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Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act

Bill: 117-hr-2039
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Protecting Investors' Personally Identifiable Information Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from requiring a national securities exchange, association, or a member of either to provide a market participant's personally identifiable information to satisfy the reporting requirements of the Consolidated Audit Trail (which tracks market activity). However, this information must be provided to the SEC upon request. The SEC must destroy the information not later than one day after the conclusion of the matter for which this information was required. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-2040
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act

 
This bill increases the threshold dollar amounts above which financial institutions are required to file currency-transaction and suspicious-activity reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
SIFT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2041
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Stopping Illicit Trafficking Act of 2021 or the SIFT Act of 2021

 
This bill adds five fentanyl analogues and the entire category of fentanyl-related substances to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
 
The bill also creates a process to remove from schedule I certain fentanyl-related substances that do not have a high potential for abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Access to Information Act

Bill: 117-hr-2042
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Federal Employee Access to Information Act

 
This bill prohibits personnel retaliation against federal employees and applicants for employment who file requests under the Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act or who seek related administrative or judicial actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
BITMAP Authorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-2045
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act or the BITMAP Authorization Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP). That program was established to address and reduce national security, border security, and terrorist threats before such threats reach the international border of the United States. 
 
Before carrying out BITMAP operations in a foreign country, DHS must enter into an agreement with the government of such country that sets forth program goals for such country and must provide the congressional homeland security committees with a copy of the agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty.

Bill: 117-hr-2047
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 
This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time service at the request of the President or the Secretary of Defense (i.e., full-time National Guard duty). Specifically, the bill eliminates the existing requirement that eligible full-time service must be in response to a declared national emergency. The bill also specifies that training is not included as full-time service for purposes of eligibility for these members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Consider Teachers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2048
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
National and community service
Personnel records
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Consider Teachers Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill revises the service obligation verification process for the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program. 
 
For example, the bill provides a process for the Department of Education to reconsider and reverse the conversion of a TEACH grant to a loan. The bill also establishes certain program flexibilities with respect to the service obligations of teachers affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E276)
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Huntington’s Disease Disability Insurance Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2050
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Hereditary and development disorders
Medicare
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Huntington's Disease Disability Insurance Access Act of 2021

 
This bill expedites payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and eligibility for Medicare coverage for those with Huntington's disease. This is an inherited disorder that causes brain cells to die, including in areas of the brain that help to control voluntary movement.
 
Specifically, the bill eliminates the 5-month waiting period for SSDI benefits and the subsequent 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with Huntington's disease. Under current law, individuals generally must wait five months after the onset of disability to begin receiving SSDI benefits and an additional 24 months to become eligible for Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2051
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021

 
This bill designates methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat (a new and growing trend in the use of an illicit drug or class of drug). It also directs the Office of National Drug Control Policy to implement a methamphetamine response plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-07-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2021-07-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
DISASTER Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2052
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Disclosing Aid Spent to Ensure Relief Act of 2021 or the DISASTER Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit an annual report to Congress on all disaster-related assistance provided by the federal government. The report must include all federal obligations related to disaster response, recovery, mitigation efforts, and administrative costs associated with these activities for specified agencies and programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2053
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Health programs administration and funding
Housing and community development funding
Infrastructure development
Natural disasters
Public housing
Puerto Rico
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation programs funding
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2021

 
This bill extends the provision of disaster assistance for critical services to solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care.
 
Such assistance is also extended to any major disaster in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands subsequent to Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria on or before September 30, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act

Bill: 117-hr-2054
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act

 
This bill requires health insurers to provide coverage for newborns of enrollees for the first 30-day period after the newborn's date of birth and to provide a special enrollment period for the newborn that extends at least 60 days after the initial coverage period. It also requires insurers to notify an enrollee if they receive a claim for the enrollee's newborn who is not enrolled in a health insurance plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Transparency for Confucius Institutes Act

Bill: 117-hr-2057
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
China
Higher education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Transparency for Confucius Institutes
 
Act

 
This bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs to enter into a program participation agreement if a Confucius Institute operates on the IHE's campus. (Confucius Institutes are Chinese government-funded centers for language education and cultural programming at IHEs.)
 
The agreement must be entered into with the Office of Chinese Language Council International (i.e., Confucius Institute Headquarters, Hanban) and be made publicly available online. 
 
Among other requirements, the Confucius Institute must be physically located apart from the IHE's own Chinese language, history, and cultural programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Steel Valley National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 117-hr-2058
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Historic sites and heritage areas
Manufacturing
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Steel Valley National Heritage Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Steel Valley National Heritage Area in Ohio or Pennsylvania, as appropriate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-2059
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

 
 This bill provides that any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay. The bill defines 
qualified trade-of-time arrangement
 as an arrangement under which two firefighters who are employed by the same agency agree, solely at their option and with the approval of their employing agency, to substitute for one another during scheduled work hours in the performance of work in the same capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Jobs Act

Bill: 117-hr-2063
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

Protecting American Jobs Act
 
 
This bill limits the authority of the National Labor Relations Board. 
 
Specifically, it repeals the authority of the General Counsel ofthe board to issue, and prosecute before the board, complaints of unfair labor practices.
 
 The bill also limits the board's rulemaking authority to rules concerning the internal functions of the board and prohibits the board from promulgating regulations affecting the substantive or procedural rights of any person, employer, employee, or labor organization, including rules concerning unfair labor practices and representation elections. Not later than six months after this bill is enacted, the board must review existing regulations and revise or rescind such regulations as necessary to implement these modifications to the board's rulemaking authority.
 
In addition, the bill repeals the board's authority to issue orders preventing unfair labor practices, replacing it with a more limited authority to investigate allegations of such practices. Finally, it repeals the board's authority to petition courts for enforcement of its orders, seek injunctions, or hold hearings on jurisdictional strikes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
TPS and DED Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2064
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Africa
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Eritrea
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Travel and tourism
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 

TPS and DED Protection Act of 2021 

 
This bill provides a path to lawful permanent resident status for qualifying aliens who, on or before a certain date (1) had or were eligible for temporary protected status (TPS), or (2) had received deferred enforced departure (DED) status. (TPS is available to nationals of designated countries, and an alien with such status is allowed to remain in the United States with work authorization. DED status also prevents removal and provides work authorization.)
 
A qualifying alien must have been continually present in the United States for at least three years before this bill's enactment. An alien who previously had TPS or DED status and was removed or departed solely due to the termination of such status may apply for lawful admission as a permanent resident from abroad, subject to certain conditions. Certain grounds for inadmissibility, such as an alien likely being a public charge, shall not apply to aliens applying for permanent resident status under this bill.
 
The parents, spouse, or unmarried child of an alien admitted for permanent residence under this bill shall also be admitted for permanent residence. 
 
Qualifying aliens admitted for permanent residence under this bill shall be eligible for naturalization. Language proficiency requirements related to naturalization shall be waived for such aliens.
 
Venezuela and Eritrea shall be treated as designated TPS countries.
 
Within three days after announcing the termination a country's designation for TPS, the Department of Justice shall report to Congress the circumstances surrounding the termination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit and of the public debt.

Bill: 117-hr-2065
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: 
This bill requires the President's annual budget submission to Congress to include estimates of the cost per individual taxpayer for (1) the public debt, and (2) any projected budget deficit for the fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House