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CART Act

Bill: 117-hr-5734
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 

Catastrophic Risk Transfer Act of 2021 or the CART Act

 
This bill establishes a system for the taxation of catastrophic risk transfer companies and their security holders to ensure sufficient capital to cover catastrophic insurance losses. The bill defines
 catastrophic risk
 as a risk of loss that has a low likelihood of occurring but that would be large in amount.
 
 The bill defines 
catastrophic risk transfer company
 as any domestic corporation created and regulated under state law with the purpose of entering into one or more insurance or reinsurance agreements covering catastrophic risk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-5735
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Endangered and threatened species
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Minority health
Motor vehicles
Natural disasters
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public transit
Puerto Rico
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Social Welfare
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 

State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act

 
This bill allows states, tribes, territories, and localities to use certain COVID-19 relief funds for new categories of spending, including for natural disasters and infrastructure projects. It also makes changes to expenditure deadlines and other aspects of this funding.
 
Specifically, recipients may use funds for emergency relief from natural disasters and associated negative economic impacts of natural disasters. In addition, recipients may use a portion of their COVID-19 relief funds for designated infrastructure projects, such as nationally significant freight and highway projects. Furthermore, the bill allows recipients to expend COVID-19 relief funds on these types of infrastructure projects until September 30, 2026. Under current law, recipients must expend the funds by December 31, 2024.
 
Other changes in the bill include (1) modifying eligibility and allocation requirements for funding set aside for counties and Indian tribes that are near public lands, (2) allowing Indian tribes an additional year to expend their COVID-19 relief funds, and (3) establishing a process for government entities to decline COVID-19 relief funds and requiring any declined funds to be used to reduce the federal deficit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Booster Seat Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-5736
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Performance measurement
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 

Booster Seat Safety Act

 
This bill addresses labeling requirements and testing standards for booster seats used in motor vehicles.
 
Specifically, the bill requires labels on booster seats to include the minimum recommended age (4 years) and weight (40 pounds) for a child to use the seat. It also requires that a label on a car seat or combination car seat list the maximum weight and height limits of the seat, as well as a recommendation to continue using the seat until the child exceeds the listed limits.
 
Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) must either establish a minimum height recommendation for booster seats or a method for manufacturers to use to determine a minimum height recommendation. Once the minimum height or method is established, booster seat labels must also contain the minimum height recommendation.
 
The NHTSA must also establish a standard for side-impact crash tests for booster seats and provide guidelines for creating a testing dummy that approximates a six-year old child for such crash tests.
 
Further, the NHTSA must study systems for tethering child restraint systems in vehicles and make recommendations about using or modifying tether systems to maximize child safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act

Bill: 117-hr-5738
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 

Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each of its medical centers contains a hygienic lactation space that is not a bathroom and meets other specifications (e.g., must be easy to locate).
 

action_date: 2022-05-18
text: 

Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that each of its medical centers contains a hygienic lactation space that is not a bathroom and meets other specifications (e.g., must be easy to locate).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 - 0 (Roll no. 214). (text: CR H5104-5105)
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 - 0 (Roll no. 214).
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5140-5141)
action_date: 2022-05-18
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: 2022-05-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5738.
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5104-5105)
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain Federal Pell Grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5739
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 
This bill revises certain requirements under the Federal Pell Grant Program for students with disabilities.
 
Currently, Pell Grant awards are based on enrollment status and a student must attend an institution of higher education (IHE) on a full-time basis in order to receive the maximum award amount. This bill provides an exception for a student with a disability who is receiving appropriate and reasonable accommodations for such disability. Specifically, the bill requires the amount of a Pell Grant to be calculated as if such a student is attending an IHE on a full-time basis, without regard to whether the student is attending less than full time.
 
Additionally, the bill extends the period of time during which a student with a disability may receive a Pell Grant. In particular, the bill allows a student to exceed the current 12-semester limit to complete the first undergraduate baccalaureate course of study if required by the student's accommodations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To codify certain regulations relating to endangered species and threatened species listing and critical habitat designation.

Bill: 117-hr-5740
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 
This bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on August 27, 2019, by the Department of the Interior entitled 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Species and Designating Critical Habitat
. The rule addressed procedures and criteria used for (1) listing or removing species from the lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, and (2) designating critical habitat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Options Over Terminations Act

Bill: 117-hr-5741
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 

Options Over Terminations Act

 
This bill exempts a federal employee or contractor from any federal mandate requiring a vaccine for COVID-19 if the employee or contractor provides proof of COVID-19 antibodies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6186)
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Equitable Health Care for All Act

Bill: 117-hr-5742
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Medicare
Minority health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 

Equitable Health Care for All Act

 
This bill prohibits discrimination in health care based on race, religion, and other characteristics. It also revises reporting requirements, adds equity-related measures to certain Medicare programs, and makes other changes to reduce health disparities.
 
To enforce the prohibition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish an administrative process to resolve complaints about inequitable health care. HHS must investigate these complaints and mediate agreements to resolve issues. In the event of noncompliance with a mediated agreement, an aggrieved individual may bring a civil action.
 
Health care providers must also report data in formats that allow disaggregation by demographic factors. HHS must issue proposed regulations to carry out this requirement within 90 days.
 
Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must include measures related to equitable health care in the Medicare value-based purchasing program for hospitals. This program provides incentive payments based on quality of care. The CMS may also exclude providers that furnish inequitable health care from its programs.
 
In addition, the bill establishes the Federal Health Equity Commission to monitor implementation of the bill and establishes a grant program for hospitals to promote equitable health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-26
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: 2021-10-26
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: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5743
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Personnel records
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 

Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2021

 
This bill reestablishes the Payroll Audit Independent Determination program, which is administered by the Department of Labor and allows employers to self-report federal minimum wage and overtime violations as an alternative to litigation.
 
Employers may apply to the program by submitting certain information from a self-audit that includes calculations of any unpaid minimum or overtime wages. Labor must verify the calculations and, if the application is approved, supervise a settlement with affected employees that provides payment of any unpaid wages. Employees who accept a settlement under the program waive their private right of action to recover the unpaid wages provided under the settlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Customer Non-Discrimination Act

Bill: 117-hr-5744
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Aviation and airports
Lawyers and legal services
Motor carriers
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
Railroads
Religion
Retail and wholesale trades
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: 

Customer Non-Discrimination Act

 
This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity with respect to public accommodations and facilities. Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation. 
 
The bill expands the definition of public accommodations to include places or establishments that provide (1) exhibitions, recreation, exercise, amusement, gatherings, or displays; (2) goods, services, or programs; and (3) transportation services.
 
Protections against discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin shall include protections against discrimination based on (1) an association with another person who is a member of such a protected class; or (2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, that an individual is a member of such a protected class. The bill prohibits the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 from providing a claim, defense, or basis for challenging such protections. 
 
The bill prohibits an individual from being denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing room, that is in accordance with the individual's gender identity. The bill also prohibits the provision of less favorable treatment with respect to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions as compared to other physical conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Access to Testing and Support for Immune Response Research Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5745
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Cell biology and embryology
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: 

COVID-19 Access to Testing and Support for Immune Response Research Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide for coverage during the COVID-19 public health emergency of T-cell diagnostic laboratory tests for individuals with a current or prior COVID-19 infection. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must develop a national strategy to research the immune response to COVID-19 and may award research grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-27
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: 2021-10-27
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: 2021-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-counter dietary supplement products as qualified medical expenses.

Bill: 117-hr-5747
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: 
This bill expands the tax deduction for qualified medical expenses to include dietary supplement products. The bill defines 
dietary supplement products
 as nutritional products with labelling relating to their effects on bodily functions. The bill also allows payments from certain tax-preferred spending and reimbursement accounts for dietary supplement products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Introduced in House