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Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2851
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Cooperative and condominium housing
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2021

 
 This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement a demonstration program for the establishment or preservation of limited- or zero-equity resident-controlled housing. Limited- or zero-equity resident-controlled housing (e.g., a housing cooperative) restricts the initial and resale price of shares of stock or membership interests in a residence so that the shares or interests remain affordable to families of certain incomes. 
 
Specifically, HUD may assist nonprofit organizations to establish or preserve such housing through providing (1) mortgage insurance; and (2) grants for predevelopment costs, monitoring fees, technical assistance, gap funding, and intermediary financing. 
 
Housing receiving such assistance must be governed by a board of directors elected by members of a limited- or zero-equity resident-controlled housing corporation with voting structured equitably among all members. 
 
A limited- or zero-equity resident-controlled housing corporation may sell corporate shares in such housing to an eligible household for a purchase price that ensures dwelling units in the housing will remain affordable for at least 30 years to households earning less than a certain income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2853
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics Act of 2021 or the
 
BLOCKING Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies provisions related to market exclusivity for a generic drug.
 
Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awards 180 days of exclusivity on the market to a first applicant to file a qualifying application for market approval of a generic drug. Generally, this exclusivity period begins upon a first applicant's commercial marketing of the drug.
 
The bill authorizes the FDA to approve a subsequent generic drug application prior to a first applicant's first date of commercial marketing if (1) the subsequent application is ready for full approval, (2) a first applicant's application has been pending for at least 30 months, and (3) the approval of a first applicant's application is not precluded by patent infringement claims asserted against that first applicant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Utility Resilience and Reliability Act

Bill: 117-hr-2854
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Government information and archives
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Utility Resilience and Reliability Act

 
This bill addresses the reliability of electric energy provided by the bulk-power system, which includes facilities and control systems necessary for operating an interconnected electric energy transmission network.
 
Specifically, the Electric Reliability Organization must file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a proposed reliability standard that addresses the resilience of the bulk-power system. For example, the standard must address the system's ability to withstand and rapidly recover from disruptions, such as extreme weather conditions. The standard must take into account regional differences.
 
In addition, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program to provide information and recommendations to states and electric utilities on how to improve the resilience of electric grids. DOE must also post on its website a report that provides recommendations on how to minimize the need for, effects of, and duration of planned electric power outages that are due to extreme weather conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Star Rating for Biosimilars Act

Bill: 117-hr-2855
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Performance measurement
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Star Rating for Biosimilars Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish quality measures regarding biosimilar biological products under the five-star performance rating system for Medicare Advantage plans. The measures must assess the level of access that plans provide to covered biosimilars, including with respect to formularies, cost-sharing, and utilization management. 
 
The CMS must also incorporate such measures into similar rating systems for plans under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Oversight of Law Enforcement Surveillance Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2856
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement administration and funding
Right of privacy
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Oversight of Law Enforcement Surveillance Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes reporting requirements related to the use of surveillance technology by law enforcement agencies in major metropolitan areas. The term 
major metropolitan area
 means an area with at least 250,000 residents.
 
Specifically, the bill requires a law enforcement agency of a major metropolitan area receiving federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report annually to DHS, the Inspector General of DHS, and Congress on the use of surveillance technology.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the Inspector General of DHS to report annually to Congress on the use of surveillance technology and the impact of its use on civil liberties and privacy. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 117-hr-2857
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2021 or the FAIR Act
 
 
This bill revises federal laws governing civil asset forfeiture.
 
Specifically, the bill makes various changes to the general rules governing civil forfeiture proceedings. Among the changes, the bill
 
 
requires counsel for an indigent property owner regardless of whether the owner requests counsel, 
 
raises the evidentiary standard from preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence, and 
 
sets forth factors courts must consider in determining whether a forfeiture of facilitating property is excessive. 
 
 
Additionally, the bill eliminates statutory authority for equitable sharing and directs forfeiture proceeds to be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury instead of the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
 
Finally, the bill makes changes with respect to the civil forfeiture of money involved in structuring offenses (i.e., structuring currency transactions to evade currency reporting requirements). Among the changes, the bill
 
 
specifies an evidentiary standard of knowingly for structuring offenses, and 
 
requires a prompt probable cause hearing following the seizure of money involved in a structuring offense.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Sara’s Law and the Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2858
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Health information and medical records
Human trafficking
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Pornography
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Sara's Law and the Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies federal sentencing options for individuals who commit criminal offenses as juveniles.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes federal sentencing courts to do the following:
 
 
impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for a juvenile who was convicted of a violent offense against a person who engaged in certain conduct (e.g., trafficking, abuse, or assault) against the juvenile, 
 
impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum by up to 35% to reflect the juvenile's age and prospect for rehabilitation, and 
 
reduce a prison term imposed on a defendant convicted as an adult for an offense committed as a juvenile if the defendant has served at least 20 years in custody and is not a danger to public safety.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Neighborhoods and Strengthening Communities Act

Bill: 117-hr-2859
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Labor standards
Land use and conservation
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Restoring Neighborhoods and Strengthening Communities Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a grant program to identify infrastructural barriers posed by transportation facilities within certain communities (e.g., communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal or indigenous populations) and study the feasibility of improving, and developing plans to improve, connectivity within these communities by redesigning or removing such barriers.
 
DOT may award grants to states, tribal and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and other entities for (1) community engagement, education, and capacity building, including to educate community members about opportunities to affect transportation and economic development planning and investment decisions; and (2) planning and feasibility studies, including development of designs and artistic renderings to facilitate community engagement. 
 
It may also award capital construction grants to the owner of an infrastructural barrier to carry out projects for which all necessary feasibility studies and other planning activities have been completed, including the replacement of an infrastructural barrier with a new use or facility that has been identified by members of the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Supplying Help to Infrastructure in Ports, Yards, and America’s Repair Docks Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2860
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Hawaii
Maine
Marine and inland water transportation
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement
Virginia
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: 

Supplying Help to Infrastructure in Ports, Yards, and America's Repair Docks Act of 2021 or the SHIPYARD Act

 
This bill provides supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for improving naval shipyard infrastructure. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
 
DOD must make this funding directly available to the Department of the Navy. Funds must be used for specified purposes, including for public and private shipyard facilities, docks, dry docks, capital equipment improvements, and dredging efforts needed by shipyards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-26
text: Introduced in House
America’s College Promise Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2861
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

America's College Promise Act of 2021

 
This bill provides funding and establishes grant programs to expand access to higher education, including by providing free community college to students.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a program to waive resident tuition and fees for community college students. The Department of Education (ED) must award grants to states and Indian tribes to pay the federal share (75% of the average resident community college tuition and fees per student) of the program.
 
As a condition of receiving such a grant, a state must (1) submit a plan to align the requirements for receiving a regular high school diploma with the requirements for entering credit-bearing coursework at community colleges; and (2) submit a plan to improve transfer pathways between institutions of higher education (IHEs), including by ensuring that associate degrees awarded by community colleges are fully transferable to four-year IHEs.
 
Next, the bill directs ED to award grants to states and Indian tribes for implementing evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes.
 
In addition, ED must award grants to participating historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions to waive or significantly reduce the first 60 credits of tuition and fees for low-income students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act

Bill: 117-hr-2862
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency communications systems
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Marketing and advertising
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop, implement, and evaluate a national media campaign focused on suicide prevention.

action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop, implement, and evaluate a national media campaign focused on suicide prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981. (consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2243-2244)
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981.(consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2243-2244)
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, proceedings on H.R. 2862 are considered vacated.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2862.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2175-2176; text: CR H2175-2176)
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
First-Time Homebuyer Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2863
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

First-Time Homebuyer Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the first-time homebuyer tax credit. Specifically, it increases the allowable dollar amount of the credit from $8,000 to $15,000, revises the income formula for determining the maximum allowable credit amount, replaces the limitation on the credit based on purchase price (currently, $800,000) with a limitation based on area median purchase price, and revises rules relating to recapture of the credit and to members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House