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Green Bus Tax Credit Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-583
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor carriers
Public transit

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Green Bus Tax Credit Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a manufacturer a zero-emission bus tax credit through 2026.
 
The credit is equal to 10% of the sales price of a zero-emission bus. The credit only applies to the first $1 million of a vehicle's sales price and to buses used primarily in the United States and its possessions.
 
The bill defines 
zero-emission bus
 as a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of not less than 14,000 pounds, is not powered or charged by an internal combustion engine, is propelled solely by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery or fuel cell, and is designed to carry 15 or more passengers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act

Bill: 117-hr-584
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system with emergency treatment at non-VA facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The VA may not require such veterans to seek authorization for such emergency treatment during this time. The bill also sets forth the payment rates and procedures for such emergency treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Apprenticeship Program National Scorecard Act

Bill: 117-hr-585
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Apprenticeship Program National Scorecard Act

 
This bill provides for data collection and dissemination of information regarding certain registered apprenticeship programs, youth apprenticeship programs, and pre-apprenticeship programs under the national apprenticeship system.
 
Specifically, the Department of Labor is required to (1) establish and support a single information technology infrastructure to support data collection and reporting from state apprenticeship agencies and offices, grantees, program sponsors, and program administrators under the national apprenticeship system; and (2) provide that such infrastructure best meets the needs of the system's stakeholders reporting data to Labor or state apprenticeship agencies, including through technical and financial assistance to ensure reporting systems are equipped to report into a single information technology infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H425-426)
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Stopping the Mental Health Pandemic Act

Bill: 117-hr-588
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Stopping the Mental Health Pandemic Act

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states, tribal nations, local governments, behavioral health and primary care providers, and community organizations to support behavioral health treatment and services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
American Election Security Act

Bill: 117-hr-589
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
State and local government operations
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

American Election Security Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of voting systems in federal elections that (1) have hardware and software components that are not manufactured and maintained in the United States, or (2) are produced by a foreign entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
RAM Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-590
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Asia
Business expenses
China
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Tariffs
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Reshoring American Manufacturing Act of 2021 or the RAM Act of 2021

 
This bill allows business taxpayers a tax credit, up to $25 million in a taxable year, for the cost of eligible reshoring expenses. The bill defines 
eligible reshoring expenses 
as amounts paid for the transportation (including any import duties, fees, or tariffs imposed with respect to such transportation) of manufacturing equipment from China to the United States. The credit expires after 2024. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act

Bill: 117-hr-591
Sponsor: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Political parties and affiliation
Research administration and funding
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Defund EcoHealth Alliance Act

 
This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. This is a nonprofit research organization that studies coronaviruses in bat populations and other environmental health concerns.
 
The Government Accountability Office must also audit federal funds provided to that organization over the past decade. The audit must include the amount of those funds provided by EcoHealth Alliance to China, the Chinese Communist Party, or the Wuhan Institute of Virology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to expand the definition of "other institutions" for purposes of acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-592
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 
This bill expands the scope of entities that are authorized to access criminal identification records (e.g., fingerprints) from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 
 
 Current law authorizes the FBI to exchange criminal identification and other records with authorized officials of the federal government, states tribes, cities, and penal and other institutions. The term 
other institutions
 includes railroad police departments and campus police departments. 
 
This bill includes police departments of private resorts as 
other institutions
 that are authorized to access criminal identification records from the FBI. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Coronavirus Mental Health and Addiction Assistance Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-593
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mental health
Unemployment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Coronavirus Mental Health and Addiction Assistance Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to establish a network of entities that provide mental health and substance use disorder programs during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Eligible entities include tribal nations, nonprofit organizations, service providers, and partnerships of two or more eligible entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Justice and Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-595
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Housing discrimination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

COVID-19 Justice and Accountability Act

 
This bill provides a cause of action for harm suffered as a result of a violation of certain federal laws relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and suspends certain predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
 
Specifically, individuals may bring a cause of action in U.S. district court against any person for harm suffered as a result of a violation of, or a failure to comply with, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, or the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021. 
 
Further, during the COVID-19 public health emergency period and 180 days thereafter, no predispute arbitration agreement or joint-action waiver (an agreement to waive the right to participate in a joint, class, or collective action) is valid or enforceable with respect to employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights disputes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries with Pre-Existing Conditions Act

Bill: 117-hr-599
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries with Pre-Existing Conditions Act

 
This bill expands guaranteed issue rights with respect to Medigap policies (Medicare supplemental health insurance policies) to all beneficiaries regardless of age. (Guaranteed issue rights require that a policy be offered to any eligible applicant without regard to health status.) The bill provides for a phased implementation over a five-year period, with full implementation by January 1, 2028. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act

Bill: 117-hr-600
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Credit and credit markets
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act

 
This bill requires disbursements by presidential inaugural committees to be reasonable, related to the inaugural ceremony, and reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Currently, these committees are required to report only donations to the FEC.
 
Upon termination, a committee's remaining funds must be donated to a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Invest Now Act

Bill: 117-hr-601
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Property tax

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Invest Now Act

 
This bill reduces to 5% the capital gains tax rate for property purchased in 2021 and held by the taxpayer for more than five years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Bill: 117-hr-602
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Aging
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Disability assistance
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Food industry and services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Mental health
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Relaunching America's Workforce Act 

 
This bill establishes several grant programs to address employment, the workforce, and education access in response to the COVID-19 national emergency. 
 
The Department of Labor must provide grants in response to the COVID-19 national emergency to 
 
 
provide training and employment for dislocated, unemployed, and underemployed workers; 
 
support youth employment; 
 
establish workforce information systems improvements; 
 
provide reentry employment opportunities for justice-involved youth and young adults; and
 
 create or expand apprenticeship programs. 
 
 
Programs directed towards assisting Native Americans and migrant and seasonal farmworkers may be extended. 
 
The Department of Education must provide grants to expand the capacity of adult education providers to prioritize serving adults with low-literacy or numeracy levels negatively impacted by the COVID-19 national emergency, and to improve or expand career and technical education programs and programs of study to respond to state and local needs as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Raise the Wage Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-603
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability and paralysis
Government information and archives
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Raise the Wage Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the federal minimum wage for regular employees over a 5-year period, for tipped employees, and for newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old. 
 
The bill sets forth a schedule of annual increases in the federal minimum wage for individuals with disabilities. The Department of Labor shall no longer issue special certificates for the payment of subminimum wages to such individuals after the final wage increase under this bill for such individuals takes effect. 
 
Labor shall provide, upon request, technical assistance and information to employers to (1) help them transition their practices to comply with wage increases and other requirements under this bill for individuals with disabilities, and (2) ensure continuing employment opportunities for such individuals.
 
The bill eliminates the separate minimum wage requirements for tipped, newly hired, and disabled employees. After a specified period, these employees shall be paid the same minimum wage as regular employees.
 
Labor must publish any increase in the minimum wage in the Federal Register and on its website 60 days before it takes effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Student Empowerment Act

Bill: 117-hr-605
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Special education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Student Empowerment Act 

 
This bill allows tax-exempt distributions from qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school. 
 
(Under current law, distributions in connection with an elementary or secondary school are limited to tuition for a public, private, or religious school.) The bill allows the distributions to be used for additional educational expenses, including
 
 
curriculum and curricular materials, 
 
books or other instructional materials, 
 
online educational materials, 
 
tutoring or educational classes outside the home, 
 
testing fees, 
 
fees for dual enrollment in an institution of higher education, and 
 
educational therapies for students with disabilities.
 
 
Distributions may also be used for tuition and the purposes above in connection with a homeschool (whether treated as a homeschool or a private school under state law).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
No Abortion Bonds Act

Bill: 117-hr-606
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Abortion
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Income tax credits
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

No Abortion Bonds Act 

 
This bill denies a tax exclusion for the interest paid on state and local bonds that are used to provide a facility owned or used (for any purpose) by an abortion provider for more than 30 days during a year in which interest is paid on the bonds. 
 
An entity is not considered an abortion provider solely as a result of performing abortions if (1) the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 
 
The Department of the Treasury may exempt certain hospitals from being considered an abortion provider by making the name of the hospital available on Treasury's public website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House