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Cancel the Coin Act

Bill: 117-hr-5472
Sponsor: Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Cancel the Coin Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from minting or issuing any coin, including platinum bullion coins and proof platinum coins, having a nominal or face value exceeding $200.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act

Bill: 117-hr-5473
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
General Native American affairs matters
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Indigenous Peoples' Day Act

 
This bill designates Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday in lieu of Columbus Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Reinforcing American-Made Products Act

Bill: 117-hr-5474
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Buy American requirements
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Reinforcing American-Made Products Act

 
This bill specifies that the Federal Trade Commission's regulation of the labeling of products as 
Made in the U.S.A.
 or 
Made in America
 supersedes any conflicting state laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Banking Privacy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5475
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Banking Privacy Act of 2021 

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from implementing any new information reporting requirements for individuals or businesses regarding inflows or outflows of deposits or withdrawals regarding banking and other financial accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Tech Startups Act

Bill: 117-hr-5476
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Advancing Tech Startups Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to study and report on the impact of technology startup companies on the U.S. economy.
 
Such study shall involve, among other things, (1) describing the activities of identified locations that are dedicated to the creation, development, and growth of technology startup companies; (2) establishing a list of federal agencies asserting jurisdiction over entities and industry sectors dedicated to technology startup companies; and (3) assessing risks and trends in relevant marketplaces and supply chains that impact technology startup companies in the United States.
 
Commerce must report to Congress the results of such study and any recommendations to promote the creation, development, and growth of technology startup companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Federal Agency Climate PREP Act

Bill: 117-hr-5477
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Federal Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness Act of 2021 or the Federal Agency Climate PREP Act

 
This bill requires executive agencies to develop plans to address, mitigate, and adapt to climate change. Specifically, each executive agency (except for the Government Accountability Office) must submit to the Office of Management and Budget an agency climate action plan. In addition, the bill establishes a Council on Federal Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness. Finally, the bill provides statutory authority for the establishment of the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, which was created by Executive Order 14008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.
action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Integrity of our Biomedical Research Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5478
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Protecting the Integrity of our Biomedical Research Act of 2021

 
This bill requires, as a condition of receiving extramural biomedical research funding through the Department of Health and Human Services, that researchers disclose their participation in foreign talent programs.
 
In general, foreign talent programs are programs in which foreign states attempt to acquire U.S. scientific research or technology through recruitment programs that target scientists, engineers, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Supply CHAIN Act

Bill: 117-hr-5479
Sponsor: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
International organizations and cooperation
Labor market
Labor-management relations
Manufacturing
Minority employment
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
State and local government operations
Trade agreements and negotiations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Supply Chain Health And Integrity for the Nation Act or the Supply CHAIN Act

 
This bill establishes the Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response Office to monitor and respond to disruptions in critical industries and supply chains.
 
Specifically, the office must (1) identify high-priority supply chain gaps and vulnerabilities in critical industries, (2) identify and evaluate the effect of supply chain disruptions on U.S. economic security, and (3) collaborate with other governmental bodies and key international partners to identify opportunities to reduce supply chain gaps and vulnerabilities.
 
The office also must establish a unified coordination group to oversee the interagency response to supply chain shocks and the office must designate certain critical industries, supply chains, and critical goods and services.
 
The bill includes various reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the applicability of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to rules issued under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and to amend such Act to prohibit emergency temporary standards with respect to vaccines, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5480
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
First Amendment rights
Immunology and vaccination
Religion
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 
This bill places certain restrictions on employer-based vaccination requirements.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Labor from issuing an emergency temporary occupational safety or health standard that requires employers to ensure their employees receive a vaccine.
 
In addition, the bill expressly applies the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to occupational health and safety rules issued by Labor. Currently, RFRA prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest when using the least restrictive means.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Forest City,   North Carolina, as the "Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic".

Bill: 117-hr-5481
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Health facilities and institutions
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Forest City, North Carolina, as the Corporal Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic.

action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Forest City, North Carolina, as the Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic.

action_date: 2022-12-06
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Forest City, North Carolina, as the Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic.

action_date: 2022-12-19
text: 
This act designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Forest City, North Carolina, as the Master Sergeant Jerry K. Crump VA Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Became Public Law No: 117-233.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Became Public Law No: 117-233.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-12-16
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-12-16
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7008)
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8446)
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5481.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8446-8447)
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 117-233
Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan Fulbright Scholars Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5482
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan Fulbright Scholars Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes special immigrant visas for qualifying citizens or nationals of Afghanistan who were selected for certain educational and cultural exchange programs.
 
Specifically, a citizen or national of Afghanistan (and any accompanying spouse or child of such an individual) may be eligible for a special immigrant visa if the individual was selected on or after October 7, 2001, to participate in a qualifying educational or cultural exchange program administered by the Department of State, including the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1063)
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Informing VETS Act

Bill: 117-hr-5483
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Informing Veterans on Education for Transitioning Servicemembers Act or the Informing VETS Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to regularly promote the Veteran Readiness and Employment program by (1) sending a letter to each veteran entitled to the program that explains the educational benefits of the program, and (2) providing in each letter and online a side-by-side comparison of benefits between the program and Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Financial Compensation for CFPB Whistleblowers Act

Bill: 117-hr-5484
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Financial Compensation for CFPB Whistleblowers Act 

 
This bill requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide rewards to whistleblowers who report information relating to a violation of consumer financial law resulting in certain monetary sanctions greater than or equal to $1 million. Specifically, the bureau must award compensation to whistleblowers for 10%-30% of the collected monetary sanctions. In cases where the bureau collects less than $1 million of the imposed monetary sanctions, the bureau must award any single whistleblower 10% of the amount collected or $50,000, whichever is greater. The bill also sets forth requirements regarding the legal representation of a whistleblower and provides for confidentiality regarding the whistleblower's identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5485
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2021 

 
This bill expands and revises whistleblower protections applicable to individuals who provide information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a violation of securities laws. 
 
The prohibition of retaliation against whistleblowers is expanded to include individuals who provide information regarding potential violations to supervisors or other employees in positions of authority, including as part of their job duties. 
 
Additionally, the bill establishes the burden of proof regarding an unfavorable personnel action against a whistleblower, including evidence needed to prove that the whistleblower's conduct was a contributing factor in such an action. The bill also deems as unenforceable a predispute arbitration agreement regarding such an action and makes additional categories of sanctions eligible for distribution as part of whistleblower awards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
SMART Act

Bill: 117-hr-5486
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Computer security and identity theft
Radio spectrum allocation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Simplifying Management, Reallocation, and Transfer of Spectrum Act or the SMART Act

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement a standardized framework that facilitates the sharing of electromagnetic spectrum between nonfederal users and federal entities.
 
This framework must enable the secure management of harmful interference between nonfederal users and federal entities that share a spectrum band in order to ensure access by such nonfederal users to the spectrum band.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
HEALTH Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5488
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Health technology, devices, supplies
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Health Emergencies Are Literally Tenets of HHS Act of 2021 or the HEALTH Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the authorities and responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with respect to federal responses to public health and other emergencies and the Strategic National Stockpile.
 
Specifically, the bill expands the responsibility of HHS to lead federal public health and medical responses to expressly include national disasters or emergencies declared under presidential authorities.
 
Additionally, the bill provides authority for HHS to deploy the Strategic National Stockpile in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), rather than as required by DHS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Public Company Accounting Oversight Act

Bill: 117-hr-5489
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: 

Streamlining Public Company Accounting Oversight Act

 
This bill dissolves the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and creates the Office of Public Accounting Oversight within the Securities and Exchange Commission. The board is a nonprofit corporation that regulates the audits of publicly traded companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Introduced in House