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ABLE Accounts for Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3444
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

ABLE Accounts for Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to exclude contributions made by certain disabled veterans to state-sponsored savings accounts that allow eligible individuals to save for qualified disability expenses when determining whether such veterans have exceeded a specified earnings limit for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Jobs, On-the-Job ‘Earn-While-You-Learn’ Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act

Bill: 117-hr-3445
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn-While-You-Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act

 
This bill makes changes to the national apprenticeship system aimed at promoting diversity.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
establishes the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator in the Office Apprenticeship within the Office of Employment and Training Administration at the Department of Labor,
 
requires every apprenticeship program that registers or renews an apprenticeship with the Office of Apprenticeship to submit a plan to increase participation by individuals who are African American, and
 
requires the Diversity and Inclusion Administrator to award grants to create or expand diversity in registered apprenticeship programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act

Bill: 117-hr-3446
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress on various issues relating to North Korea. 
 
Specifically, the State Department must report to Congress a review of the restrictions on travel by U.S. nationals to North Korea, including whether such restrictions should be adjusted to allow travel to North Korea to attend a commemoration of a relative.
 
The State Department must also report to Congress a clear roadmap for achieving permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act

Bill: 117-hr-3447
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act

 
This bill expands coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently removes geographic restrictions on originating sites (i.e., the location of the beneficiary). It also permanently expands coverage to include audio-only services for evaluation and management and behavioral health services; beneficiaries must have received in-person or video services during the preceding three-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-20
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: 2021-05-20
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: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Helping Startups Continue To Grow Act

Bill: 117-hr-3448
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act 

 
This bill allows certain issuers of securities regulated as emerging growth companies to continue operating under such regulations, including those related to reduced disclosures and other exemptions, for an additional five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
HIRE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3449
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Food assistance and relief
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Hiring Incentive to Return Employment Act of 2021 or the HIRE Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the rate of the work opportunity tax credit from 40% to 50% of wages paid to members of the targeted groups eligible for such credit over a two-year period. It also increases to $10,000 the amount of wages taken into account for purposes of the credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Bump Act

Bill: 117-hr-3450
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care quality
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Mental health
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Medicaid Bump Act

 
This bill increases the Medicaid federal matching rate, also known as the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), for behavioral health expenses that exceed prior levels (i.e., as of March 31, 2019). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must specify which services are eligible for the increased FMAP. States must use funds to supplement state funding for programs in effect as of April 1, 2021, and to increase the capacity, efficiency, and quality of services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Social Media DATA Act

Bill: 117-hr-3451
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Digital media
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Higher education
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Social Media Disclosure And Transparency of Advertisements Act of 2021 or the Social Media DATA Act

 
This bill requires consumer-facing websites and mobile applications with a large number of users to maintain advertisement libraries and make them available to academic researchers and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
 
Each library must include, among other things, a digital copy of the advertisement content, a description of the target audience, and the number of views generated from the advertisement. The FTC and state attorneys general are authorized to enforce these requirements, and the FTC must use information from the advertisement libraries to enforce other laws within its jurisdiction.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes a working group to address social media research access and make policy recommendations with respect to the information an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) should make available to academic researchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-3452
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act

 
This bill eliminates veterans' copayments for medication, hospital care, and medical services related to preventive health services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
 The bill expands the definition of 
preventive health services
 to include (1) evidence-based items or services that have an A or B rating in the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force; (2) immunizations that have a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to the individual involved; and (3) with respect to women, the preventive care and screenings provided for in the Health Resources and Services Administration Preventive Services Guidelines in effect as of January 1, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Hunger Pandemic Recovery Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3453
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Anti-Hunger Pandemic Recovery Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to award grants to community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups to partner with small and mid-sized restaurants or food contractors to expand meal access and food security to meet the needs of children, families, and vulnerable populations during a pandemic such as COVID-19.
 
Grants awarded may not exceed $500,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act

Bill: 117-hr-3454
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow issuers of securities traded on a national securities exchange to meet quarterly financial disclosure requirements via an alternative method, such as through a press release or a shortened form. (Currently, such issuers must disclose information quarterly through Form 10-Q.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

Bill: 117-hr-3455
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Caribbean area
Civil actions and liability
Cuba
Evidence and witnesses
Intellectual property
Jurisdiction and venue
Latin America
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

 
This bill modifies the bar against U.S. courts enforcing or validating trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban government. 
 
The bill prohibits U.S. courts from enforcing or validating such confiscated trademarks if the mark had been used in connection with a confiscated business or asset. Currently, the prohibition applies only if the confiscated trademark is being asserted in the United States by a Cuban national. 
 
Under the bill, the prohibition shall not apply if the original trademark owner, or a successor, has expressly consented to the enforcement action.
 
The prohibition shall apply only if the entity asserting the trademark rights knew or should have known, when it acquired the rights, that the mark was the same or substantially similar to one connected to a confiscated business or asset.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
HOPE for HOMES Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3456
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Education programs funding
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing industry and standards
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Performance measurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

HOPE for HOMES Act of 2021

 
 This bill provides support for energy efficiency upgrades in homes.
 
 Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a grant program that supports training on how to efficiently retrofit homes. In addition, DOE must establish a Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program to provide rebates for homeowners to invest in energy efficiency improvements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-05-20
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: 2021-05-20
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: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Liberty City Rising Act

Bill: 117-hr-3457
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Liberty City Rising Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish standards to ensure the safety and security of federally assisted housing in high-crime areas. Public housing agencies serving high-crime areas must establish anonymous hotlines for tenants to report suspicious activity and crimes in the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Pensions Accountability and Security Act

Bill: 117-hr-3458
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2021-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: 

State and Local Pensions Accountability and Security Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board from providing any loan, grant, or other form of financial assistance in support of a state or local pension plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2021-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Regional Impact of Disasters and Emergencies Relief Act

Bill: 117-hr-3459
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2021-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: 

Regional Impact of Disasters and Emergencies Relief Act or the RIDER Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for individual and public assistance to areas contiguous to an area designated as eligible to receive assistance as a result of a major disaster and includes cumulative damage from multiple natural catastrophes within the definition of major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Introduced in House
State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-3460
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: 

State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021

 
This bill exempts antitrust actions brought by states from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's processes regarding transfers and consolidations of cases. Under current law, civil actions that are pending in different federal courts, and that involve common questions of fact, may be transferred to a single court district for coordinated or consolidated trial proceedings. Current law exempts antitrust actions from consolidation or transfers only if they are brought by the United States. 
 
 

action_date: 2022-09-26
text: 

State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022

 
This bill limits the transfer and consolidation of antitrust cases that are brought by states in federal court. 
 
Current law generally permits federal civil cases that are related to be transferred to a single district court and consolidated for pretrial proceedings. However, under current law, antitrust cases brought by the federal government are exempt from transfer and consolidation. This bill adds to that exemption antitrust cases brought by states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-494.
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-494.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Introduced in House
DOC Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3461
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2021-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Dental care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: 

Dentist and Optometric Care Access Act of 2021 or the DOC Access Act
 
of 20

21

 
This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from setting rates for items and services, except for dental cleanings, provided by a doctor of optometry, of dental surgery, or of dental medicine for which the plan does not pay a substantial amount.
 
Additionally, an agreement between a plan and such a doctor for limited scope dental or vision benefits may last longer than two years only with the prior acceptance of the doctor for each term extension. Plans also may not restrict such a doctor's choice of laboratories or suppliers. 
 
Such doctors may elect to waive the application of the payment amount and choice of laboratories provisions of this bill.
 
The bill establishes a private right of action for a person adversely affected by a violation of this bill.
 
The bill does not supersede state laws regarding health insurers and dental or vision benefit plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Introduced in House