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American High-Speed Rail Act

Bill: 117-hr-1845
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Transportation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government lending and loan guarantees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Public transit
Railroads
Securities
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

American High-Speed Rail Act 

 
This bill addresses high-speed rail corridor development in the United States, including by providing additional funding for high-speed rail corridor planning, and developing comprehensive, performance-based safety regulations and standards for all high-speed rail projects.
 
The federal share of a project financed under this bill may be up to 100%.
 
The Department of Transportation must prioritize financing capital projects in high-speed rail corridors with respect to which at least 20% of the project cost is funded through specified financial sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to hospital infrastructure.

Bill: 117-hr-1846
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Buy American requirements
Computer security and identity theft
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Metals

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and makes changes to a grant program for constructing and modernizing health care facilities, including by prioritizing projects that address public health emergency preparedness or cybersecurity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1847
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal preemption
Financial literacy
Health care coverage and access
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2021

 
This bill provides housing assistance during the COVID-19 public health emergency. 
 
Specifically, the bill suspends rental and mortgage payments for primary residences through April 1, 2022. The bill also forgives rental and mortgage debt accrued from March 13, 2020, through April 1, 2022. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must establish funds to reimburse lessors and lenders for payments suspended or forgiven under the bill.
 
In addition, HUD must establish an Affordable Housing Acquisition Fund to support the acquisition of multifamily housing projects by nonprofit organizations, public housing agencies, cooperative housing associations, community land trusts, and state and local governments. For a five-year period, entities that are approved for such assistance shall be provided the first right of purchase with respect to these projects.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a core public health infrastructure program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1849
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Performance measurement
Scientific communication
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to carry out activities to strengthen core public health infrastructure. Core public health infrastructure includes the elements and workforce capabilities that enable health departments to perform critical functions such as disease surveillance and emergency response. 
 
Specifically, the CDC must award grants to state health departments for their core infrastructure needs. The CDC may also award grants to address core infrastructure needs on a competitive basis to state, tribal, territorial, or local health departments. In addition, the CDC must develop accreditation standards for health departments and public health laboratories.
 
The CDC must also take steps to expand and improve its own public health infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
St. Mary's Reinvestment Act

Bill: 117-hr-1851
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Appropriations
Dams and canals
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

St. Mary's Reinvestment Act

 
This bill authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to use funds through FY2032 to rehabilitate the St. Mary Diversion Dam and Canal Headworks, which are part of the Milk River Project in Montana.
 
In addition, the bill requires Reclamation to (1) coordinate with the Blackfeet Tribe with respect to the replacement activities that are carried out for the rehabilitation, (2) study the ability of project beneficiaries (i.e., water users) to pay for the costs of the rehabilitation, and (3) establish repayment terms based on the study.
 
Finally, the bill requires the federal cost share to be at least 26.04%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Sister City Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-1852
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Economic performance and conditions
Espionage and treason
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Rule of law and government transparency
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Subversive activities
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Sister City Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the activities of sister city partnerships involving foreign communities in countries that received a score of 45 or less on Transparency International's 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index. A sister city partnership is a formal agreement between a U.S. community and a foreign community that is recognized by Sister Cities International and that is operating within the United States.
 
Among other elements, the required study must (1) identify oversight practices that U.S communities implement to mitigate the risks of foreign espionage and economic coercion within sister city partnerships, (2) assess the extent to which U.S. communities ensure transparency regarding sister city partnership contracts and activities, and (3) review the range of activities conducted within sister city partnerships. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Highway Formula Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-1853
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Government trust funds
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Highway Formula Fairness Act

 
This bill modifies the formula that the Department of Transportation uses to apportion federal highway funds among the states for the national highway performance program, the surface transportation block grant program, the highway safety improvement program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the national highway freight program, and metropolitan transportation planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
RECRUIT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1854
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Reserve Employers Comprehensive Relief and Uniform Incentives on Taxes Act of 2021 or the RECRUIT Act of 2021

 
This bill allows employers with less than 500 employees a new tax credit for 40% of the wages paid to a member of the National Guard or a reserve component of the Armed Forces. The employer may elect to claim a payroll tax credit for wages paid to such service members. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Promoting New Manufacturing Act

Bill: 117-hr-1855
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Air quality
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Promoting New Manufacturing Act 

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to annually publish information related to preconstruction emission permits issued or denied by the EPA. The EPA must publish such information applicable to FY2016-FY2020 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment. Additionally, the EPA must publish guidance for implementing any final rule that establishes or revises a national ambient air quality standard. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Modern Television Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1856
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Telecommunication rates and fees
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Modern Television Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes measures to prevent blackouts of television broadcast stations, including requiring good-faith negotiations in broadcast agreements and providing for outside arbitration of certain negotiation disputes. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires a station and a cable or satellite service to negotiate in good faith when attempting to reach a marketplace agreement, and it requires the cable or satellite service to retransmit the signal of a station for up to 60 days while the parties renegotiate an expired agreement. The Federal Communications Commission may require a station and a cable or satellite service to submit to binding arbitration to resolve any dispute that may arise (the parties must be retroactively paid for content aired during this time). Further, a station is prohibited from requiring payment from a cable or satellite service for customers of the cable or satellite service who do not receive the signals of the station from that service.
 
Additionally, the bill repeals specified provisions, including those related to retransmission consent and compulsory copyright licenses. The bill also disallows federal, state, and local authorities from regulating the rates of a cable or satellite service.
 
The Government Accountability Office must assess the impact of the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Access to Safe and Effective Medicines Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1857
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Chemistry
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Protecting Access to Safe and Effective Medicines Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the existing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) practice of defining 
active ingredient 
more narrowly as 
active moiety
 in certain situations, such as when determining whether a new drug is entitled to a market exclusivity period or providing priority review of drugs for treating rare pediatric diseases. 
 
Generally, the FDA defines 
active moiety
 as the core molecule or ion in a drug responsible for the relevant physiological or pharmacological action. By contrast, the FDA defines an 
active ingredient 
as a component in a drug that is intended to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effect. The FDA's existing practice of interpreting 
active ingredient
 as 
active moiety
 in certain situations, as statutorily authorized by this bill, tends to exclude some drugs from market exclusivity.
 
The bill replaces references to 
active ingredient
 with 
active moiety
 in various statutes authorizing FDA activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Military Right To Carry Act

Bill: 117-hr-1858
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

U.S. Military Right to Carry Act

 
This bill requires a state that receives funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to have implemented (1) a law or policy authorizing members of the Armed Forces who are outside of their state of residence under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and (2) a law or policy that treats members of the Armed Forces on active duty in the state as residents of the state for purposes of issuing a permit to carry a concealed firearm in the state. The Department of Justice must reduce by 5% the amount that a state would otherwise receive under the grant program if the state fails to comply with either requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
911 Diversion to Unarmed Personnel Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1859
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Firearms and explosives
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
Nursing
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

911 Diversion to Unarmed Personnel Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes grants to dispatch unarmed, specialized health care or social service providers to respond to nonviolent 9&#8211;1&#8211;1 calls instead of law enforcement officers. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award grants to states and other jurisdictions for this purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Additions and Increases To Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1860
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the tax exclusion for distributions from health flexible spending arrangements provided to employees under a cafeteria plan to (1) increase the annual limit on employee salary reduction contributions to $5,000, with an additional $500 for each additional employee dependent above two dependents that has not been taken into account by another person for the year; (2) revise the adjustment for inflation after 2021; and (3) allow a carryforward into the next year for unused amounts in such plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1861
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2021

 
This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
 
Currently, schools participating in the program must provide milk that is consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans; USDA regulations require milk to be fat-free or low-fat and allow only fat-free milk to be flavored. The bill removes these restrictions and instead permits schools to offer students whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free flavored and unflavored milk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1589)
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.

Bill: 117-hr-1862
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to improve infrastructure, including to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and other public health crises, at teaching health centers and behavioral health care centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House