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South Kona National Heritage Area

Bill: 117-hr-1925
Sponsor: Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Hawaii
Historic sites and heritage areas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

South Kona National Heritage Area

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating Hawaii County, Hawaii, as a National Heritage Area, to be known as the South Kona National Heritage Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1926
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Medical ethics
Sex and reproductive health
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for performing gender reassignment medical interventions on minors. It also provides that a minor who receives such an intervention may bring a civil action against each person who performed that intervention.
 
The bill defines these interventions as certain surgeries or the use of hormones to change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. It excludes, however, interventions in cases where an individual has ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or where a physician has determined that an individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action.
 
An individual who performs these interventions on a minor is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
A minor who receives these medical interventions may not be arrested or prosecuted for an offense under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Sexual Abuse of K–12 Students Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1928
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Sex offenses
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Preventing Sexual Abuse of K-12 Students Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires sexual abuse awareness training in elementary and secondary schools.
 
Specifically, the bill requires states receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds to establish and implement a statewide policy requiring each local educational agency to (1) develop codes of conduct to prevent sexual abuse of students by identifying acceptable and unacceptable behavior for school personnel and students; and (2) ensure that school personnel receive specified training, including training on sexual abuse and misconduct awareness and prevention.
 
In addition, the bill expands the allowable uses for certain grants (e.g., Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants) to include sexual abuse awareness training.
 
Finally, the Department of Education must make recommendations to Congress for preventing the sexual abuse of elementary and secondary school students. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Records Preservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-1929
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Presidential administrations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Presidential Records Preservation Act

 
This bill directs the President to make and preserve records containing adequate and proper documentation of' presidential activities, deliberations, decisions, and policies, including establishing records management controls to capture, manage, and preserve electronic messages and ensure that such messages are readily accessible for retrieval through electronic searches. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act

Bill: 117-hr-1932
Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act or the REACH Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to report hazing incidents and distribute policies on hazing. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to disclose hazing incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies in its annual security report. The bill defines the term 
hazing
 to mean any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a student, or a former student, of an IHE against another student (regardless of that student's willingness to participate), that (1) is connected with an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in an organization that is affiliated with the IHE (e.g., an athletic team); and (2) contributes to a substantial risk of physical injury, mental harm, or degradation or causes physical injury, mental harm, or personal degradation.
 
In addition, each IHE must distribute to enrolled and prospective students its policies on hazing, including information on education programs that promote hazing awareness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
END ALL Hazing Act

Bill: 117-hr-1933
Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Educational Notification and Disclosure of Actions risking Loss of Life by Hazing Act or the END ALL Hazing Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to collect information and publicly report on hazing-related misconduct.
 
Specifically, IHEs must prepare biannual reports and post the reports on their websites. The reports must include information on hazing-related misconduct committed by a student organization, including the name of the student organization that committed the violation, a description of the violation, and sanctions placed on the organization.
 
Further, IHEs must report to campus police and law enforcement authorities within 72 hours of becoming aware of any allegation of hazing that involved serious bodily injury or a significant risk of serious bodily injury.
 
The bill does not apply to foreign IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Guard the Border Act

Bill: 117-hr-1935
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil disturbances
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Mexico
Military civil functions
National Guard and reserves
Subversive activities
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Guard the Border Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to reassign 95% of National Guard members deployed to the National Capital Region on or after January 6, 2021, in response to the attacks on the U.S. Capitol building and grounds. Specifically, DOD must reassign such members to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection in (1) securing the southern land border of the country, and (2) management and care for migrants at the border.
 
DOD must report on the results of a study assessing the effects of such reassignment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Climate Resilient Communities Act

Bill: 117-hr-1936
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Natural disasters
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Climate Resilient Communities Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate and issue a report on the structural and economic impacts of climate resiliency at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
 
Specifically, GAO, within one year of this bill's enactment and every five years thereafter, must evaluate and report to Congress on the economic benefits, including avoided impacts on property and life, of the use of model, consensus-based building codes, standards, and provisions that support resilience to climate risks and impacts.
 
The report shall include 
 
 
an assessment of the status of adoption of building codes, standards, and provisions within the states, territories, and tribes at the state or jurisdictional level;
 
analysis of the extent to which pre-disaster mitigation measures provide benefits to the nation and individual states, territories and tribes;
 
 an assessment of the building codes and standards referenced or otherwise currently incorporated into federal policies and programs, and the extent to which such codes and standards contribute to increasing climate resiliency; and
 
recommendations for FEMA on how to better incorporate climate resiliency into efforts to rebuild after natural disasters.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
COST Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1937
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government Operations and Politics
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Cost Openness and Spending Transparency Act of 2021 or the COST Act

 
This bill requires recipients of federal funds to disclose financing information relating to programs, projects, or activities carried out using such funds.
 
Specifically, such a recipient (including a state or local government or a recipient of a federal research grant) must clearly state in any press release, request for proposal, bid solicitation, or other document describing the activity the amount and percentage of federal funding and the amount and percentage of nongovernmental funding.
 
 If the Office of Management and Budget determines that a recipient is failing to comply, it may direct each agency providing federal funds to withhold up to 25% of the funds until the recipient complies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
National Guard Housing Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-1938
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

National Guard Housing Equity Act

 
This bill provides for an equal housing allowance for members of a reserve component who perform active service for more than 30 consecutive days under multiple calls or orders that are for 30 days or less. Specifically, such members must be paid the same basic housing allowance as members of a reserve component who are called or ordered to active service for a period of more than 30 days.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E249)
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1939
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Environmental health
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Solid waste and recycling
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award additional funds to the Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program. This program provides American Indian and Alaska Native homes and communities with water supply, sewage disposal, and solid waste disposal facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-16
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: 2021-03-16
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: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Performance-Based Public Buildings Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1940
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Performance-Based Public Buildings Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the General Services Administration to carry out a pilot program to enter into public-private partnerships to carry out projects to acquire space for public building purposes. 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a review of all such projects and submit a report to Congress that includes (1) a review and evaluation of the public-private partnerships executed and a comparison of such agreements to similar projects completed as government construction, and (2) recommendations on the use of public-private partnerships as options for meeting the space needs of the federal government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain naturalization requirements for United States nationals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1941
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 
This bill waives certain requirements for U.S. nationals applying for citizenship. 
 
Currently, individuals born in an outlying possession (i.e., American Samoa or Swains Island) are U.S. nationals but do not automatically acquire citizenship through birth in an outlying possession.
 
Under this bill, a U.S. national who otherwise qualifies may become a citizen upon establishing residence and physical presence in a U.S. outlying possession. Currently, U.S. nationals must become a resident of a state to qualify for naturalization.
 
The bill also waives certain naturalization requirements, including those related to English language proficiency and participation in a public ceremony, for individuals who have continuously resided in an outlying possession or state from birth to the approval of a naturalization application. 
 
Furthermore, upon meeting other requirements, this bill allows a child born abroad of a U.S. citizen parent to acquire citizenship by establishing presence and residency in an outlying possession, where currently such a child must be lawfully present in the United States to acquire citizenship through this method.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Waccamaw Indian Acknowledgement Act

Bill: 117-hr-1942
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian social and development programs
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Waccamaw Indian Acknowledgement Act

 
This bill makes the Waccamaw Indian People of Conway, South Carolina, a federally recognized tribe.
 
The bill makes the tribe and its members eligible for services and benefits provided to federally recognized tribes and their members, without regard to the existence of a reservation or the location of the residence of any member. Members of the tribe residing in Horry County in South Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for services and benefits.
 
The tribe must submit to the Department of the Interior a membership roll as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits. The tribe must also maintain the membership roll.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Pee Dee Indian Acknowledgement Act

Bill: 117-hr-1943
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian social and development programs
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Pee Dee Indian Acknowledgement Act

 
This bill makes the Pee Dee Indian Tribe of McColl, South Carolina, a federally recognized tribe.
 
The bill makes the tribe and its members eligible for services and benefits provided to federally recognized tribes and their members, without regard to the existence of a reservation or the location of the residence of any member. Members of the tribe residing in Marlboro County in South Carolina are deemed to be within the delivery area for services and benefits.
 
The tribe must submit to the Department of the Interior a membership roll as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits. The tribe must also maintain the membership roll.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Workplaces Act

Bill: 117-hr-1944
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Appropriations
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lighting, heating, cooling
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Social security and elderly assistance
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Healthy Workplaces Act

 
This bill allows tax credits for employer expenses for protecting employees from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 
 
Specifically, the bill allows a credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the sum of qualified employee protection expenses, workplace reconfiguration expenses, and education and training expenses paid by the employer during a calendar quarter. 
 
The bill also allows a 50% income tax credit for qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses incurred by an employer in 2020. The bill defines 
qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses
 to include amounts paid by an employer to evaluate, design, and reconfigure retail space and employee work areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The evaluation, design, and reconfiguration must be completed before January 1, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in House