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Repeal the Faircloth Amendment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-659
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Repeal the Faircloth Amendment Act of 2021

 
This bill repeals the limitation on the construction of new public housing units, commonly known as the Faircloth limit or the Faircloth amendment. Under current law, a public housing agency (PHA) is generally prohibited from using Department of Housing and Urban Development capital or operating funds to construct public housing units if doing so would result in a net increase to the number of public housing units owned, assisted, or operated by the PHA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Shovel-Ready Restoration Grants for Coastlines and Fisheries Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-660
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Great Lakes
Higher education
Indian lands and resources rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
Unemployment
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Shovel-Ready Restoration Grants for Coastlines and Fisheries Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a grant program for states, tribal and local governments, and other entities to implement projects that restore a marine, estuarine, coastal, or Great Lakes habitat, or that provide adaptation to climate change.
 
NOAA must prioritize projects that (1) stimulate the economy; (2) begin within 90 days after an entity is awarded a grant; (3) employ fishermen who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic or pay fishermen for the use of a fishing vessel; (4) demonstrate any required studies or permits have been completed or can be completed shortly after an award is made; or (5) include communities that may not have adequate resources, including communities of color, and low-income, tribal, indigenous, and rural communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Foreign Entanglement Disclosure and Reduction Act

Bill: 117-hr-661
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Congressional Foreign Entanglement Disclosure and Reduction Act

 
This bill expands financial disclosure reporting provisions to require Members of Congress to include in their report any business ties the Member or his or her immediate family has with a foreign entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Government Red-Tape Reduction Act

Bill: 117-hr-662
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Government Red-Tape Reduction Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to identify three rules that the agency is repealing for any proposed new rule, unless the proposed rule is required by statute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-663
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2021

 
This bill requires taxpayers who are claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to include their Social Security account number on their tax returns. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Tax Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-664
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Tax Transparency Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires the President, the Vice President, Members of Congress, and candidates for such offices to publicly disclose their individual tax returns for the previous seven years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Forfeiture for Members of Congress Turned Foreign Lobbyists Act

Bill: 117-hr-665
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Retirement Forfeiture for Members of Congress Turned Foreign Lobbyists Act

 
This bill prohibits a former Member of Congress or former senior congressional employee who is a registered lobbyist representing a foreign principal from being eligible for
 
 
the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System, including the Thrift Savings Plan; 
 
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; or 
 
the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-666
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Age discrimination
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Housing discrimination
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a National Center on Antiracism and Health and a law enforcement violence prevention program.
 
Among other activities, the new center must declare racism a public health crisis, collect and analyze data, and administer research and grant programs to address racism and its impact on health and well-being.
 
Additionally, the bill specifically directs the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, in coordination with the Department of Justice and other relevant stakeholders, to carry out the law enforcement violence prevention program by conducting research and supporting other activities pertaining to law enforcement violence and public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-667
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health facilities and institutions
Land transfers
Minority health
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act

 
This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to purchase certain private land in Hemet, California, at fair market value and then construct a paved road on that land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center. The IHS shall maintain the road or enter an agreement with Riverside County, California, to maintain the road.

action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act

 
This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to purchase certain private land in Hemet, California, at fair market value and then construct a paved road on that land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center. The IHS shall maintain the road or enter an agreement with Riverside County, California, to maintain the road.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-563, Part I.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-563, Part I.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Jobs Now Youth Employment Act

Bill: 117-hr-668
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Unemployment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Jobs Now Youth Employment Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to make allotments to local areas for youth workforce investment activities. Such allotments shall be made on the basis of the relative number of long-term unemployed individuals in each local area, compared to the total number of long-term unemployed individuals in all local areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-669
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Defense spending
Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless Congress expressly authorizes such a strike pursuant to a declaration of war. A first-use nuclear strike is an attack using nuclear weapons against an enemy that did not first launch a nuclear strike against the United States, its territories, or its allies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 117-hr-670
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Illinois
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in Chicago, Illinois.
 
The Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission shall be the local coordinating entity for the heritage area and shall submit a management plan for the heritage area.
 
The authority of the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the heritage area expires 15 years after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act

Bill: 117-hr-671
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Tennessee
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Fort Pillow Historic State Park in Henning, Tennessee, which was the site of the Battle of Fort Pillow during the Civil War, as a unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act

Bill: 117-hr-672
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Historical and cultural resources
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Rejecting and Eliminating the Foul Use of Symbols Exulting Confederate Principles Act or the REFUSE Confederate Principles Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish, within the National Park Service (NPS), a program to be known as the Emancipation Historic Preservation Program to award grants to states and other eligible entities to
 
 
 remove a Confederate symbol; 
 
 remove and replace a Confederate symbol with an alternative monument, memorial, statue, commemorative structure, symbol, or signage; 
 
 remove and replace a Confederate symbol with an alternative monument, memorial, statue, commemorative structure, symbol, or signage to commemorate or depict the freedom of enslaved African Americans; and 
 
 remove and transfer a Confederate symbol to a state historic preservation program. 
 
 
Interior shall also provide technical assistance to eligible entities related to these activities. 
 
None of the funds made available by this bill may be used by Interior, the NPS, or an eligible entity for the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction, or new construction of a Confederate symbol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Hazel M. Johnson Memorial Stamp Act

Bill: 117-hr-673
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental health
Postal service
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Hazel M. Johnson Memorial Stamp Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Hazel M. Johnson, who was known as the mother of the environmental justice movement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Hazel M. Johnson Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-674
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Environmental health
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

Hazel M. Johnson Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for a Congressional Gold Medal to be awarded posthumously to Hazel M. Johnson in recognition of her achievements and contributions to the environmental justice movement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act

Bill: 117-hr-675
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: 

COVID&#8211;19 Price Gouging Prevention Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a consumer good or service during a public health emergency resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) at a price that (1) is unconscionably excessive, and (2) indicates that the seller is using the circumstances related to the public health emergency to increase prices unreasonably.
 
The bill provides authority for the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to enforce the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-01
text: Introduced in House