hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Health Care Enrollment Innovation Act

Bill: 117-hr-1796
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Computers and information technology
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Health Care Enrollment Innovation Act

 
This bill funds and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states for promoting greater enrollment in health insurance coverage. Grants may be used by the state's primary health and human services agency for activities such as automatically enrolling uninsured individuals who are eligible for premium assistance tax credits in plans through the individual or small group market and establishing a state-level requirement for individuals to enroll in coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
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
Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

Bill: 117-hr-1797
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

 
This bill requires a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and has been repeatedly flooded, as specified by the bill, to (1) assess the continuing risks to community areas repeatedly damaged by floods; and (2) develop and implement a publicly available, community-specific plan for mitigating continuing flood risks to such areas.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must, upon request, provide a community with appropriate data to assist in preparation of the required plan.
 
In making decisions with respect to awarding flood risk mitigation grants, FEMA may consider the extent to which a community has complied with these requirements and is working to remedy problems with repeatedly flooded areas.
 
A community that does not comply with these requirements may be subject to appropriate sanctions.


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
Emergency Rural Community Relief Act

Bill: 117-hr-1798
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Community life and organization
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing and community development funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Emergency Rural Community Relief Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide emergency grants to associations, local governments, nonprofit corporations, and Indian tribes to purchase vehicles, equipment, or services needed for the immediate safe operation of an essential community facility or a temporary installation necessary to support the public response to an emergency in a rural area. The bill also provides funding for the grants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1800
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct an interagency review of the status of women and lung cancer. The review must
 
 
report on the status of existing research and current knowledge gaps;
 
identify new opportunities for collaborative research to determine the causes of lung cancer and advance prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment; and
 
provide recommendations for a national cancer screening strategy and public education campaign.



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
CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1801
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill provides that a child shall be eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Do Your Job Act

Bill: 117-hr-1802
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Do Your Job Act 

 
This bill reduces the pay for Members of Congress in certain circumstances, and it eliminates the automatic appropriation of funds for specified purposes.
 
Specifically, if Congress does not agree to a budget resolution by the beginning of a fiscal year, each Member's annual pay shall be reduced to 90% of that Member's pay in the previous fiscal year. This reduction shall apply after the November 2022 general election.
 
In addition, the bill eliminates the automatic appropriation of funds for Members' compensation and for certain administrative expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1803
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the award of matching grants to enhance services in secondary schools for students with mental and behavioral health issues that can lead to failure in school, such as depression and substance abuse.
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award these grants on a competitive basis to state or local educational agencies that serve at least one secondary school.


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

Bill: 117-hr-1804
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pollution liability
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Community Cleanup Act

 
This bill expands existing notice and publication requirements related to remedial action plans for Superfund sites (sites contaminated with hazardous substances).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the notice and analysis of a proposed plan to be transmitted to the highest ranking official of the local government with jurisdiction over the facility subject to the plan. During the public comment period, written and oral comments may be submitted regarding the use of the facility at issue after the remedial action is taken.
 
Notice of the final remedial action plan must be transmitted to the local government officials with jurisdiction over the facility at issue. 
 
Finally, the bill expands the minimum publication requirements for proposed and final plans to include (1) an announcement via a radio or television station in the broadcast area surrounding the facility at issue, (2) digital or social media publications, and (3) a posting to the website of the person proposing to adopt a plan for remediation (e.g., the state or Environmental Protection Agency website).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, 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
Tradeable Performance Standard Act

Bill: 117-hr-1805
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Tradeable Performance Standard Act

 
This bill establishes the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Program, which creates (1) targets to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from cogeneration facilities (e.g., combined power plants), electric facilities, and thermal energy facilities; (2) a system to allow such facilities to achieve the targets through a voluntary emission trading program; and (3) a thermal energy reporting program.
 
By 2030, such facilities must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 60% of 2019 levels. By 2040, the facilities must eliminate the emissions.
 
Facilities that emit more than the targets must purchase emission allowances from those who emit less. The bill provides for the distribution, trading, and tracking of such allowances. The bill establishes civil penalties for facilities that do not meet the targets and do not submit enough allowances.
 
Finally, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a thermal energy reporting program. Under the program, thermal energy facilities must provide information about the fuel used to produce thermal energy and the greenhouse gas emissions associated with such production. Further, thermal energy facilities must submit information to demonstrate their compliance with this bill.


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
ENROLL Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1806
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Expand Navigators' Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity Act of 20

21

 or the ENROLL Act of 20

21

 
This bill makes several changes to the navigator program for health insurance exchanges (a program through which entities receive funding to provide education and enrollment assistance). Specifically, the bill addresses certain funding decisions and regulatory actions taken by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 
 
For example, the bill increases funding for navigators in federally facilitated exchanges (FFEs) beginning in FY2021. (The CMS decreased annual funding for FFE navigators for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 program years.)
 
The bill also counters guidance issued by the CMS regarding navigator criteria by requiring FFE navigators to be chosen without regard to how the entity provides information about association health plans or short-term, limited-duration insurance. 
 
The bill also reinstates certain requirements that were removed by the CMS in 2018. Specifically, the bill requires (1) at least two navigators in each FFE, including at least one community and consumer-focused nonprofit group; and (2) that navigators be physically present in the state where the exchange is located. 


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
Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act

Bill: 117-hr-1807
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Business education
Business expenses
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Health promotion and preventive care
Social security and elderly assistance
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act

 
This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit in each calendar quarter of 50% of the their qualified workplace training expenses paid or incurred after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 2022. The bill defines 
qualified workplace training expenses
 as employer expenses for education and training for the health and safety of employees in the workplace with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. 


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
To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1809
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Roads and highways
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 
This bill designates the portion of U.S. Route 80 from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, as the 
 
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway.


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
Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-1810
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act 

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2036 the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts. 
 
The bill also repeals the limitation on the total amount of funding that may be appropriated for the corridor and heritage area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
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
To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize additional funding for planning, design, construction, modernization, and renovation of hospitals and outpatient health care facilities.

Bill: 117-hr-1811
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 
This bill authorizes additional funding through FY2026 for the Indian Health Service to plan, design, construct, modernize, and renovate hospitals and outpatient health care facilities, including to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-11
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: 2021-03-11
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: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
One Federal Decision Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1812
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

One Federal Decision Act of 202

1

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the policy that requires federal agencies to coordinate environmental reviews and authorization decisions for major infrastructure projects. It also sets a goal for completing environmental reviews within two years.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) must review existing practices, procedures, programmatic agreements, and applicable laws to identify potential changes that would facilitate an efficient environmental review process for projects.
 
All authorization decisions for construction of a major project must be completed within 90 days of the issuance of a record of decision for the project, although the lead agency could extend the deadline in some cases.
 
The lead agency must develop an environmental review schedule with the project sponsor that is consistent with an agency average of not more than two years for the completion of the environmental review process for major projects.
 
DOT must also (1) establish a performance accountability system to track each major project, and (2) provide other relevant federal agencies with a list of categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act that are applicable to highway projects and that would accelerate project delivery.
 
The bill also eliminates the two-year limitation on filing claims seeking judicial review of permits, licenses, or approvals issued by a federal agency for railroad projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-05-12
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