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CIRCUS Act

Bill: 117-hr-4438
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Conservatorships Immoral Relationship with Contraception in the United States Act or the CIRCUS Act

 
This bill excludes from participation in federal health care programs providers who (1) require the approval of the conservator before removing a contraceptive device from an individual under a conservatorship, or (2) prescribe birth control medications to an individual under a conservatorship without that individual's written consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-16
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: 2021-07-16
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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Dental Benefit Act

Bill: 117-hr-4439
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Medicaid Dental Benefit Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover dental and oral health services for adults. It also increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such services.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must develop oral health quality and equity measures and conduct outreach relating to such coverage. Additionally, the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission must report on specified information relating to adult oral health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4440
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a rebate program that encourages the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging equipment for medium-duty electric vehicles and heavy-duty electric vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4441
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Railroads
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits federal agencies from mandating the use of masks or face coverings on planes, trains, buses, and other public conveyances and at transportation hubs to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.
 
Specifically, the bill nullifies (1) the rule issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on January 29, 2021, that mandates such use of masks or face coverings; and (2) orders and directives of the Transportation Security Administration that relate to the CDC rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4442
Sponsor: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2021

 
This bill provides environmental and educational resources to public elementary and secondary schools and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to provide climate capital facilities grants to eligible entities (e.g., public schools and BIE schools). Grant recipients must use these funds to construct new, or convert existing facilities into, healthy zero-carbon schools. 
Healthy zero-carbon school
 refers to a school with highly energy-efficient facilities that produce or procure sufficient carbon-free and pollution-free renewable energy to meet the school's needs.
 
Next, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award resource block grants to qualified local educational agencies (LEAs) to hire and retain educators and support staff in high-need schools.
 
ED must award grants to eligible consortia of LEAs for educational equity planning and implementation. 
 
In addition, ED must establish the Climate Change Resiliency Program to increase the resiliency of public and BIE schools during climate change-related events, natural disasters, and public health crises. Further, ED must establish a related grant program for state educational agencies. Grant recipients must use these funds for certain activities (e.g., green infrastructure projects).
 
The bill establishes the Office of Sustainable Schools within ED to (1) administer the resource block grant and educational equity grant programs, and (2) coordinate with DOE and the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy on climate capital facilities grants and the Climate Change Resiliency Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3792-3793)
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
COMPOST Act

Bill: 117-hr-4443
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act or the COMPOST Act

 
This bill makes composting a conservation practice for purposes of Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs. The bill also requires USDA to establish a competitive program to award grants and loan guarantees for projects that expand access to food waste composting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Zero Food Waste Act

Bill: 117-hr-4444
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Zero Food Waste Act

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to study and reduce food waste.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
National Infrastructure Investment Corporation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4446
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

National Infrastructure Investment Corporation Act of 20

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This bill establishes the National Infrastructure Investment Corporation to finance infrastructure projects that are beyond the financing capabilities of states and cities, including to (1) prioritize projects in a fair and efficient manner, and (2) minimize financial costs to the federal government.
 
The corporation must provide loans, loan guarantees, and bonds to eligible applicants for infrastructure projects in the United States.
 Every five years, the Government Accountability Office must evaluate the activities of the corporation from the previous five fiscal years and submit to Congress a report containing the results of the evaluation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
21st Century FTC Act

Bill: 117-hr-4447
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

21st Century FTC Act

 
This bill eliminates certain requirements with respect to the rulemaking authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 
 
Specifically, the FTC may promulgate a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act defining an unfair or deceptive trade practice without (1) publishing advance notice of the rulemaking, (2) finding a widespread pattern of an applicable unfair practice, or (3) providing the opportunity for an informal hearing. It also limits the opportunity for the FTC or a petitioner of a rule to make additional oral submissions and written presentations while a rule is under judicial review.
 
Further, a court may not set aside a rule promulgated through such notice and comment process on the basis that the FTC failed to complete a regulatory analysis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Administrative Law Judges Competitive Service Restoration Act

Bill: 117-hr-4448
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Administrative Law Judges Competitive Service Restoration Act

 
This bill makes administrative law judge (ALJ) positions part of the competitive service and otherwise modifies the process for the appointment of ALJs, including by establishing certain minimum qualifications and conditions of employment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Pathways to Health Careers Act

Bill: 117-hr-4449
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Pathways to Health Careers Act

 
This bill provides funding for, reauthorizes through FY2026, and makes a variety of changes to certain grants administered by the Department of Health and Human Services that provide education and training to low-income individuals for health care occupations, including by establishing a new competitive grant for projects designed to train low-income individuals in allied health professions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act

Bill: 117-hr-4450
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover (1) specified infertility treatments (e.g., in vitro fertilization), if the plan also covers obstetrical services; and (2) fertility preservation services for individuals who undergo medically necessary treatment that may cause impairment of fertility.
 
Private health insurance plans must apply cost sharing for such services that does not exceed the amount for similar services covered by the plan. Further, plans are prohibited from (1) providing incentives for plan holders to forego infertility treatment, or (2) reducing the reimbursement rate to providers of such treatments.
 
The bill also extends infertility treatment and fertility preservation coverage to Medicaid enrollees, federal employees, members of the military, and veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Securities Clarity Act

Bill: 117-hr-4451
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Securities Clarity Act 

 
This bill excludes an investment contract asset as being considered a security, including for disclosure and registration purposes. An investment contract asset as defined by the bill is a tangible or intangible asset sold pursuant to an investment contract that is not otherwise considered a security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Military Sexual Trauma Retirement Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-4452
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Military Sexual Trauma Retirement Equity Act

 
This bill extends certain special compensation to specified retired survivors of military sexual trauma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
No Tax on Social Security Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4453
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

No Tax on Social Security Act of 2021

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, social security benefits (i.e., title II retirement benefits and railroad retirement benefits).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Reconciliation in Place Names Act

Bill: 117-hr-4454
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
U.S. history
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Reconciliation in Place Names Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names to advise the Board on Geographic Names with regard to renaming geographic features with offensive place names.
 
The board shall rename a geographic feature with an offensive name in accordance with a recommendation of the committee unless the board determines that (1) there is a compelling reason and substantial public interest in rejecting the recommendation, or (2) approving the recommendation would violate federal law. The board shall accept or reject a recommendation within three years of receiving the recommendation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend certain certification periods for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-4455
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 
This bill makes changes to enrollment processes and other aspects of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
 
 Under current law, an individual who participates in Medicaid and other specified means-tested programs automatically meets applicable income eligibility for WIC. The bill extends this automatic income eligibility to participants in Head Start programs, certain nutrition programs (e.g., the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations), and the Children's Health Insurance Program. It also extends income eligibility to individuals who reside in a household in which a member receives assistance from such a program. 
 
Other changes in the bill include (1) allowing states to certify a child's eligibility for WIC for up to two years, and (2) requiring states to address benefits for infants and children under the care of kinship families in WIC plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Helping America’s Farmers Act

Bill: 117-hr-4456
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: 

Helping America's Farmers Act

 
This bill provides financial assistance to certain agricultural entities.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a program to provide economic disaster loans to certain agricultural entities with an adjusted gross income of less than or equal to $500,000. Under the program, such entities are eligible for zero-interest loans of up to $2 million and may seek loan forgiveness based on demonstrated economic hardship.In making loans, priority must be given to (1) entities located in states most impacted by an economic disaster; and (2) minority, veteran, and women farmers and ranchers.
 
The FSA may also guarantee a loan to certain agricultural entities with an adjusted gross income of greater than $500,000 if such loan meets certain requirements.
 
Entities that apply for a loan or loan guarantee may request that the FSA provide an emergency grant of at least $20,000 upon application.
 
The bill also provides funding for USDA to carry out a program to provide FSA staff with appropriate training relating to economic injury loan processing and servicing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Introduced in House