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American Family Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-928
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax treatment of families
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

American Family Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the child tax credit to (1) make the credit fully refundable, (2) increase the amount of the credit and allow an additional credit for children who are under six years of age, (3) require the amount of the credit to be adjusted annually for inflation, and (4) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of the credit on a monthly basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-929
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 
 This bill modifies the eligibility criteria for an elderly offender to qualify for early release from prison and placement in home detention. 
 
Specifically, it reduces the amount of a prison term an elderly offender must serve by the amount of good time credits earned by the offender. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
SAVES Act

Bill: 117-hr-930
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Ecology
Endangered and threatened species

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Saving America&rsquo;s Endangered Species Act or the SAVES Act

 
This bill limits the protection of endangered and threatened species to species that are native to the United States, thus removing protection given to nonnative species in the United States that are listed as threatened or endangered. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-931
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Arkansas
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Louisiana
Texas
Trade restrictions
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses transfers between Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana of water that contains invasive species.
 
The bill exempts certain water transfers between public water supplies in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal trade of plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not apply to covered water transfers containing prohibited species if 

 
the species are present in both public water supplies before the transfer, the water is subject to mitigation measures, and the water is transferred directly between the supplies; or
 
the water is transferred in a closed conveyance system, such as a pipe system, and sent directly to treatment facilities where the species will be destroyed.
 
 
The costs of the mitigation measures must be borne by the entity that sells the water for financial gain.
 
Finally, the bill establishes notification requirements for water transfers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on national forest volunteers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-932
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 
This bill directs the Forest Service to report on, with respect to each National Forest
 
 
 the amount of volunteer hours served,
 
 the deferred maintenance backlog,
 
 whether volunteers could carry out any projects under the deferred maintenance backlog, and 
 
 any barriers to increasing volunteer participation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-933
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local government operations
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021

 
This bill removes short-barreled rifles (barrels of less than 16 inches in length) from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the transportation of such rifles in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled rifle as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such rifle where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. 
 
The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled rifles. 
 
The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of certain rifles within one year after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Unemployed Worker Lifeline Act

Bill: 117-hr-934
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Unemployed Worker Lifeline Act

 
This bill extends COVID-19 pandemic unemployment assistance through October 3, 2021. Specifically, the bill extends federal-state agreements under which the aggregate amount of weekly unemployment compensation included an additional $300 in federal pandemic unemployment compensation. The bill increases such weekly amount to $400 for weeks of unemployment ending after March 14, 2021, and ending on or before October 3, 2021. Under current law, this assistance expired on September 6, 2021.
 
 The bill also extends through October 3, 2021, the additional $100 in mixed earner unemployment compensation for certain recipients of self-employment income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Delivery Act

Bill: 117-hr-936
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Delivering COVID-19 Vaccinations to All Regions and Vulnerable Communities Act of 2021 or the COVID-19 Delivery Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccination programs.
 
To assist state or local governments with vaccination efforts, FEMA must coordinate certain activities. Specifically, FEMA must
 
 
manage vaccine deliveries,
 
set up vaccination centers,
 
design communication systems and software applications, and
 
develop a public education program on vaccine safety and availability.
 
 
Additionally, HHS must carry out a program to increase vaccination rates to achieve herd immunity. As part of this program, HHS must temporarily collect data on COVID-19 vaccine administrations. Data collected under this program is subject to relevant privacy protections that apply to other health data. HHS must report on its activities on a daily or weekly basis.
 
The CDC must also report on the effectiveness of state and local COVID-19 vaccination programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Tech To Save Moms Act

Bill: 117-hr-937
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Disability and health-based discrimination
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Technology assessment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Tech to Save Moms Act

 
This bill supports the use of technology to improve, and address disparities in, maternal health outcomes.
 
Specifically, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation may test telehealth models to screen and treat common pregnancy-related complications for Medicaid enrollees.
 
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must award grants to
 
 
evaluate and expand the use of technology-enabled collaborative learning models by entities that provide services to pregnant and postpartum individuals in medically underserved areas or from certain populations, and
 
reduce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes by increasing access to digital tools.
 
 
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine must also study the use of technology in maternal health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

Bill: 117-hr-938
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to develop a distinct wildland firefighter occupational series. The series must apply to the following positions
 
 
forestry technician;
 
range technician; 
 
other positions related to significant prevention, preparedness, control, suppression, or management activities for wildland firefighters; and 
 
other positions conducting activities necessary to meet any other emergency incident. 
 
 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must use the series in the advertising and hiring of a wildland firefighter. 
 
The bill requires an employee in a wildland firefighter occupational series to receive a pay differential based on the unusual physical hardship or hazardous nature of the position. 
 
An individual employed as a wildland firefighter on the date on which the occupational series takes effect may (1) remain in the occupational series in which the individual is working, or (2) be included in the wildland firefighter occupational series. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
CARR Act

Bill: 117-hr-939
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Combustion Avoidance along Rural Roads Act or the CARR Act

 
This bill exempts wildfire mitigation activities conducted within 300 feet of a road from all laws governing environmental review of proposed agency actions or protection of endangered or threatened species. Mitigation activities are those that are conducted by Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture on federal land that is administered by the National Park System, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Forest Service. Mitigation activities include forest thinning, hazardous fuel reduction, prescribed burning, and vegetation management. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-02-08
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: 2021-02-08
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: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act

Bill: 117-hr-940
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Property rights
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 

Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones Act

 
This bill revises requirements related to vegetation management practices and forest management activities. 
 
The bill redefines 
hazard trees
 as trees that come within 50 feet (rather than 10 feet, as under current law) of an electric power line. Hazard trees are subject to certain management activities under current law.
 
A vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan shall describe processes for consultation with private landowners with respect to hazard trees identified for removal.
 
Such plans must be approved according to specified deadlines.
 
The bill generally excludes specified forest management activities from certain environmental assessment and environmental impact statement requirements. Specifically, the bill excludes from these requirements (1) the development and approval of a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan; and (2) the implementation of routine activities conducted under such a plan. The use of this exclusion shall not be subject to extraordinary circumstances procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-02-08
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: 2021-02-08
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: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the application of the premium tax credit in the case of certain individuals who are unemployed during 2021.

Bill: 117-hr-942
Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 
This bill makes individual taxpayers who receive unemployment compensation during 2021 eligible for the refundable tax credit for coverage under a qualified health plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-944
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: 
This bill directs the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to carry out a loan repayment program for certain specialty medicine physicians who provide care in rural communities with shortages of such physicians. Physicians must agree to a period of obligated service and, for each year of such service, HRSA must pay one-sixth of the principal payment and interest on eligible loans up to a maximum cap of $250,000. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-08
text: Introduced in House