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Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act

Bill: 117-hr-4751
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to publish prominently on its website the names of the institutions of higher education (IHEs) that request, and the names of the IHEs that receive, religious exemptions from the prohibition on sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities.
 
It also requires an IHE that requests, receives, exercises, or intends to exercise such a religious exemption to publish prominently on its website certain information with respect to such exemption. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Innovation Voucher Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4752
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Small Business Innovation Voucher Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish the Innovation Voucher Grant Program to aid small businesses in carrying out research, development, or commercialization of new or innovative products and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act

Bill: 117-hr-4753
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act 

 
This bill expands who may be considered an accredited investor for purposes of participating in private offerings of securities. Certain unregistered securities may only be offered to accredited investors. 
 
Specifically, the bill allows an individual to qualify by certifying to the issuer of securities that the individual understands the risks of investment in private issuers. Currently, accredited investors must satisfy certain requirements indicating their reduced exposure to financial risk, including those related to income, net worth, or knowledge and experience. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
National Statuary Hall Collection Progress Assurance Act

Bill: 117-hr-4754
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

National Statuary Hall Collection Progress Assurance Act

 
This bill establishes a timeline for the Joint Committee on the Library to approve or disapprove requests for replacing statutes (or any related actions that are subject to Joint Committee approval) in the National Statutory Hall of the U.S. Capitol. The Joint Committee oversees operations of the Library of Congress, as well as management of the National Statuary Hall, the U.S. Botanic Garden, and works of fine art in the Capitol.
 
 Generally, the bill requires the Joint Committee to approve or disapprove a request to replace a statue not later than 30 days after the Architect of the Capitol forwards the request to the Joint Committee. If the Architect forwards the request before the Joint Committee's first organizational meeting of a Congress, the Joint Committee must approve or disapprove the request not later than 30 days after the Architect forwards the request to the Joint Committee or the date of the meeting, whichever is later.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Seniors’ Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4755
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Seniors' Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill eliminates cost-sharing for chronic care management services under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-28
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: 2021-07-28
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: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Exercise and Fitness for All Act

Bill: 117-hr-4756
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Exercise and Fitness for All Act

 
This bill requires the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) to develop guidelines for exercise or fitness service providers regarding the provision of accessible exercise or fitness equipment.
 
The Access Board must subsequently promulgate regulations, consistent with the guidelines, requiring that exercise or fitness classes and instruction provided by fitness providers are accessible to people with disabilities. The regulations also must require that each provider make at least one employee available to assist people with disabilities with using the accessible exercise or fitness equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Make Taxpayer-Funded Department of Defense Medical Interventions Affordable Act

Bill: 117-hr-4757
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Make Taxpayer-Funded Department of Defense Medical Interventions Affordable Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to report on its efforts to comply with provisions of a report related to the licensing of federally owned medical interventions. DOD must also compile into a searchable database information relating to support provided by DOD for biomedical research and development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Steel Industry Preservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-4758
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business expenses
Coal
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Metals
Oil and gas
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Steel Industry Preservation Act 

 
This bill extends and modifies the production tax credit for steel industry fuel. (Under current law, steel industry fuel is a fuel that is (1) produced through a process of liquefying coal waste sludge and distributing it on coal, and (2) used as a feedstock for the manufacture of coke.) 
 
Specifically, the bill modifies the tax credit to (1) extend the credit period and the placed-in-service date for steel industry fuel producing facilities, (2) revise the definition of 
steel industry fuel
 to allow blends of coal and petroleum coke or other coke feedstock in the fuel, and (3) specify requirements for treating an owner as producing and selling steel industry fuel. 
 
The bill also allows a taxpayer that produces steel industry fuel to elect to accept an increased tax credit in lieu of certain deductions for expenses in connection with the production of steel industry fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Revitalizing Downtowns Act

Bill: 117-hr-4759
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Revitalizing Downtowns Act

 
This bill expands the investment tax credit to add a qualified office conversion credit. The amount of such credit is 20% of the qualified conversion expenditures with respect to a qualified converted building. The bill defines 
qualified converted building
 as any building if (1) prior to conversion, the building was nonresidential real property which was leased, or available for lease, to office tenants; (2) the building has been substantially converted from an office use to a residential, retail, or other commercial use; (3) the building was initially placed in service at least 25 years prior to the beginning of the conversion, and (4) straight line depreciation is allowable with respect to the building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4760
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2021 

 
This bill subjects to deportation an alien who at any time after admission has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors under state or federal law. Currently, an alien is subject to deportation for a single conviction for certain felonies (such as an aggravated felony), two or more convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude, or being a drug addict. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act

Bill: 117-hr-4761
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act

 
This bill relaxes requirements that allow entities with a special wage certificate to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities.
 
Specifically, the bill eliminates a requirement that an individual with disabilities who is younger than 24 receive pre-employment transition services and meet specified vocational rehabilitation criteria before beginning subminimum wage work.
 
The bill also relaxes career counseling and service referral requirements that apply to an individual with disabilities who is paid at a subminimum wage. Current law requires an entity to ensure that an individual employed by the entity at a subminimum wage receives periodic career counseling, information, and referrals to employment-related supports and resources in the area provided by the designated state agency. Under the bill, this requirement is satisfied if the employer makes documented effort to contact the state agency for those resources on behalf of the employee and the state agency fails to respond. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Workplace Choice and Flexibility for Individuals with Disabilities Act

Bill: 117-hr-4762
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Workplace Choice and Flexibility for Individuals with Disabilities Act

 
This bill modifies the definition of 
competitive integrated employment
 for individuals with disabilities under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, particularly with respect to (1) types of workplace interactions, and (2) payment for employment under certain contracts. Current law provides for certain resources to assist individuals with disabilities in securing or maintaining competitive integrated employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Future of Agricultural Resiliency And Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-4763
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural research
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Natural disasters
Pest management
Soil pollution
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Future of Agricultural Resiliency And Modernization Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to certain entities, including states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations, to carry out projects that further agricultural resiliency and modernization, such as projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions; improve air, water, and soil health; and increase carbon sequestration.
 
Additionally, USDA must establish a program to award grants to governmental organizations and private entities in the agricultural sector to carry out at least 10 pilot projects with the potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse emissions that convert and valorize tree nut harvest by-products and waste into multiple higher value biocarbon products, including sustainable industrial applications, agrochemicals, repurposing process heat, energy, and construction materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
No CRT for our Military Kids Act

Bill: 117-hr-4764
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

No CRT for our Military Kids Act

 
This bill prohibits funding for the Department of Defense Education Activity from being used to (1) teach critical race theory in any school operated by the activity, or (2) develop or distribute any curriculum that incorporates critical race theory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Purple Heart Flag Act

Bill: 117-hr-4765
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Department of Defense
Department of State
Department of Veterans Affairs
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
National symbols
Selective Service System
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Purple Heart Flag Act

 
This bill designates the Purple Heart Flag and specifies locations and dates for its display.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Supreme Court Ethics Act

Bill: 117-hr-4766
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Supreme Court Ethics Act

 
This bill establishes a new statutory requirement for the Judicial Conference of the United States to issue a judicial code of conduct for judges and justices of U.S. courts, including Justices of the Supreme Court.
 
Currently, the Judicial Conference issues a code of conduct for judges of U.S. courts (but not for Justices of the Supreme Court).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
COAST Act

Bill: 117-hr-4767
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Creating Opportunities to Advance Shoreline Treatments Act or the COAST
 
Act

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expand the use of allotted resources for flood control on stream banks and shorelines to include erosion control. Additionally, these resources may be used to prevent damage to areas such as nonhighway roadways, public recreational assets, public lands, and parks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
DEFEND the Great Lakes Act

Bill: 117-hr-4768
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Great Lakes
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Seashores and lakeshores
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to the Defend the Great Lakes Act or the DEFEND the Great Lakes Act

 This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to initiate no fewer than five aquatic ecosystem restoration projects along the shoreline of the Great Lakes to reduce the risk of loss and degradation of coastal wetlands due to shoreline erosion.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Onward to Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-hr-4769
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2021-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: 

Onward to Opportunity Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to implement a pilot grant program at five military installations to provide enhanced support and funding to eligible entities to supplement the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) in providing job opportunities for industry-recognized certifications, job placement assistance, and related employment services to service members participating in TAP and their spouses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Introduced in House