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Keeping Our Promise Act

Bill: 117-hr-3548
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Keeping Our Promise Act

 
This bill authorizes issuing visas to certain individuals who were previously refused a diversity immigrant visa or admission into the United States because of certain executive orders or the COVID-19 public health emergency. (Diversity immigrant visas are available to eligible immigrants from countries with relatively low rates of immigration to the United States.)
 
Specifically, this bill applies to individuals who were refused such a visa solely due to certain executive orders from 2017 to 2020, including orders which suspended the entry of individuals from certain countries. The bill also applies to diversity visa applicants who, because of the COVID-19 emergency, were (1) unable to receive a visa interview despite requesting one, or (2) unable to be admitted into the United States despite being approved for a visa. 
 
The Department of State must notify each individual covered under this bill of the individual's visa eligibility. To retain eligibility, an individual must respond to the State Department's notice within one year of the notice. An individual may also lose eligibility if the State Department determines that the applicant fails to meet certain requirements.
 
The bill also relaxes certain annual numerical limits for individuals obtaining a visa under this bill. 
 
An individual who was a child when initially selected for a visa shall be treated as a child for the purposes of a visa application under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Mental Health in Schools Pilot Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3549
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Comprehensive Mental Health in Schools Pilot Program Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program to award grants to local educational agencies for establishing comprehensive mental and behavioral health services programs in elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3550
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 202

1

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, three primary care visits and three behavioral health care visits during a plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Restaurant Recovery Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3551
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food industry and services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Restaurant Recovery Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) to require applicants for restaurant revitalization grants to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, and it requires the SBA to submit an oversight and audit plan detailing its policies and procedures with respect to such grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Act

Bill: 117-hr-3552
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Act

 
This bill modifies the tax deduction for floor plan financing interest to include in the term 
motor vehicles
 eligible for such financing any trailer or camper that is designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or seasonal use and is designed to be towed by, or affixed to, a motor vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
TSP Act

Bill: 117-hr-3553
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Taxpayers and Savers Protection Act or the TSP Act

 
This bill prohibits any sums in the Thrift Savings Fund from being invested in a security that is listed on an exchange in a jurisdiction in which the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is prevented from conducting the mandatory inspection or investigation of a registered public accounting firm because of a position taken by an authority in that jurisdiction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Pharmacy DIR Reform To Reduce Senior Drug Costs Act

Bill: 117-hr-3554
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Performance measurement
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Pharmacy DIR Reform To Reduce Senior Drug Costs Act

 
This bill establishes certain requirements for prescription drug plans and the prices of covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires price concessions, payments, and fees that are negotiated with a pharmacy to be included in a drug's negotiated price, excluding incentive payments, and for this price to be provided at the point of sale. Additionally, prescription drug plans must report price concessions or incentive payments that are made after payment for covered drugs at the point of sale, including by contracted intermediaries, to the pharmacy at least annually.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish standardized pharmacy performance measures with respect to incentive payments and price concessions; such measures must account for all pharmacy types, including specialty pharmacies, and focus on patient health outcomes and other targeted areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3555
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Consumer credit
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to develop, and specified agencies to distribute, a statement providing individuals with information on how to register to vote and their voting rights. This information must be provided to individuals upon their participation in certain rental assistance programs or application for certain residential mortgages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the installation of fencing around the perimeter of the United States Capitol or the United States Capitol Grounds.

Bill: 117-hr-3556
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for temporary or permanent fencing around the perimeter of any U.S. Capitol buildings or grounds. It also requires the existing temporary fencing to be removed within 15 days of the bill's enactment.
 
On January 7, 2021, in response to the previous day's events, razor wire fencing was erected to secure the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol; the fencing was initially to remain in place for 30 days and has since been kept in place through periodic extensions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Army Security Agency Monument Act

Bill: 117-hr-3558
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Army Security Agency Monument Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a monument honoring Army Security Agency veterans if the National Army Security Agency Association agrees to certain requirements, including that the association pay the monument's site preparation, construction, and maintenance costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act

Bill: 117-hr-3559
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act

 
This bill applies federal prevailing wage requirements to arrangements in which states allow local agencies to exchange their state's proposed allocation of Federal-Aid Highway Program funding for state transportation funds.
 
Under current law, when such an exchange occurs, local agencies must comply with applicable state and local requirements but generally not prevailing wage and other federal requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Homeless Youth Menstrual Product Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3560
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Homeless Youth Menstrual Product Access Act of 20

21

 
 This bill expands the permissible uses of federal grants by local centers serving runaway and homeless youth to include the provision of menstrual hygiene products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Return to Work Awareness Act

Bill: 117-hr-3561
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Return to Work Awareness Act

 
 This bill authorizes the Job Accommodation Network to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers to (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's employability and demonstrate to employers ways to capitalize on the value and talent that survivors add to the workplace, and (3) enhance self-employment and entrepreneurship options for survivors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Vision Zero Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3562
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Vision Zero Act of 2021

 
This bill allows states to use funds that are apportioned under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program and the Highway Safety Improvement Program to support the development and implementation of local vision zero plans to reduce transportation-related fatalities and injuries within 20 years or less. 
 
Plans must include specified components, including strategies to educate the public and equitably invest in low-income and minority communities, and may include a complete streets prioritization plan with specific projects for transportation and community networks. 
 
The bill prohibits federal funds from being used to enforce vision zero plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E590)
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3563
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Chronic Disease Management Act of 2021

 
 This bill modifies requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs) to permit the high deductible health plans required for an HSA to provide care for chronic conditions with no deductible. The bill covers any preventive care service or item used to treat a chronic condition if (1) such service or item is low-cost, (2) there is medical evidence of the effectiveness of such service or item, and (3) there is a strong likelihood that the use of such service or item will prevent the exacerbation of the chronic condition or the development of a secondary condition that requires significantly higher cost treatment. The bill further provides that an individual who has been prescribed preventive care for any chronic condition may be presumed to have been diagnosed with such condition if such preventive care is customarily prescribed for such condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
CHILD Care Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3564
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Choosing Healthy Investments and not Lunch Deductions (CHILD) Care Act of 2021 or the CHILD Care Act of 2021

 
This bill repeals the temporary increase (from 50% to 100%) of the tax deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses in 2021 and 2022.
 
The bill also provides additional appropriations in FY2021 for payments under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
World War II Pacific War Heroes Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-3565
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
China
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Detention of persons
Japan
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

World War II Pacific War Heroes Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the men and women of the United States military and merchant marine, as well as citizen and noncitizen civilians who fought with the U.S. military and were surrendered, captured, or abandoned to become prisoners of war of Imperial Japan during World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital service during World War II.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
National and Regional Greenways Act

Bill: 117-hr-3566
Sponsor: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

National and Regional Greenways Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a grant program for states, localities, and tribes to support community greenway paths for walking, bicycling, and other motor vehicle alternatives.
 
DOT must designate eligible greenway paths that are considered regionally or nationally significant through a national greenway paths network; paths must cross multiple localities or states, reduce congestion, improve safety, benefit the environment, support communities, or meet other specified criteria. Eligible projects must support access to public parks, transportation, and other community needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House