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Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4401
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2021-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: 

Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 

2021
 
 
This bill directs the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to report annually to Congress and the public on health care fraud that targets seniors. 
 
Specifically, the report must include (1) the 10 most prevalent health care fraud schemes targeted to seniors, (2) steps being taken to combat such schemes, and (3) policy suggestions to improve protections for seniors. The report may omit information or details that would compromise an ongoing investigation or would serve criminals rather than seniors.
 
The report must be posted on certain agency websites and disseminated to Medicare beneficiaries, as specified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-09
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: 2021-07-09
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: 2021-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4402
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2021-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: 

Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill requires states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit bullying and harassment of elementary and secondary school students. In particular, these policies must prohibit bullying and harassment based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or religion.
 
Further, LEAs must provide (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their disciplinary policies; (2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct; and (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level.
 
The Department of Education must conduct and report on an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools. The National Center for Education Statistics must collect state data to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA disciplinary policies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4403
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: 

Opening Doors for Youth Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to provide funding to states for the development or expansion of summer and year-round youth employment programs that (1) match youth participants with appropriate employers for high-quality employment opportunities; and (2) provide work-readiness training and educational programs, coaching and mentoring, career and postsecondary education planning services, financial literacy education, and supportive services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Small Business FDA User Fee Adjustment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4405
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: 

Small Business FDA User Fee Adjustment Act of 2021

 
This bill reduces and waives certain fees related to marketing certain over-the-counter (OTC) drugs for businesses with fewer than 500 employees, including employees of affiliates.
 
Starting in FY2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must waive the fee for the first OTC monograph order request from such a business. (Generally, an OTC monograph order request is a request for the FDA to evaluate whether a nonprescription drug meets certain standards.) 
 
The fee for each subsequent OTC monograph order request for such a business shall be 25% of the amount otherwise owed. 
 
For such a business, the FDA must also reduce the annual OTC monograph drug facility fee to 25% of the amount otherwise owed. (Generally, such a facility is engaged in the manufacturing or processing of an OTC monograph drug.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Medicaid in the U.S. Territories Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4406
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Supporting Medicaid in the U.S. Territories Act of 2021

 
This bill extends, increases, and otherwise modifies Medicaid funding for U.S. territories.
 
Specifically, the bill extends (1) the temporarily increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate), and (2) a higher cap on Medicaid funding. Such provisions apply to Puerto Rico through FY2026 and to other territories through FY2029.
 
The bill also requires Puerto Rico to implement an asset verification program and to report on its ability to comply with certain reporting requirements, procurement standards, and other Medicaid program integrity measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
TRAIN Act

Bill: 117-hr-4407
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses Act or the TRAIN Act

 
This bill modifies the methodology and application of Medicare Advantage nursing and allied health education payments for hospitals. Specifically, for 2010-2019, the bill eliminates the annual cap on total payments and excludes any resulting increase from factoring into calculations for graduate medical education payments for such hospitals. (The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued guidance providing for the recalculation and correction of certain payments to account for the annual payment cap.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-13
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: 2021-07-13
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: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4408
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Income tax exclusion
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities.
 
A 
qualified carbon dioxide capture facility
 is any equipment installed in an industrial carbon dioxide facility that satisfies specified capture and storage requirements and (1) is used for the capture, treatment and purification, compression, transportation, or on-site storage of carbon dioxide produced by the industrial carbon dioxide facility; or (2) is integral or functionally related and subordinate to a gasification process that converts a product from coal, petroleum residue, biomass, or other materials that are recovered for their energy or feedstock value into a synthesis gas composed primarily of carbon dioxide and hydrogen for direct use or subsequent chemical or physical conversion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Diversity Advancements in Accelerated Programs Act

Bill: 117-hr-4409
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Diversity Advancements in Accelerated Programs Act

 
This bill authorizes states and local educational agencies to use grant funds provided through the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program to (1) establish equity offices to improve diversity in accelerated learning programs (e.g., Advanced Placement), and (2) carry out universal screening to determine eligibility for such programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Year-Round Fuel Choice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4410
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Year-Round Fuel Choice Act of 2021

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid vapor pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. The bill applies the Reid vapor pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol. Thus, the waiver given to E10 gasoline, which allows an increase in the Reid Vapor Pressure volatility, is extended to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act

Bill: 117-hr-4411
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Educational technology and distance education
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Income tax exclusion
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act

 
This bill increases to $12,000 in 2021-2022, the exclusion from employee gross income, for income tax purposes, of employer-paid educational assistance programs. 
 
The bill also expands the exclusion to include amounts paid for education-related tools and technology (e.g., hand tools, computers, software, licensure fees).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize Johanna's Law, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-4412
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and otherwise revises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national awareness campaign regarding gynecologic cancers.
 
The CDC must target specified populations of women at higher risk for gynecologic cancers in the campaign.
 
Additionally, the CDC may establish a grant program to evaluate different strategies to increase knowledge and awareness of gynecologic cancers among women and health care providers. In awarding these grants, the CDC must give preference to (1) grantees with expertise in gynecologic cancer education or treatment or expertise in working with groups of women at increased risk of such cancers; and (2) projects that will establish links between health care providers, hospitals, insurance companies, and state health departments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4413
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes the National Infrastructure Development Bank as a government corporation to finance energy, environmental (e.g., drinking water or waste facilities), telecommunications, and transportation infrastructure projects.
 
The bill establishes the National Infrastructure Development Bank Board, which must oversee the infrastructure projects. The board may make loans and loan guarantees to assist in financing infrastructure projects.
 
Further, the board must establish an executive committee, a risk management committee, an audit committee, and a compliance office.
 
To be eligible for financial assistance from the bank, an infrastructure project (1) must have a public benefit, as determined by the board; and (2) may not have a sole use or purpose that is private.
 
An infrastructure project must use iron, steel, and manufactured products that are made in the United States.
 
The bill also establishes accounting and reporting requirements. In particular, the Government Accountability Office must, within five years of this bill's enactment, submit a report to Congress evaluating the bank's activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4414
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment of cancer care planning and coordination services for individuals who are diagnosed with or treated for cancer, including the development of treatment plans, follow-up care, and any necessary revisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-13
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: 2021-07-13
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: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Chester County Reversionary Interest Release Act

Bill: 117-hr-4415
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Chester County Reversionary Interest Release Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to release the reversionary interest of the United States in a 0.62-acre parcel of land in Chickasaw State Forest in Tennessee (the state forest land), if, as consideration for the release, Tennessee agrees to transfer to the United States a vested future interest in the 0.90-acre parcel known as the Webb property that is similar to the reversionary interest in order to facilitate a land exchange between Bethel Baptist Church in Henderson, Tennessee, and the state.
 
As soon as the state has complied with specified requirements concerning the deed for the state forest land, USDA shall convey to the state the undivided mineral interest of the United States in such land.
 
Additionally, USDA must determine the mineral character of the state forest land and the fair market value of the U.S. mineral interests no more than 90 days after enactment of this bill. Tennessee must pay the United States the fair market value of the mineral interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
SHIELD Act

Bill: 117-hr-4416
Sponsor: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immigration status and procedures
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latin America
Mexico
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Securing the Homeland from International Entrants with Life-threatening Diseases Act or the SHIELD Act

 
This bill suspends for one year the admission and parole into the United States of certain categories of individuals who are from or were recently in a country that fails to meet certain criteria related to COVID-19.
 
This restriction applies to certain individuals entering the United States from Mexico or Canada through a port of entry or U.S. Border Patrol station and (1) whose country of origin has not been categorized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a low-risk country for COVID-19, or (2) who was in such a country at any time in the 30 days before arriving in the United States. 
 
The bill exempts certain individuals from this restriction, including U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, members of the Armed Forces, and persons from a foreign country who arrive at a designated port of entry with valid travel documents. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall transport barred individuals to a foreign location, such as an individual's country of origin, to the extent practicable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Introduced in House