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Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2708
Sponsor: Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Government liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2021

 
 This bill establishes transparency and public accountability standards for federal agencies with respect to (1) certain civil actions seeking to compel agency action, and (2) related consent decrees and settlement agreements.
 
 For example, an agency must publish a complaint filed against it within 15 days.
 
 Additionally, settlement proceedings must be conducted through mediation or an alternative dispute resolution program of the court, and those proceedings must include intervening parties. The bill also creates a presumption in favor of a motion to intervene in settlement proceedings.
 
 Further, at least 60 days prior to entering a consent decree or settlement agreement, an agency must publish, and accept and respond to public comment on, the proposed agreement or decree. An agency also must provide the court with the administrative record, a summary of the public comments, and access to the record of any public hearings on the proposed decree or agreement.
 
 The Department of Justice, or the agency litigating a matter independently, must certify to the court its approval of certain terms included in an agreement or decree, including terms that convert a discretionary authority into a nondiscretionary duty.
 
 A court may not approve a consent decree or settlement agreement unless the agency has sufficient time and procedures to comply with federal administrative procedures, other rulemaking statutes, and applicable executive orders.
 
 Finally, courts must review a consent decree or settlement if an agency files a motion to modify the decree or agreement on the basis of changed facts or circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2709
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Family planning and birth control
HIV/AIDS
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
Prescription drugs
Right of privacy
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses Department of Defense (DOD) contraceptive care and family planning services.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits cost-sharing with respect to TRICARE beneficiaries for specified prescription contraceptives.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits cost-sharing for TRICARE Select and TRICARE Prime beneficiaries in relation to any in-network method of contraception or contraceptive care (including with respect to insertion, removal, and follow-up), any sterilization procedure, or any related patient education or counseling service.
 
The bill requires DOD to provide information on all methods of emergency contraception and care to sexual assault survivors at its medical treatment facilities. Upon request by a sexual assault survivor, DOD must provide such emergency contraception or a prescription for emergency contraception.
 
Finally, DOD must establish a uniform standard curriculum for education programs on family planning for all members of the Armed Forces. Such education programs must be provided to service members during their first year of service and at other appropriate times, as determined by each military department.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2710
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Licensing and registrations
Russia
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to report semiannually on financial services provided to benefit a state sponsor of terrorism or specified sanctioned persons. 
 
Treasury may waive these reporting requirements with respect to a foreign financial institution if 
 
 
the institution credibly assures Treasury that it will cease conducting transactions for such persons, or 
 
the waiver is important to the national interest. 
 

action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to report semiannually on financial services provided to benefit a state sponsor of terrorism or specified sanctioned persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8158)
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2710.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8158-8159)
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for certain wastewater management subsidies.

Bill: 117-hr-2711
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, a taxpayer subsidy provided by a state or local government to a resident for the purchase or installation of any wastewater management measure intended solely for the taxpayer's principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2712
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Disaster relief and insurance
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government lending and loan guarantees
Securities
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2021

 
This bill removes cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances, and it prohibits the Small Business Administration from declining to provide certain small business financing to an eligible entity solely because it is a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Working Families Childcare Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2714
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Games and hobbies
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Working Families Childcare Access Act of 2021 or the WFCA Act of 2021

 
This bill allows certain additional expenses in a dependent care flexible spending arrangement (FSA), specifically qualified sports, tutoring, and music or art expenses. It also increases the eligibility age for dependent care benefits to 15, allows a carry forward of unused benefits to the next plan year, and increases to $15,000 the maximum amount of dependent care benefits excludible from employee gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Jaime’s Law

Bill: 117-hr-2715
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Jaime's Law

 
This bill establishes background check requirements for the sale and transfer of ammunition.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring ammunition to an unlicensed individual prior to submitting a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. It also establishes penalties for violations. (Currently, background checks are required under these circumstances for the transfer of firearms, but not for ammunition.)
 
Additionally, it prohibits an ammunition transfer between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals) unless a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer first takes possession of the ammunition to conduct a background check. However, this prohibition does not apply to certain ammunition transfers, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Safer Schools Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2717
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Safer Schools Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a pilot program through which the Department of Justice must award grants to public elementary and secondary schools to conduct independent facility security risk assessments and make hard security improvements (e.g., video monitoring and alert notification equipment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Rebuilding America’s Airport Infrastructure Act

Bill: 117-hr-2719
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Rebuilding America's Airport Infrastructure Act 

 
This bill increases the cap on the airport passenger facility charge program of the Federal Aviation Administration. The program allows certain agencies to impose a passenger facility charge on each paying passenger of an air carrier or foreign air carrier boarding an aircraft at an airport the agency controls to finance an eligible airport-related project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E431)
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Clean Commute for Kids Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2721
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental health
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Labor standards
Manufacturing
Minority education
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Clean Commute for Kids Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises the Clean School Bus Program. Under the revised program, the Environmental Protection Agency must provide financial assistance to replace existing school buses with clean school buses that do not emit specified pollutants, including greenhouse gases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
ALLERGY Act

Bill: 117-hr-2722
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Allergies
Assault and harassment offenses
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Alerting Local Leaders and Ensuring Responsible Guidelines for Youth Act or the ALLERGY Act

 
This bill requires a local educational agency, in order to receive federal education funding, to establish and implement a policy on unwanted, aggressive behavior by a student toward another student with an allergy (i.e., allergy bullying).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2723
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business education
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Latin America
Mexico
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Service industries
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of State to develop and report to Congress a strategy to improve bilateral tourism between the United States and Mexico and third-party tourism to the two countries. The strategy shall involve dialogue and cooperation between the two governments, and it shall prioritize sectors including hospitality, retail, and cultural education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
La Comisión de las ocupaciones norteamericanas Act

Bill: 117-hr-2725
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Dominican Republic
Evidence and witnesses
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Commission on United States Occupations Act or the La Comisi&oacute;n de las ocupaciones norteamericanas Act

 
This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reconciliation Proposals for Dominican Republic.
 
The commission must address specified U.S. actions related to the Dominican Republic (e.g., military occupations and efforts to annex the Dominican Republic) and make recommendations for appropriate remedies, including a formal apology and repair and reconciliation efforts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2726
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a plan for reducing its backlog of requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
 
The VA must request that the Office of Government Information Services of the National Archives and Records Administration conduct an assessment of the VA's compliance with FOIA.
 
Finally, the VA must submit an annual report on its FOIA compliance efforts and make such reports available on its website.

action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a plan for reducing its backlog of requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
 
The VA must request that the Office of Government Information Services of the National Archives and Records Administration conduct an assessment of the VA's compliance with FOIA.
 
Finally, the VA must submit an annual report on its FOIA compliance efforts and make such reports available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2778-2779)
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2778-2779)
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2726.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2778-2779)
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 6.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
action_date: 2021-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House