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Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-409
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Business records
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Inflation and prices
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021

 
 This bill modifies the funding rules and provides financial assistance for certain pension plans that are underfunded or insolvent. 
 
 First, the bill expands the authority of, and provides funding for, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to provide special partition assistance to a multiemployer pension plan that is insolvent or at risk of insolvency. The bill expands eligibility for partition assistance, provides funding for a plan to reach a projected funded ratio of 80% over a 30-year period, and does not require a plan to repay such assistance.
 
The bill further permits a multiemployer pension plan to elect to retain its funding zone status from the previous year for either (1) the first plan year beginning during the period from March 1, 2020, through February 28, 2021; or (2) the next succeeding plan year, as designated by the plan sponsor. A plan may also extend by five years the funding improvement or rehabilitation period if the plan is designated as in endangered or critical status for a plan year beginning in 2020 or 2021. A plan in critical and declining status may not suspend payment of plan benefits.
 
Additionally, the bill adjusts the minimum funding standards for a multiemployer pension plan to account for investment losses and other losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic and modifies the PBGC guarantee formula to increase the maximum potential benefits under a multiemployer pension plan.
 
Finally, the bill makes changes with respect to single employer pension plans, including revising the amortization rules and extending and modifying the pension funding stabilization percentages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To establish the National Commission on the Insurrectionist Attack Upon the United States Capitol.

Bill: 117-hr-410
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil disturbances
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Emergency Management
Evidence and witnesses
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Political parties and affiliation
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on the Insurrectionist Attack Upon the United States Capitol. 
 
The commission shall (1) conduct an investigation that investigates relevant facts and circumstances relating to the insurrectionist attack on January 6, 2021, that ascertains, evaluates, and reports on the evidence developed by all relevant sources and that builds upon the investigations of other entities; (2) identify, review, and evaluate the lessons learned from the attacks regarding the structure, coordination, management, policies, and procedures of the federal government, and, if appropriate, state and local governments and nongovernmental entities, relative to detecting, preventing, and responding to such attacks; and (3) report to Congress and the President.
 
The investigation may include relevant facts and circumstances relating to intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, the flow of assets to insurrectionist and domestic terrorist organizations, the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation, and other areas of the public and private sectors deemed relevant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2021-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E59)
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act

Bill: 117-hr-411
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Legislative rules and procedure
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act

 
 This bill eliminates congressional review of newly-passed District of Columbia laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E51)
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress.

Bill: 117-hr-412
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 
This bill prohibits federal payments of death gratuities to survivors of Members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
SAFE for America Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-413
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of State
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Security And Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2021 or the SAFE for America Act

 of 2021

 
This bill eliminates the diversity immigrant program, which makes immigrant visas available to individuals from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Integrity Act

Bill: 117-hr-414
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional leadership
Congressional officers and employees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Public Service Integrity Act

 
This bill increases to five years the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).
 
Additionally, the bill increases from one year to two years the post-employment lobbying restrictions on officers and employees of the legislative branch. It also lowers the income threshold at which the restrictions become applicable for such officers and employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that in the case of an agency that appeals the ruling of a court under that chapter, and does not prevail on appeal, the court shall award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-415
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 
This bill revises requirements governing judicial review of federal agency action. If an agency does not prevail in an appeal of a court ruling, then the court must award the prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The award must be paid out of the administrative budget of the office in the agency that filed the appeal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Border Wall Trust Fund Act

Bill: 117-hr-416
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Border Wall Trust Fund Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to accept gifts of money for constructing, designing, or maintaining a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border. Treasury shall establish the Border Wall Trust Fund to store the funds and a public website to receive such gifts. Such funds shall be appropriated for the border barrier and may not be used for any other purpose.
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for a commemorative display recognizing individuals who contributed to the trust fund. The display shall be part of the border barrier.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
End the Congressional Revolving Door Act

Bill: 117-hr-417
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

End the Congressional Revolving Door Act

 
 This bill prohibits a former Member of Congress or former senior congressional employee who is a registered lobbyist, and entitled to compensation as such, from being eligible for any benefits beginning after enactment of this bill under
 
 
 the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), including the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP); 
 
the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including the TSP; 
 
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, including federal enhanced dental and vision benefits; or
 
the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program.
 
 
 The bill does not prevent the payment of any CSRS or FERS lump-sum credit to which an individual is entitled or any nonforfeitable amount in an individual's TSP account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Article I Restoration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-418
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Article I Restoration Act of 20

21

 
This bill requires any covered rule issued by an executive agency after this bill's enactment to sunset three years after its effective date unless specifically reauthorized by Congress. 
 
A 
covered rule
 does not include a rule
 
 
issued in accordance with specified formal rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act; 
 
issued with respect to a military or foreign affairs function of the United States; 
 
that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs certifies is necessary for the enforcement of federal criminal laws; 
 
that is limited to agency organization, management, or personnel matters; or 
 
that is necessary due to an imminent threat to human health or safety or any other emergency. 

 
An agency may not reissue, enforce, revise, or take other regulatory action related to a covered rule that has sunset.
 
The Office of Management and Budget or the relevant agency may oversee the sunset of covered rules.
 
If the agency that issues covered rules wants to request a reauthorization for such rules, such agency shall, by the December 1 that is one year before the rule is scheduled to sunset, submit to Congress a report that includes (1) a justification for such reauthorization, (2) any related covered rules, and (3) any recommendation or request made by the chair or ranking member of an appropriate committee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act

Bill: 117-hr-419
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act

 
This bill prohibits the United States from providing any assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

Bill: 117-hr-420
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Climate change and greenhouse gases
International law and treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of any funds to take action providing for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Assuring You Uniform Dietary Assistance (AYUDA) Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-421
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Assuring You Uniform Dietary Assistance (AYUDA) Act of 2021

 
This bill makes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E56)
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Inaugural Fund Integrity Act

Bill: 117-hr-422
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: 

Inaugural Fund Integrity Act

 
This bill limits donations to inaugural committees and requires these committees to disclose donations and disbursements. 
 
Specifically, inaugural committees may not solicit, accept, or receive donations from corporations or foreign nationals. An individual may not make a donation in the name of another individual or authorize his or her name to be used to make such a donation. In addition, foreign nationals may not make donations or make promises to make donations to inaugural committees.
 
Further, the bill caps the amount an individual may donate to an inaugural committee.
 
Donations to inaugural committees may not be converted to personal use.
 
Finally, inaugural committees must report certain information on donations and disbursements to the Federal Election Commission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Introduced in House