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Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2114
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: 

Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

 
This bill requires skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled to establish an essential caregivers program during the COVID-19 public health emergency. 
 Under the program, facilities must allow each resident to select up to two essential caregivers to provide daily living assistance or emotional support during the emergency. Facilities must afford such caregivers up to eight hours of access to residents each day, and caregivers must agree to follow facility safety protocols and undergo regular COVID-19 testing, as specified.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-19
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: 2021-03-19
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: 2021-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Introduced in House
SAFER Pipelines Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2115
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: 

Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2021 or the SAFER Pipelines Act of 2021

 
This bill revises the process used by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review a pipeline expansion project.
 
Before granting a certificate for a proposed pipeline expansion project, FERC must conduct (1) a full evidentiary hearing on any contested issue of need for the expansion; or (2) a cumulative review of major energy infrastructure projects planned throughout the region of the expansion, their purported purpose and need, and their prospective impacts on state and regional energy goals. In addition, the bill outlines criteria FERC must consider before granting such a certificate. 
In addition to existing environmental review requirements, FERC must meet new environmental review requirements for interstate natural gas pipeline projects, including the requirement to consider the cumulative impacts of other natural gas pipeline projects as specified by this bill.
Finally, FERC must monitor approved pipeline projects for five years to ensure that environmental mitigation steps have been implemented.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Iran Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2117
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Family relationships
Foreign property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Human rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Iran
Iraq
Judges
Law enforcement officers
Lebanon
Middle East
Militias and paramilitary groups
Political parties and affiliation
Protest and dissent
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Syria
Terrorism
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: 

Iran Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill requires certain reports and determinations with respect to actions by Iran (and designated Iranian officials) that violate human rights.
 
Specifically, the President must determine whether specified Iranian officials meet certain criteria for the application of sanctions based on their responsibility for, or complicity in, human rights abuses.
 
The Department of State must report on human rights abuses in relation to protests in Iran since 2017 and determine whether certain actions by Iran, Hezbollah, and Iranian-backed militias constitute genocide or war crimes. Further, the State Department must report on the estimated net worth and known sources of income (including from corrupt or illicit activities) of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Act

Bill: 117-hr-2120
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food industry and services
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Outdoor recreation
Performing arts
Sports and recreation facilities
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Securing Access for Venue Equity Act or the SAVE Act

 
This bill expands a grant program established to support venue operators in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to include hospitality businesses, such as amusement and theme parks, scenic and sightseeing transportation businesses, and travel arrangement and reservation services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2121
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the limitation on the exclusion from employee gross income for employer-paid dependent care assistance from $5,000 to $10,500.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Battleship Iowa National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2122
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Battleship Iowa National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of 2021

 
This bill designates the Battleship USS
 Iowa 
Museum located in Los Angeles, California, as the National Museum of the Surface Navy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Diversity and Inclusion Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2123
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Diversity and Inclusion Data Accountability and Transparency Act 

 
This bill requires certain regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies. Specifically, entities that are regulated by such agencies and that have at least 100 employees must provide information to the appropriate Office of Women and Minority Inclusion to allow that office to carry out duties relating to diversity policies and practices.

action_date: 2022-06-07
text: 

Diversity and Inclusion Data Accountability and Transparency Act 

 
This bill requires certain regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies. Specifically, entities that are regulated by such agencies and that have at least 100 employees must provide information to the appropriate Office of Women and Minority Inclusion to allow that office to carry out duties relating to diversity policies and practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 264.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-350.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-350.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 23.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
KOMBUCHA

Bill: 117-hr-2124
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act or KOMBUCHA

 
This bill modifies the definition of 
brewer
 for purposes of the alcohol excise tax to exempt kombucha from such tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E291)
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Quit Because of COVID–19 Act

Bill: 117-hr-2125
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Quit Because of COVID-19 Act

 
This bill provides for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of certain tobacco cessation services. 
 
Specifically, the bill provides for coverage, without cost-sharing, of diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services and pharmacotherapy, including prescription and nonprescription tobacco cessation agents, that are provided under medical supervision and in accordance with specified guidelines. It also applies a 100% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such items and services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 and for two years after the emergency period ends.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Housing Supply and Affordability Act

Bill: 117-hr-2126
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Indian social and development programs
Labor market
Land use and conservation
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public transit
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Housing Supply and Affordability Act 

 
This bill allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for the development and implementation of housing policy plans. These plans must increase the housing supply while avoiding resident displacement, increase housing affordability, and reduce barriers to housing development. 
 
The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule. (This excludes the budget effects from being counted for the purposes of enforcing the PAYGO rules.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
TEAM Act

Bill: 117-hr-2127
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Iraq
Kuwait
Medical research
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling
Syria
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Toxic Exposure in the American Military Act or the TEAM Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expand health care, benefits, and resources for veterans with conditions related to exposure to toxic substances.
 
Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for VA hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to include veterans who (1) were exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or other conditions, and were awarded certain medals (e.g., the Armed Forces Service Medal); (2) are eligible for inclusion in the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry; or (3) have been identified by the Department of Defense to have been possibly exposed during service to an open burn pit, toxic substance, or specified hazardous sites. (A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.)
 
The bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain toxic substances and that become manifest within a certain time period; the VA must specify such diseases and requirements through regulations. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 
The bill also requires the VA to take specified actions to (1) evaluate scientific evidence regarding associations between diseases and exposure to toxic substances; (2) train its health care personnel on identifying, treating, and assessing illnesses related to such exposure; and (3) provide resources to veterans exposed to toxic substances.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2128
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Labor-management relations
Public transit
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Public Transit Safety Improvement Act of 2021 

 
This bill modifies requirements for approval of a public transportation agency safety plan to include a requirement that a safety committee approve the plan and any updates to the plan. The committee must consist of an equal number of frontline employee representatives (selected by the labor organization representing the plurality of the frontline workforce employed by the public transportation agency) and employer or state representatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2129
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Public transit
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

National Transit Frontline Workforce Training Act of 202

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This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a national transit frontline workforce training center to meet the needs of the rural and urban transit system frontline workforce through standards-based training relating to relevant maintenance and operations occupations. It must also evaluate, and provide a grant to, a nonprofit organization with demonstrated capacity to develop and provide transit career ladder programs through labor-management partnerships and apprenticeships on a nationwide basis to carry out the duties of the center.
 
The center must develop and carry out training and educational programs for public transportation employees serving in the frontline workforce, including programs relating to (1) developing consensus national training standards for key frontline occupations with demonstrated skill gaps; (2) developing national systems of qualification and apprenticeship for transit maintenance and operations occupations; and (3) establishing local, regional, and statewide transit training partnerships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Rural America Health Corps Act

Bill: 117-hr-2130
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Rural America Health Corps Act

 
This bill establishes a student loan repayment demonstration program for eligible providers who agree to work for five years in a rural area with a shortage of primary, dental, or mental health care providers. For each year of this service, the Department of Health and Human Services must pay one-fifth of the principal and interest on a provider's qualifying loans, up to a maximum of $200,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Conservation and Recreation Funding Act

Bill: 117-hr-2131
Sponsor: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alabama
Energy revenues and royalties
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Mississippi
Oil and gas
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Gulf Conservation and Recreation Funding Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to annually pay Gulf producing states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) and each of their coastal political subdivisions an amount equal to the amount of revenue they will not receive due to moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases in offshore waters. The moratorium was established under Executive Order 14008 on January 27, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in House