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Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act

Bill: 117-hr-5506
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act

 
This bill establishes the Rural Telehealth Access Task Force to identify, evaluate, and recommend ways to increase adoption of telehealth services and access to broadband internet in rural areas.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-5507
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act

 
This bill expands the list of requirements a state unemployment compensation system must follow to be compliant under federal law.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the maximum benefit period available to an individual be at least 26 weeks. The base period used to determine unemployment eligibility must consist of at least four completed calendar quarters preceding the claim and must include the most recently completed calendar quarter. Further, compensation must not be denied to an otherwise eligible individual who earns at least $1,000 during the highest quarter and at least $1,500 during the entire base period. Finally, compensation must not be denied under an ability to work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work provision solely on the basis of the number of hours of work the individual is seeking, so long as the individual is seeking at least 20 hours of work or half the hours the individual typically worked. 
 
Employers that pay unemployment taxes to a noncompliant state system cannot claim amounts paid into the state system as a credit against federal unemployment tax due.
 
The bill also requires states to meet specified online claim system accessibility requirements and to ensure that offline means of filing are available. A state that does not comply cannot receive federal funds for administration of its state unemployment system.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Student Veteran COVID-19 Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5509
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Student Veteran COVID-19 Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses the administration of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits and home loans, including by authorizing the VA to waive certain enrollment verifications, exempting foreign educational institutions from certain requirements, extending the time limitations on the use of educational assistance benefits, and adjusting certain home loan fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5510
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Medical ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 202

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This bill prohibits as an unfair or deceptive trade practice a person from misrepresenting (1) whether the person holds a state health care license; or (2) the person's education, training, degree, license, or clinical expertise. 
 
A person's advertisement for the person's health care services must disclose the license under which the person is authorized to provide those services. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
NIST Plumbing Research Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5511
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

NIST Plumbing Research Act of 2021
 
 
This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy, to
 
 
establish or designate a laboratory to conduct research on premise plumbing in relation to water safety, security, efficiency, sustainability, and resilience;
 
conduct an organizational review of all research and other activities related to premise plumbing conducted by federal entities; and 
 
appoint one or more officers or employees of NIST to liaise with nonfederal entities that are conducting research or other activities related to premise plumbing. 
 
 
The bill defines 
premise plumbing
 as the water distribution system within the property lines of a property, including all buildings and permanent structures on such property. This term also includes building supply and distribution pipes, fixtures, fittings, water heaters, water-treating and water-using equipment; and all respective joints, connections, devices, and appurtenances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
RURAL Broadband Mapping Act

Bill: 117-hr-5512
Sponsor: Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Reviewing and Updating Regional And Local Broadband Mapping Act or the RURAL Broadband Mapping Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to temporarily accept broadband mapping data from a state to use in applications for funding with respect to the deployment of broadband internet access service in the state if the state data is superior to the data used by the FCC. This requirement applies until the FCC has completed certain broadband maps that are required under current law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
No Clearance for Terrorists Act

Bill: 117-hr-5513
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

No Clearance for Terrorists Act

 
This bill requires processes for vetting an individual for a security clearance to take into consideration whether that individual has been involved in terrorism.
 
The Special Security Directorate of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center must ensure that the guidelines for adjudicating security clearances, when determining what conditions could raise a security concern or disqualify an applicant, include whether the applicant has been involved in or advocated domestic or international terrorism. 
 
The directorate must also ensure that guidelines and instructions to federal agencies relating to security clearances include screening an individual for possible involvement with domestic terrorism. 
 
The directorate and the Office of Personnel Management must ensure that certain forms related to public trust and national security positions include questions regarding whether the individual submitting the form has been involved in domestic terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Choose Home Care Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5514
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Choose Home Care Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for coverage of home-based extended care services under Medicare. 
 
Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of services that are furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in their homes by home health agencies, including nursing care, meals and nutritional support, home medical supplies, nonemergency medical transportation, and care coordination. Coverage includes 30 days of post-hospital care and other periods of extended illness, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Home health agencies that provide such services may receive additional payments in accordance with a specified methodology.
 
The CMS may make payments for covered services furnished before 2022 during any period in which there is a public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-08
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: 2021-10-08
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: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Americans’ Genomic Information Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5515
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Protecting Americans' Genomic Information Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address national security concerns when conducting or supporting biomedical research that involves human genomic sequencing and sensitive, identifiable information.
 
Specifically, HHS must implement a risk framework to assess whether such research conducted by the National Institutes of Health or other HHS agencies and offices poses risks to national security and identify approaches to mitigate those risks, including through security controls and training for those that manage or have access to such research.
 
After the framework is developed, HHS must implement data access controls, ensure that data access committees include members with national security expertise, and update relevant data access and sharing policies.
 
The bill also requires HHS to brief Congress about these activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Fair Adjudications for Immigrants Act

Bill: 117-hr-5517
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Fair Adjudications for Immigrants Act

 
This bill narrows the scope of certain crime-based grounds for barring or removing an alien from the United States. (Generally, a conviction for certain crimes, such as a crime that carries a term of incarceration of a certain length, may constitute grounds for denying an individual certain immigration benefits.)
 
The bill redefines the term 
conviction
 to exclude convictions that have been dismissed, expunged, deferred, annulled, invalidated, withheld, vacated, or pardoned. The term must also exclude adjudications where a court issued a recommendation against removal, an order of probation without entry of judgment, or a similar disposition.
 
In addition, any reference to a term of imprisonment or sentence must, unless otherwise provided (1) only consider the period of incarceration ordered by a court, and (2) exclude any suspended portion of a sentence. Currently, for immigration purposes, a term of incarceration includes any part of the sentence that was suspended.
 
These provisions pertaining to the definition of 
conviction
 and terms of imprisonment shall apply to convictions and judgments entered either before or after this bill's enactment. 
 
Furthermore, certain crime-based grounds for barring or removing an alien shall not apply if the sentencing court issues a recommendation that the alien not be removed on the basis of the conviction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Virtual Naturalization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5518
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Virtual Naturalization Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish procedures for conducting remote naturalization oath ceremonies. An individual may complete the naturalization process by participating in such a remote oath ceremony in lieu of an in-person ceremony. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Data Collection Equality Act

Bill: 117-hr-5519
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Puerto Rico Data Collection Equality Act

 
This bill addresses the collection and publication of statistics relating to Puerto Rico.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to develop and implement a plan to collect and publish statistics regarding Puerto Rico in the same manner as federal agencies collect and report statistics for the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Literature Selection Technical Review Committee Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5520
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Literature Selection Technical Review Committee Reform Act of 2021

 
This bill makes various changes to the processes used by the National Library of Medicine to select scientific journals for inclusion in its databases.
 
The changes include requiring the use of an objective rubric to evaluate journals for inclusion and providing the right to appeal a delisting. In addition, the library must make publicly available the metrics used to determine whether to list or delist journals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Rural Capital Access Act

Bill: 117-hr-5521
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Rural Capital Access Act 

 
This bill increases federally backed leverage, or investments, available to small businesses in rural areas through Small Business Administration (SBA) programs. Specifically, the bill (1) reduces restrictions on federally backed leverage for small business investment companies (SBICs) investing in small businesses located in rural areas, and (2) allows the SBA to extend as leverage to rural business investment companies certain unexpended amounts intended for SBICs. 
 
The bill also establishes an interagency working group comprised of the SBA, the Department of Agriculture, and industry stakeholders to develop administrative and legislative recommendations to improve program coordination and capital access in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Pay Down, Upskill Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5523
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2021-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: 

Pay Down, Upskill Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Pay Down or Upskill Education Benefit Program through which the Department of Education (ED) must provide an education benefit of up to $10,000 to each eligible individual. 
Eligible individual 
refers to an individual who (1) is at least 18 years old but less than 65 years old, and (2) received a certain recovery rebate in 2021.
 
Specifically, the bill requires ED to provide an education benefit to an eligible individual to (1) repay all or part of the individual's qualifying student loans, or (2) pay all or part of the individual's qualified educational expenses (i.e., tuition and fees for an education or training program that results in a recognized postsecondary credential).
 
ED must prescribe regulations for returning an education benefit when the individual withdraws or fails to complete enrollment for the individual's education or training program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Introduced in House