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Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4265
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act of 2021

 
This bill eliminates the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and prohibits the use of federal funds to establish or operate a similar entity with respect to HHS programs and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4267
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill limits the authority of a state to impose its income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual to the period in which the nonresident individual is physically present in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Federal Retirement Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-4268
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Federal Retirement Fairness Act

 
This bill modifies the federal civilian service that is creditable service under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). 
 
Specifically, it expands the nondeduction service that may be creditable under FERS. Nondeduction service is federal service where an employee's pay is not subject to retirement deductions (e.g., service under a temporary appointment).
 
Currently, nondeduction service performed before January 1, 1989, is creditable under FERS so long as a deposit is made into the retirement fund to cover the period of nondeduction service. 
 
This bill allows nondeduction service performed on or after January 1, 1989, to be creditable under FERS so long as a deposit is made into the retirement fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4269
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to temporarily establish the Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission.
 
The commission shall develop legislative, regulatory, and market-based recommendations to
 
 
improve milk prices and dairy farm profitability, including for responding to periods of heightened dairy production during low prices;
 
enhance competitiveness of American dairy in world markets; and
 
evaluate new markets for dairy exports.
 
 
The commission shall terminate on the earlier of (1) the date it submits to USDA and Congress a report of its legislative and regulatory recommendations; or (2) the date that is two years after the commission's establishment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

Bill: 117-hr-4270
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to (1) data collection on the location of abandoned oil or gas wells; (2) the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of the wells; and (3) mitigating potential environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells.

action_date: 2022-10-07
text: 

Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to (1) data collection on the location of abandoned oil or gas wells; (2) the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of the wells; and (3) mitigating potential environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389.
action_date: 2022-10-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 117-541.
action_date: 2022-10-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 117-541.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4271
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the requirements and penalties applicable to an individual who engages in the business of dealing, importing, or manufacturing firearms (i.e., a federal firearms licensee, or FFL).
 
Among other things, the bill does the following:
 
 
increases the allowable number of annual compliance inspections; 
 
authorizes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to hire at least 80 additional personnel to conduct additional inspections; 
 
increases the maximum prison term for an FFL or licensed collector who knowingly makes a false statement or representation in required firearms records; 
 
allows the ATF to require an FFL to conduct physical inventories if the FFL unlawfully transfers a firearm or if 10 or more crime guns are traced back to the FFL; 
 
allows the ATF to deny an application for a federal firearms license if it would endanger public safety or if the applicant is unlikely to comply with the law; and
 
modifies the liability standard for an FFL who fails to comply with laws or regulations. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4272
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021

 
This bill requires defense spending reductions during any fiscal year after FY2022 where the Comptroller of the Department of Defense (DOD) fails to certify that a department, agency, or other element of DOD has achieved an unqualified opinion on its full financial statements. The amount of any reductions must be deposited in the General Fund of the Department of the Treasury and must be available for deficit reduction.
 
The bill excludes from any reductions accounts related to military personnel, reserve personnel, National Guard personnel, and the Defense Health Program.
 
The President may waive a reduction if the President certifies that a reduction would negatively affect (1) national security or members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in combat zones, or (2) the Defense Health Program account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Deferred Removal for Iraqi Nationals Including Minorities Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4273
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Iraq
Judicial review and appeals
Middle East

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Deferred Removal for Iraqi Nationals Including Minorities Act of 2021 

 
This bill defers the removal of qualified Iraqi nationals from the United States for two years from the date of the bill's enactment. 
 
To qualify, an Iraqi national shall (1) have been ordered removed to Iraq before the date of the bill's enactment, and (2) have resided in the United States on or before January 1, 2016. Aliens under removal deferral under this bill (1) shall be authorized for employment, and (2) may not be detained for immigration status-related reasons or for a motion by the alien to reopen removal proceedings.
 
An alien shall not receive removal deferral under this bill where (1) the Department of Homeland Security determines that the alien is directly responsible for specific and significant harm to U.S. security, (2) the alien voluntarily returns to Iraq, or (3) the alien is subject to extradition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act

Bill: 117-hr-4274
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act

 
This bill exempts federal wildland firefighters in the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Commerce from certain premium pay limitations for work relating to wildfire emergencies.
 
The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2020.
 
Interior and USDA must each separately submit a report to specified congressional committees on the resources, policies, personnel or structural changes, and other investments necessary to support an expanded full-time, year-round firefighting workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Overdraft Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4277
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations
Marketing and advertising
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Overdraft Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits a financial institution from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts in connection with overdraft coverage.
 
Each financial institution that offers overdraft coverage for accounts must disclose overdraft coverage fees. It must also disclose that
 
 
the consumer's transaction may be declined if there are insufficient funds in the related account, and 
 
the consumer will not be charged a fee if such transaction is declined. 

 
A financial institution must provide certain other disclosures regarding its overdraft protection program, including prompt notification of the account's overdraft status.
 
The bill limits the number of overdraft fees a consumer may be charged each month and year, and provides that such fees must be reasonable.
 
The bill prohibits an overdraft coverage fee if the overdraft results solely from a debit hold amount that exceeds the actual dollar amount of the transaction. 
 
The bill also prohibits a financial institution from
 
 
charging a non-sufficient fund fee for any automated teller machine or debit card transaction, or 
 
reporting negative information regarding consumer use of overdraft coverage to any consumer reporting agency when the overdraft amounts and coverage fees are paid under the terms of an overdraft coverage program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 22.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on how direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising negatively impacts drug costs to consumers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-4278
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on how direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising negatively impacts drug costs to consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Health CARE Training Act

Bill: 117-hr-4279
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Health Career Advancement and Remuneration Exclusion for Training Act or the Health CARE Training Act

 
This bill adds requirements to and otherwise modifies the Health Profession Opportunity Grants program. The program awards grants for demonstration projects to provide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipients and other low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations that pay well and have labor shortages or are in high demand.
 
Specifically, entities administering the projects must provide participants with education and training to obtain a post-secondary credential that meets the standards of the state in which the project is conducted or that meets standards set by the Department of Health and Human Services, as applicable. In addition, the bill expressly excludes cash stipends or emergency assistance paid to project participants from income for federal income tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Hong Kong Freedom Act

Bill: 117-hr-4280
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Hong Kong
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Hong Kong Freedom Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to recognize Hong Kong as a separate and independent country from China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Tibet Independence Act

Bill: 117-hr-4281
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Tibet
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Tibet Independence Act

 
This bill addresses and imposes sanctions relating to Tibet. 
 
The bill states that it is U.S. policy to affirm that China's territorial claims over Tibet are invalid and without merit. It also authorizes the President to recognize Tibet as a separate and independent country. 
 
 The President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons that are knowingly responsible for or complicit in supporting the Chinese Communist Party's occupation of Tibet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4282
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Horticulture and plants
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 202

1

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Pilot Program to award grants to local educational agencies for (1) projects that hire qualified, full-time food and nutrition educators to carry out programs in schools that have the goal of improving student health and nutrition; and (2) projects that fund school gardens or other evidence-based interventions relating to student health and nutrition, aligned with the latest school nutrition standards, to create hands-on learning opportunities for students.
 
In awarding grants under the program, USDA must prioritize projects that serve schools or districts (1) in which not less than 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, or (2) that include neighborhoods with high rates of childhood obesity or other diet-related diseases. Additionally, it must give priority to projects that provide programming in summer months and those that are joint partnership projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Native Health and Wellness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4283
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2021-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: 

Native Health and Wellness Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes two grant programs to improve public health services in tribal communities.
 
First, the bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to Indian tribes or tribal organizations for promoting health, preventing disease, and reducing health disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
 
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must make grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for recruiting and mentoring American Indian and Alaska Native youth and young adults in health professions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-30
text: Introduced in House