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RURAL HELP Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1749
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2021 or the RURAL HELP Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine whether costs incurred by rural hospitals exceed costs incurred by urban hospitals under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and to adjust payments accordingly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1750
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2021

 
This bill generally prohibits the federal government, states, tribal nations, or localities from discriminating or taking adverse action against a child welfare provider that declines to provide services due to the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions. However, government entities may still take adverse action against a provider that declines to provide adoption or foster care services based on race, color, or national origin.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must withhold a portion of federal funding for family services and child welfare activities from a government entity that discriminates against a child welfare provider in violation of this bill. Child welfare providers may also sue the government entity for such discrimination. A prevailing provider may recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
 
Furthermore, government entities that accept certain federal funding for family services and child welfare activities must waive sovereign immunity as a defense to lawsuits brought under this bill. (In many cases, sovereign immunity shields states, territories, tribal nations, and some localities against private suits.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Technical Assistance for Health Grants Act

Bill: 117-hr-1751
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Technical Assistance for Health Grants Act

 
This bill makes changes to the scope and content of technical assistance provided by the Department of Health and Human Services concerning certain grants that provide low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
COOL OFF Act

Bill: 117-hr-1752
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Choosing Our Own Lives Over Fast Firearms Act or the COOL OFF Act

 
This bill establishes a three-day waiting period for certain handgun transfers.
 
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful for a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer to sell or transfer a handgun to an unlicensed individual unless three business days have elapsed since the licensee initiated a background check. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both.
 
Additionally, the bill makes it unlawful for an unlicensed individual to receive a handgun from another unlicensed individual unless at least three business days have elapsed since the recipient most recently offered to take possession of the handgun. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
 
The three-day waiting period does not apply to certain handgun transfers, such as for a loan between spouses for a lawful purpose. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1753
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 20
21

 
This bill repeals certain work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). 
 
The requirements apply to able-bodied adults who are ages 18-49 and have no dependent children. Individuals who do not meet certain work requirements are generally prohibited from receiving more than 3 months of SNAP benefits over a 36-month period. Under current law, some of the work requirements under SNAP are temporarily suspended due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-1755
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Idaho
Indian lands and resources rights
Montana
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Washington State
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

 
This bill designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must accept donations of leases or permits authorizing grazing on specified public or National Forest System lands.
 
The bill also designates (1) specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas; (2) segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and (3) specified areas as wildland recovery areas. USDA shall develop a wildland recovery plan for each recovery area. 
 
A panel of independent scientists shall study roadless lands greater than 1,000 acres that are within the National Forest System in the Wild Rockies bioregion in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, or Wyoming and that are not designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System for their role in maintaining biological diversity in the Northern Rockies and as part of the overall forest reserve system. Any new road construction or reconstruction or timber harvest is prohibited in those lands after the evaluation without an act of Congress. Oil or gas leasing, mining, or other development which impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the land is also prohibited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1756
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2021

 
 This bill requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to include in each of its gross domestic product analyses a recent estimate of the total amount added to the U.S. economy during the period covered by the recent estimate. The estimate must also disaggregate this amount by each of the 10 deciles of income and the highest 1% of income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
BRAVO Act

Bill: 117-hr-1757
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Performing arts
Small business
Television and film
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Boosting Revenue Assistance for Venue Operators Act or the BRAVO Act

 
 This bill modifies a grant program established to provide economic relief to venue operators in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
 Currently, these grants may be awarded to specified live venue operators or promoters, theatrical producers, or live venue operators or promoters, as well as museum operators, motion picture theatre operators, or talent representatives if they do not also receive a paycheck protection loan or an economic injury disaster loan.
 
 The bill provides that a recipient of a paycheck protection loan or an economic injury disaster loan may still receive a grant under this program, but only if the grant is used for purposes other than those for which the recipient uses the loan funds (e.g., paying payroll costs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1758
Sponsor: Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 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: 2021-03-10
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: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-10
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: 2021-03-10
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: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1759
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2021

 
This bill extends through FY2036 the authority of the Department of the Interior to provide assistance for the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area in North Carolina and removes the limitation on the total amount that may be appropriated for the heritage area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Capture Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-1760
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental technology
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Carbon Capture Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies sequestration and other requirements for the qualifying advanced coal project tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
CCUS Innovation Act

Bill: 117-hr-1761
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

CCUS Innovation Act

 
This bill revises a Department of Energy loan guarantee program for carbon capture, utilization, and storage projects. Specifically, the bill specifies categories of projects that are eligible for loan guarantees, such as projects for developing infrastructure (e.g., pipelines) to enable carbon capture, utilization, or storage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act

Bill: 117-hr-1762
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Federal-Indian relations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after consultation with Indian tribes, to report on unfair or deceptive practices that target tribes or tribal members. The FTC must submit the report to Congress and make it publicly available. Further, the FTC must update its website to include information for consumers and businesses on identifying and avoiding unfair or deceptive practices that target tribes or tribal members.

action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after consultation with Indian tribes, to report on unfair or deceptive practices that target tribes or tribal members. The FTC must submit the report to Congress and make it publicly available. Further, the FTC must update its website to include information for consumers and businesses on identifying and avoiding unfair or deceptive practices that target tribes or tribal members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 10 (Roll no. 111). (text: 04/14/2021 CR H1761)
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 10 (Roll no. 111).(text: 04/14/2021 CR H1761)
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1830-1831)
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1762.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1761-1762)
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
BRIDGE for Workers Act

Bill: 117-hr-1763
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment for Workers Act or the BRIDGE for Workers Act

 
This bill extends eligibility for reemployment services to all individuals claiming unemployment compensation. Currently, only unemployment claimants that are identified as likely to exhaust their regular unemployment compensation are eligible for such reemployment services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
National Child Identification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1764
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Elementary and secondary education
Genetics
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Missing persons

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

National Child Identification Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for state attorneys general to distribute in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits to parents of children who attend kindergarten or elementary school. The kits may be turned over to law enforcement to assist in locating missing or trafficked children. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in House