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Keeping Girls in School Act

Bill: 117-hr-4134
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marriage and family status
Nutrition and diet
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Keeping Girls in School Act

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to enter into agreements to address social, cultural, health, and other barriers that adolescent girls face in accessing quality secondary education.
 
The USAID shall seek to ensure that such activities meet various requirements related to monitoring and evaluating outcomes, collecting data, and using specified indicators and methodologies for international basic education. 
 
The Department of State shall periodically update and report to Congress a publicly available U.S. global strategy to empower adolescent girls, and the USAID shall periodically report to Congress on the activities initiated under this bill and efforts to monitor and evaluate such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Arctic Security Initiative Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4135
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alliances
Arctic and polar regions
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Europe
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and inland water transportation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Navigation, waterways, harbors
North Korea
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Arctic Security Initiative Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct an assessment and implement a program related to national security interests in the Arctic region.
 
Specifically, the Commander of the United States Northern Command of DOD must consult and coordinate with specified defense entities to conduct an independent assessment with respect to the activities and resources required for FY2023-FY2027 to achieve specified objectives related to national security interests in the Arctic region. 
 
The assessment must focus on the activities and resources required to achieve the following objectives:
 
 
the implementation of the National Defense Strategy and military service-specific strategies with respect to the Arctic region;
 
the maintenance or restoration of the comparative military advantage of the United States in response to great power competitors in the Arctic region;
 
the reduction of the risk of executing operation and contingency plans of DOD; and
 
to maximize execution of DOD operation and contingency plans, in the event deterrence fails.
 
 
Additionally, DOD must establish the Arctic Security Initiative program to enhance security in the Arctic region, to be informed by the assessment required by this bill. DOD must annually submit an unclassified future years plan, which may include a classified annex, for the activities and resources of the program that includes specified elements (e.g., a detailed time line for achieving requirements). The plan must also be included in budget materials submitted by DOD in support of the budget of the President for FY2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Ownership of Firearms Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4136
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Responsible Ownership of Firearms Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to purchase and distribute firearm locking devices to firearm owners and distribute educational materials on firearm safety. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
CBP Workload Staffing Model Act

Bill: 117-hr-4138
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

CBP Workload Staffing Model Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to develop and implement a workload staffing model for each of the U.S. Border Patrol and Air and Marine Operations.
 
Such model shall include (1) consideration for essential frontline operator activities and functions, (2) variations in operating environments, and (3) present and planned infrastructure and technology. The CBP must also develop standard operating procedures for a workforce tracking system, train the workforce on the use of such system, and implement internal controls to ensure timely and accurate scheduling and reporting.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must review the model and provide feedback regarding the degree to which it is responsive to certain DHS recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-4139
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

 
This bill makes changes to the federal statutory framework that prohibits the shipment, transport, receipt, or possession of firearms or ammunition by an individual who is subject to a qualifying domestic violence court order.
 
Under current law, a qualifying domestic violence court order must meet certain requirements, including to (1) be issued after a hearing of which the individual had notice and an opportunity to participate; and (2) restrain the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner (i.e., a current or former spouse, a co-parent of a child, or a current or former cohabitant) or the child of an intimate partner. 
 
This bill expands the scope of qualifying domestic violence court orders to include an order that
 
 
is issued after an ex parte hearing (i.e., a hearing with only one party present);
 
restrains the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening a dating partner or former dating partner; or
 
restrains the individual from intimidating a witness.
 
 
Current law also prohibits an individual who is convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing firearms or ammunition. These restrictions generally only apply to spouses, co-parents, and cohabitants, and to offenses that involve physical force or deadly weapons. This bill expands the scope of these restrictions to include dating partners and offenses that involve stalking.
 
Finally, the bill authorizes grants for state, local, and tribal governments to remove firearms and take other steps after a domestic violence court order is issued. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Butcher Block Act

Bill: 117-hr-4140
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Food industry and services
Livestock
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Butcher Block Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to make (or guarantee) loans and award grants for establishing, expanding, and otherwise supporting livestock and meat processing and related activities.

action_date: 2022-06-14
text: 

Butcher Block Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make (or guarantee) loans and award grants for establishing, expanding, and otherwise supporting livestock and poultry processing and related activities.
 
In awarding grants and making or guaranteeing loans, USDA shall prioritize applicants that have experience in livestock and poultry processing and can quickly scale-up to increase overall processing capacity in the region involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-368.
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-368.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Discharged.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4141
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax deferral
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2021

 
This bill expands tax incentives and federal assistance for employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) that are sponsored by S corporations. 
 
The bill provides additional tax incentives for ESOPs by (1) extending to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an ESOP; and (2) allowing a tax deduction for 50% of the interest received by a bank on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities.
 
 The Department of the Treasury must establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations.
 
The bill defines an 
ESOP business concern
 for purposes of the Small Business Act as a business concern that was eligible for a loan, preference, or other program under such Act before more than 49% of the business concern was acquired by an ESOP.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Golden Visa Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-4142
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Golden Visa Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to establish and maintain a database containing information about investor visa denials due to the applicant's involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuses. (Generally, the United States offers immigrant visas to qualified individuals who invest in the United States and create a certain number of full-time jobs.)
 
Initially, the database must include records related to such denials of U.S. investor visas. The bill also requires the State Department to eventually expand the database to include records of such denials of investor visas in other countries. The State Department shall prioritize including records from European Union countries and from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
 
The State Department may admit a foreign country to be part of the database if the State Department determines (1) that country will be honest and forthcoming with its records, and (2) that country's investor visa program is at risk of abuse by corrupt foreign officials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Social Security Act

Bill: 117-hr-4143
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government information and archives
Postal service
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Know Your Social Security Act

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to provide Social Security account statements by mail to each individual who is 25 or older and who is eligible for, but not currently receiving, Social Security retirement benefits. Individuals may choose to receive their account statements electronically.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act

Bill: 117-hr-4144
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act

 
This bill generally prohibits a consumer reporting agency from providing a consumer's credit information for employment purposes, unless otherwise required by law or regulation or for a national security investigation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Earn To Learn Act

Bill: 117-hr-4145
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Financial literacy
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Earn To Learn Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a college matched-savings demonstration grant program, through which ED must award competitive grants to states and nonprofit organizations to provide certain low-income students with educational savings accounts (e.g., 529 plans).
 
Further, ED must (1) develop and make available to grant recipients certain tools, including a training platform, a program guide, an online data portal, and certain trainings (e.g., on college readiness); (2) ensure that participation in the grant program does not affect student eligibility for Federal Pell Grants; and (3) provide technical assistance.
 
Grant recipients must use funds to (1) select eligible students to participate in the grant program, (2) provide selected students with financial literacy education, (3) establish an educational savings account for each participating student and allow such students and their families to deposit funds in their account to save for attendance at an institution of higher education or an area career and technical education school, and (4) reserve matching funds for participating students. Additionally, grant recipients must ensure that participating students are entitled to withdraw funds from their accounts under certain circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4146
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 20

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This bill prohibits commercial conversion therapy, which is a practice or treatment designed to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity or otherwise change behaviors, thoughts, or expressions related to gender or sexual attraction. This prohibition does not apply to treatment that assists an individual undergoing a gender transition or facilitates identity exploration and development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society.

Bill: 117-hr-4147
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Professional sports
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King in recognition of her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBTQ community in athletics, education, and our society.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act

Bill: 117-hr-4148
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Expanding Health Care Options for Early Retirees Act

 
This bill establishes a Medicare buy-in option for certain qualifying first responders.
 
Specifically, the bill allows first responders aged 50 to 64 to enroll in Medicare if they are retired or otherwise separated from service due to a disability. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must determine enrollment periods and set premiums for the buy-in option established under the bill, in accordance with specified requirements. The CMS must also award grants to states and nonprofit organizations for outreach and enrollment activities relating to the buy-in option.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-24
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: 2021-06-24
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: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-4149
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

 
This bill extends through FY2036 the authority of the Department of the Interior to make any grant or provide any assistance for the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area in New York.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in House