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OMAR Act

Bill: 117-hr-856
Sponsor: Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Family relationships
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Marriage and family status
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Oversight for Members And Relatives Act or the OMAR Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of campaign funds to compensate the spouse of a candidate or an individual holding federal office. It also requires disclosure of payments made to spouses or immediate family members.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits an authorized committee of a candidate or any other political committee that is established, maintained, or controlled by a candidate or an individual holding federal office from directly or indirectly compensating the spouse of the candidate or individual for services provided to or on behalf of the committee. The prohibition does not apply to a political committee of a political party.
 
Next, the bill requires a political committee to report on disbursements to the spouse or an immediate family member of the candidate or the individual holding federal office.
 
Finally, the bill requires any penalty for a violation of the bill to be imposed on the candidate or the individual holding federal office if the candidate or individual involved knew of the violation. Further, it prohibits the committee involved from reimbursing the candidate or individual for the penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Iranian Arms Transfer Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-857
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Iran
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Militias and paramilitary groups
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Iranian Arms Transfer Prevention Act of 2021

 
 This bill requires the President to impose certain property- and visa-blocking sanctions on persons determined to be involved in arms transfers to or from Iran.
 
 Specifically, the State Department must submit a biannual report listing each person that it determines is knowingly engaged in any activity contributing to (1) the supply, sale, or transfer to or from Iran of arms or related material; or (2) the proliferation of arms or related material by Iran or by paramilitary organizations supported by Iran.
 
 The President must impose sanctions on each foreign person listed in the most recent State Department report and on each foreign person the President determines engages in specified activities (e.g., providing Iran with technical training, financial resources or services, advice, or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, or use of arms and related material).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-858
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional tributes
Department of Homeland Security
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 

2021

 
This bill designates the Rocksprings station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-860
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021

 
This bill requires each state, in order to receive certain education and transportation funds, to annually certify that the state has an agreement with the Social Security Administration to share death information for the purpose of removing the names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible voters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-861
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental health
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Libraries and archives
News media and reporting
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the owner or operator of a facility where hazardous chemicals are produced, used, or stored to hold a public meeting within 72 hours of the release of an extremely hazardous substance. The owner or operator must publish a notice in a local newspaper, giving at least 24 hours of notice before the public meeting. Such notice must be posted at a local library, other local government buildings, and on the facility's public website.
 
The bill also requires the owner or operator of a facility to hold an annual public meeting, where specified information regarding the extremely hazardous substances at the facility must be disclosed. Notice for such meeting must be published in a local newspaper at least a week in advance of the meeting. The bill provides for a civil penalty if such public meeting and notice requirements are not met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-862
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Labor standards
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and inland water transportation
Minority health
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for developing climate action plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or other air pollutants at ports or port facilities or implementing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at one or more ports or port facilities. Climate action plans must demonstrate that the measures proposed to be implemented through the grants will do at least two of the following:
 
 
improve energy efficiency at ports or port facilities,
 
deploy technology or processes that reduce idling of vehicles at ports or port facilities, or 
 
reduce the direct emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants with a goal of achieving zero emissions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-863
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Arrest Statistics Reporting Act of 2021 

 
This bill directs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to annually issue a public report regarding the immigration status of certain arrested persons. 
 
Specifically, the report shall include each arrested person (1) who has been the subject of an information request from a law enforcement agency to the Law Enforcement Support Center within ICE, or (2) whose information has been forwarded under the information sharing program between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. For each person, the report shall include (1) the person's immigration status, (2) the person's nationality, and (3) the crime for which the person was arrested.
 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall (1) revise the Uniform Crime Reports to include such information in each arrest report, and (2) publish tables summarizing such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-864
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits an individual from collecting Social Security benefits based on wages and income earned for services illegally performed in the United States while the individual was an alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
American Jobs First Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-865
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Higher education
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
Unemployment
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

American Jobs First Act of 2021 

 
This bill imposes additional requirements related to the H-1B (specialty profession) nonimmigrant visas and repeals various immigration-related programs. 
 
The bill repeals the diversity visa program, which makes immigrant visas available to aliens from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. The bill also eliminates a program that provides temporary employment authorization to an F-1 student visa holder during or after the completion of the student's studies, unless Congress expressly authorizes such a program.
 
The bill's provisions relating to the H-1B program include
 
 
requiring an H-1B employee to receive a wage that is at least the wage of the U.S. citizen or permanent resident who had the same job in the two years before the H-1B application was filed, where currently an H-1B worker may be paid the prevailing wage for the occupational classification in the area of employment;
 
prohibiting an employer from hiring an H-1B employee if the employer has involuntarily separated without cause an employee in a substantially similar occupation in the two years before filing the H-1B application or will do so in the two years after the filing; 
 
prohibiting an employer from hiring an H-1B employee if there had been a strike or lockout related to salary or benefits in the two years before filing the H-1B application; 
 
increasing the maximum penalties for violating certain H-1B requirements; and
 
prohibiting in some instances the use of nondisclosure agreements to prevent an employee from disclosing an employer's possible misuse of the H-1B program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Federally Integrated Species Health Act

Bill: 117-hr-866
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Federally Integrated Species Health Act or the FISH Act

 
This bill gives the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) the sole authority to protect endangered or threatened species that are anadromous species (species of fish that spawn in fresh or estuarine waters and that migrate to ocean waters) or catadromous species (species of fish that spawn in ocean waters and migrate to fresh waters). Currently, the FWS shares this authority with the National Marine Fisheries Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
High Speed Rail Corridor Development Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-867
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

High Speed Rail Corridor Development Act of 2021

 
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2025 the high-speed rail corridor development competitive grant program of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 
In awarding grants, the bill requires DOT to prioritize (1) projects that involve the purchase of electrified next generation passenger rail equipment, and (2) applications for projects that provide for a greater non-federal share of the cost of such projects.
 
DOT must also for each fiscal year set aside 50% of funds for projects with a federal share that does not exceed 50% of the project net capital cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Education for New Dispositions on Stigma Act

Bill: 117-hr-868
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Education for New Dispositions on Stigma Act or the END Stigma Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to institutions of higher education to educate students about substance use disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-870
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Commuting
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Right of privacy
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the national broadband plan, which establishes benchmarks to meet the goal of ensuring that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability.
 
This update must include (1) an assessment of the progress in achieving the goals of the original national broadband plan; (2) an examination of the effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on how people learn, work, receive medical information and treatment, and participate in civic communications; and (3) an analysis of the change in reliance people will have on services enabled by broadband internet access service as a result of COVID-19. 
 
The FCC must report annually on its progress toward achieving the goals of the updated national broadband plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Expand Medicaid Now Act

Bill: 117-hr-871
Sponsor: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

Expand Medicaid Now Act

 
This bill temporarily increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for states that elect to participate in Medicaid expansion (pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) if they have not already done so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
One Subject at a Time Act

Bill: 117-hr-872
Sponsor: Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Government liability
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: 

One Subject at a Time Act
 
 
This bill requires each bill or joint resolution to include no more than one subject and the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title.
 
An appropriations bill may not contain any general legislation or change to existing law that is not germane to the subject of such bill.
 
The bill voids measures or provisions noncompliant with these requirements, including appropriation provisions outside the relevant subcommittee's jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Introduced in House