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Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3681
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a program to
 
 
study the short-term and long-term mechanisms that cause sinkholes, including extreme storm events, prolonged droughts causing shifts in water management practices, aquifer depletion, and other major changes in water use; and 
 
develop maps depicting the zones that are at greater risk of forming sinkholes. 

 
The USGS must establish a public website that displays such maps and other relevant information critical for use by community planners and emergency managers. 

action_date: 2022-12-30
text: 

Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a program to map zones that are at greater risk of sinkhole formation.
 
Specifically, the USGS must 
 
 
study the short-term and long-term mechanisms that cause sinkholes, including extreme storm events, prolonged droughts causing shifts in water management practices, aquifer depletion, and other major changes in water use; and 
 
develop maps depicting the zones that are at greater risk of forming sinkholes. 

 
The USGS must establish a public website that displays such maps and other relevant information critical for use by community planners and emergency managers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-677.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-677.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Improving Transparency to Lower Drug Costs Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3682
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Improving Transparency to Lower Drug Costs Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish certain payment information regarding pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and prescription drugs. Specifically, the CMS must publish certain information, as reported by PBMs, relating to generic dispensing rates, drug discounts and rebates, and payments between PBMs, health plans, and pharmacies, in accordance with specified confidentiality requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-01
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: 2021-06-01
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: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Securing America’s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Act

Bill: 117-hr-3683
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Securing America's Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Act

 
This bill allows an executive agency to purchase a drug approved or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration only if the drug is over 50% sourced, manufactured, and assembled in the United States.
 
This requirement may be waived (1) if the drug is not available in sufficient quantity or quality as over 50% sourced, manufactured, and assembled in the United States; or (2) during an emergency.
 
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) shall modify U.S. product coverage under all free trade agreements and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement to exclude coverage of essential medicines and medical countermeasures. Subsequent to such modifications, the USTR shall make any necessary corresponding modifications of existing waivers and notify the Office of Management and Budget.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development Act

Bill: 117-hr-3686
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Sports and recreation facilities
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development Act or the SHRED Act

 
This bill establishes the Ski Area Fee Retention Account. A specified portion of rental charges for ski area permits on a Forest Service unit shall be deposited in such account. Amounts in the fund shall be available to the unit for expenditure without further appropriation for ski area administration, improvements, visitor services, and wildfire preparedness. Funds may be reallocated only if the amounts collected exceed the reasonable needs of the unit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-638, Part I.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-638, Part I.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Environmental Justice in Recreation Permitting Act

Bill: 117-hr-3687
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Minority health
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Environmental Justice in Recreation Permitting Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the use of special recreation permits by recreation service providers serving environmental justice communities.
 
The bill defines an environmental justice community as a community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects than other communities.
 
Interior and USDA shall 
 
 
 contact all existing or prospective recreation service providers to request a voluntary estimate of the number of user days used by, or, in the case of a prospective recreation service provider, expected to be used by, individuals from environmental justice communities during the period covered by the report;
 
 request from recreation service providers and interested members of the public any other information required for the report; and
 
 not use the participation of, or the provision of information to the Secretaries by, a recreation service provider under this subsection as a condition of a special recreation permit. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
MOMS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3688
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards Act of 2021 or the MOMS Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for an existing program and establishes a new grant program within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to improve maternal health outcomes.
 
Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health program, which is administered by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau. This program supports safe maternal care by promoting the use of evidence-based practices that improve patient outcomes.
 
HRSA must also establish a new grant program for states and hospitals to implement these practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3689
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Allied health services
Health care costs and insurance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a tax credit for a portion of a taxpayer's expenses for eldercare.
 
 The credit applies to expenses to care for certain relatives or members of the taxpayer's household who have attained the age of 60 and require assistance with activities of daily living.
 
Eldercare expense include amounts paid for: 
 
 
 medical care, 
 
 lodging away from home, 
 
 adult day services, 
 
 personal care, 
 
 respite care, 
 
 assistive technologies and devices (including remote health monitoring), 
 
 environmental modifications (including home modifications), and 
 
 counseling or training for a caregiver. 
 
 
The amount of eldercare expenses incurred during any year that may be taken into account for the credit may not exceed $6,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
SUN Act

Bill: 117-hr-3690
Sponsor: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Solar Use Network Act or the SUN Act

 
This bill allows states to accommodate electric vehicle charging infrastructure, renewable energy generation facilities, electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure, and broadband infrastructure and conduit within the right-of-way of highways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Wastewater Infrastructure Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-3691
Sponsor: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Wastewater Infrastructure Modernization Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to award grants to municipalities for projects at publicly owned treatment works concerning (1) intelligent sewage or stormwater collection systems, or (2) innovative and alternative combined storm and sanitary sewer projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-3692
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Air quality
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act

 
This bill establishes requirements to protect marine mammals adversely affected by climate change, including by establishing a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to monitor the adverse impacts of climate change on marine mammals.
 
In addition, it also requires NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to issue regulations that list marine mammal species in waters under U.S. jurisdiction for which climate change is more likely than not to result in a decline in population abundance, an impeded population recovery, or a reduced carrying capacity (i.e., the maximum population of a marine mammal species that an area will support without undergoing deterioration). The NMFS and the USFWS must update the list at least once every five years and issue regulations that include climate impact management plans for species on such list.
 
The bill also directs the NMFS and the USFWS to review agreements with foreign governments concerning the management of marine mammals that are or may be affected by climate change. The Department of State must initiate amendments to such agreements or negotiate the development of such agreements in a manner consistent with the goals of the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
VA CPE Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-3693
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Inflation and prices
Medical education
Nursing
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act or the VA CPE Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies the program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimburses specified full-time health care professionals for continuing professional education expenses.
 
Under current law, only board-certified physicians and dentists are eligible for such reimbursement. The bill expands the program to require reimbursement for various specified full-time health care professionals (e.g., registered nurses) and increases the amount available for a physician or dentist. Additionally, the bill removes the requirement that an individual be board-certified to receive reimbursement.
 
The VA may adjust the amounts available based on inflation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 12.
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-18
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative and other heads of Federal agencies, to submit to Congress a report on the impact of a waiver of certain obligations of member nations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights on global COVID-19 vaccine access, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3694
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Product development and innovation
Research and development
Trade agreements and negotiations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit a report analyzing the impact on global COVID-19 vaccine access of a waiver of certain obligations held by nations who are members of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. (India and South Africa previously submitted a petition to suspend all intellectual property rights associated with COVID-19 innovations, such as vaccines.)
 
Based on this report, the U.S. Trade Representative must oppose such elimination or waiver with respect to COVID-19 vaccines if HHS determines that the elimination or waiver will not materially increase global vaccine access or that it will have a negative impact on specified factors relating to access to, manufacture of, and investment in COVID-19 vaccines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To establish the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3695
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Human rights
News media and reporting
Television and film
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 
This bill requires the President to establish an interagency task force, the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group. The task force shall oversee the development and execution of a federal government strategy to monitor and address Chinese government efforts to censor or intimidate individuals and entities in the United States, including U.S. companies doing business in China, when such individuals and entities are exercising their free speech rights. 
 
The Department of State shall seek to enter into an agreement with a qualified independent research entity to report to Congress on Chinese government efforts to censor or intimidate U.S. individuals and entities in the United States, including attempts to censor or intimidate U.S. companies doing business in China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review Act

Bill: 117-hr-3696
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2021-06-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: 

Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review Act

 
This bill requires reports relating to the Indian Ocean region.
 
The Department of State must report to Congress a multiyear strategy for supporting U.S. interests in the Indian Ocean region. Among other things, the strategy must (1) outline U.S. political, economic, and security interests in the region and challenges to such interests; (2) outline efforts to engage with countries and intergovernmental organizations in the region; and (3) include a security assistance strategy.
 
The bill also requires the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to include in its annual report to Congress a full discussion of China's military deployment in the region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-04
text: Introduced in House