and (2) a list of U.S. government programs in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields that have cooperated or affiliated with research institutions in China or Chinese Communist Party entities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Preservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-993
Sponsor: Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14]
Introduced: 2021-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: 

Second Amendment Preservation Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of FY2021 appropriations
 
 
to enforce any measure, law, regulation, or guidance issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after November 1, 2020; or
 
to enforce, implement, or advance any measure, law, regulation, or guidance relating to the lawful use, purchase, sale, possession, or transportation of firearms by any U.S. citizen.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-11
text: Introduced in House