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Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-423
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021

 
 This bill modifies the funding rules and provides financial assistance for certain pension plans that are underfunded or insolvent. 
 
 First, the bill expands the authority of, and provides funding for, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to provide special partition assistance to a multiemployer pension plan that is insolvent or at risk of insolvency. The bill expands eligibility for partition assistance, provides funding for a plan to reach a projected funded ratio of 80% over a 30-year period, and does not require a plan to repay such assistance.
 
The bill further permits a multiemployer pension plan to elect to retain its funding zone status from the previous year for either (1) the first plan year beginning during the period from March 1, 2020, through February 28, 2021; or (2) the next succeeding plan year, as designated by the plan sponsor. A plan may also extend by five years the funding improvement or rehabilitation period if the plan is designated as in endangered or critical status for a plan year beginning in 2020 or 2021. A plan in critical and declining status may not suspend payment of plan benefits.
 
Additionally, the bill adjusts the minimum funding standards for a multiemployer pension plan to account for investment losses and other losses related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and modifies the PBGC guarantee formula to increase the maximum potential benefits under a multiemployer pension plan.
 
Finally, the bill makes changes with respect to single employer pension plans, including revising the amortization rules and extending and modifying the pension funding stabilization percentages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Safe Scooters Act

Bill: 117-hr-424
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Pedestrians and bicycling
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Safe Scooters Act

 
This bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a study on the (1) behavior of individuals using electric scooters while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; (2) involvement of electric scooters in traffic accidents; and (3) effects on pedestrian, scooter user, and motorist safety resulting from the lack of laws governing the use of electric scooters and a lack of training on their safe operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-425
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government trust funds
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. Under the program, the Department of Energy provides grants to local governments, states, and Indian tribes for energy efficiency and conservation projects and programs. This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds to include the deployment of energy distribution technologies that significantly expand access to alternative fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-426
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes
Education programs funding
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021

 
This bill makes it a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.
 
The bill specifies that sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Banks. Petition No: 117-13. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2022042613?Page=2&CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Moving H–2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-427
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2021 

 
This bill moves administration of the H-2A (temporary agricultural workers) program from the Department of Labor to the Department of Agriculture.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
No Bonuses Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-428
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Corporate finance and management
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

No Bonuses Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits debtors in bankruptcy proceedings from paying bonuses to certain individuals for two years, including insiders (such as relatives) and highly compensated employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-429
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Intergovernmental relations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the wages or other remuneration earned by an employee who performs employment duties in more than one state from being subject to income tax in any state other than (1) the state of the employee's residence, and (2) the state within which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days during the calendar year. 
 
The bill exempts employers from state income tax withholding and information reporting requirements for employees not subject to income tax in the state under this bill. For the purposes of determining penalties related to an employer's state income tax withholding or reporting requirements, an employer may rely on an employee's annual determination of the time expected to be spent working in a state in the absence of fraud or collusion by such employee.
 
For the purposes of this bill, the term 
employee
 excludes professional athletes; professional entertainers; production employees who perform services in connection with certain film, television, or other commercial video productions; and public figures who are persons of prominence who perform services for wages or other remuneration on a per-event basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Cannabis Use for Safe Healing Act

Bill: 117-hr-430
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Veterans Cannabis Use for Safe Healing Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from denying a veteran any VA benefit due to participation in a state-approved marijuana program. For veterans participating in these approved programs, the VA must ensure its health care providers (1) discuss marijuana use with such veterans and adjust treatment plans accordingly, and (2) record such use in the veterans' medical records.
 
Under the bill, the VA shall authorize physicians and other VA health care providers to provide recommendations to veterans who are residents of states with approved programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-431
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent of the taxpayer. 
Qualified access technology
 is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals. 
 
The credit is limited to (1) costs that are not compensated by insurance or otherwise, and (2) an aggregate amount of $2,000 per blind individual in any period of three consecutive taxable years. The credit must be adjusted for inflation after 2021 and terminates after 2026. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-432
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare. It also excludes such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and authorizes marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-21
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: 2021-01-21
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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Mental Health and Substance Use Crises During Emergencies Act

Bill: 117-hr-434
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research
Mental health
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Preventing Mental Health and Substance Use Crises During Emergencies Act

 
This bill establishes a task force and requires a strategy to address mental health and substance use issues during public health emergencies.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must convene the task force to assess the federal response to such issues during and after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.
 
In addition, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must develop and annually update the strategy. The task force's work must inform the strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act

Bill: 117-hr-435
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Excluding Pandemic Unemployment Compensation from Income Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, unemployment compensation paid under provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act relating to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. It also disregards such compensation for purposes of determining eligibility for federally-assisted programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 117-hr-436
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to convey up to 6,400 acres of surface estate to Kian Tr'ee Corporation, an Alaska Native village corporation, for the village of Canyon Village. Further, Interior must convey equal acreage of subsurface estate to Doyon Limited, the Alaska Native regional corporation for Canyon Village.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-437
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Aging
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 
This bill excludes certain settlement trust payments to an Alaska Native or descendant of an Alaska Native who is 65 years of age or older for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for need-based federal programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-438
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 
This bill extends the deadline, from three years to five years, for the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children to submit its report to the President and Congress. The commission was established to conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children and to develop plans for federal policy related to Native children.

action_date: 2021-07-26
text: 
This bill extends the deadline, from three years to five years, for the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children to submit its report to the President and Congress. The commission was established to conduct a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children and to develop plans for federal policy related to Native children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
action_date: 2021-07-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-103.
action_date: 2021-07-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-103.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act

Bill: 117-hr-439
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economic development
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish the Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project to provide economic development assistance to remote Native American communities.
 
Specifically, an eligible entity (e.g., a consortium of Native organizations in a noncontiguous state) must enter into a five-year binding agreement (i.e., a compact) with the United States to receive assistance. Among other elements, the agreement must contain a description of the specific objectives related to sustainable economic development and poverty reduction that the entity expects to achieve.
 
Further, assistance shall be provided in the form of funding agreements and may not be provided as loans. Additionally, funds may not be used for regulated gaming activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House