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Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5632
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2021-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: 

Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes a statutory definition for 
long-term care pharmacy
 under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. 
 
Currently, there is no statutory definition. Regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) define a long-term care pharmacy as a pharmacy that is owned by or under contract with a long-term care facility to provide prescription drugs to the facility's residents. Additional requirements are set out in CMS guidance relating to the Medicare prescription drug benefit; pharmacies are also subject to regulations and guidance from other agencies (e.g., packaging requirements from the Food and Drug Administration).
 

 
The bill defines a long-term care pharmacy as a state-licensed pharmacy that is able to provide enhanced pharmacy and clinical services to individuals who have certain comorbid and medically complex chronic conditions and who reside in skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, or any other applicable setting (as determined by the CMS). The term 
enhanced pharmacy and clinical services
 includes medication dispensed in special packaging, drug utilization review, and 24-7 availability of medication delivery and on-call pharmacists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-19
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: 2021-10-19
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: 2021-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Oil Spill Response Enhancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5634
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-10-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: 

Oil Spill Response Enhancement Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the President to indemnify, subject to specified limits, contractors that respond to oil spills and other discharges of hazardous substances for certain liabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Introduced in House
Intellectual Property Violators Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-5635
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Intellectual Property Violators Accountability and Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the President to establish an interagency working group to combat the theft of U.S. intellectual property and examine ways to use foreign policy to protect U.S. intellectual property.
 
The Department of State must, in consultation with the working group, report to Congress on issues related to the theft of U.S. intellectual property, including (1) any major foreign state-owned or state-influenced enterprises that have engaged in or benefited from such theft, and (2) authorities that Congress could provide to the President to combat such theft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-5636
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act

 
This bill establishes that a surviving spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen public safety officer may be naturalized at the time of the officer's death if the death was caused by an injury incurred or aggravated by the officer's employment. The individual may be naturalized upon meeting the relevant immigration law requirements, except that no prior residence or specified U.S. physical presence shall be required. A surviving spouse seeking naturalization must have been living in marital union with the officer at the time of death.
 
Public safety officers include law enforcement officers, firefighters, or chaplains, and certain Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees engaged in hazardous duties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Meeting our Seniors’ Social Security Needs Act

Bill: 117-hr-5637
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Meeting our Seniors' Social Security Needs Act

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to ensure that each SSA office and state agency that makes disability determinations for Social Security disability benefits is fully staffed to answer phone calls during standard business hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
CBO Show Your Work Act

Bill: 117-hr-5638
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

CBO Show Your Work Act 

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation. 
 
For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate. 
 
For data that may not be disclosed, the CBO must make available to Congress and the public
 
 
 a complete list of all data variables for the data; 
 
 descriptive statistics for all data variables for the data, to the extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure; 
 
 a reference to the statute requiring that the data not be disclosed; and 
 
 contact information for the individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the data. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5639
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act of 2021

 
This bill requires entities to disclose in their premerger notification filings to federal antitrust regulators a detailed accounting of any economic support they received from a foreign state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Drones Act

Bill: 117-hr-5640
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
Aviation and airports
China
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Economic performance and conditions
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Stop Acquiring Foreign Espionage Act of 2021 or the SAFE Drones Act

 
This bill bans the procurement or use by the federal government of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that are manufactured or assembled by foreign adversaries, with exceptions.
 
The ban includes associated elements that are required for the operator to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system.
 
The Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice are exempt from the restriction under specified circumstances. The bill sets forth further exemptions regarding the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
 
Federal funds may not be used to procure certain UAS from a foreign adversary, with exceptions. All executive agencies must account for existing inventories of UAS manufactured or assembled by a foreign adversary in their personal property accounting systems. Inventory data related to UAS manufactured or assembled by a foreign adversary may be tracked at a classified level. 
 
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall prescribe regulations or guidance to implement this bill's requirements pertaining to federal contracts.
 
Government-issued purchase cards may not be used to procure any UAS from a foreign adversary.
 
The Office of Management and Budget shall (1) establish a government-wide policy for the procurement of UAS, taking into account information security; and (2) contract with a federally funded research and development center to study certain UAS-related issues.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Follow Accepted Science Together Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5642
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Follow Accepted Science Together Act of 2021

 
This bill provides an exemption from any federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for individuals demonstrated to have COVID-19 antibodies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
BEST Ambassadors Act

Bill: 117-hr-5643
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Bolstering the Effectiveness, Success, and Transparency of Ambassadors Act or the BEST Ambassadors Act

 
This bill expands disclosure requirements for individuals nominated to serve as an ambassador or in a related position.
 
If the President's nominee to serve as a chief of mission is not a career member of the Foreign Service, the President must provide to Congress a justification explaining whether a career member was available and why the nominee is uniquely qualified to serve in the position.
 
The President must certify that any campaign contributions made by an individual (or the individual's immediate family members) played no role in the decision to nominate the individual to serve as a chief of mission. The nominee must also provide to Congress an explanation concerning how the nominee meets the criteria for performing the position's duties. 
 
A nominee to serve as a chief of mission, ambassador at large, or minister must report to Congress political contributions made by the individual or immediate family members in the 10 calendar years preceding the nomination (currently, the report only requires reporting of contributions from the preceding 4 calendar years). The Department of State must make this information available on its public website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5644
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Health facilities and institutions
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Sales and excise taxes
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2021

 
This bill exempts from the motor fuel excise tax fuel used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5645
Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness within the Department of Defense (DOD) to evaluate and standardize DOD's suicide prevention efforts.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to collaborate with each military department to (1) develop and implement a process to ensure that individual nonclinical suicide prevention efforts are assessed for effectiveness, and (2) develop consistent suicide-related definitions for use throughout DOD. The bill also requires the use of such suicide-related definitions in any updated policies of DOD or each military department.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
State Justice Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-5646
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

State Justice Improvement Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 the State Justice Institute, a nonprofit corporation established by federal law, and authorizes the institute to award grants for the development and implementation of best policies and practices for the constitutional and equitable enforcement of fines and fees.
 
 Specifically, the institute may award these grants to state and local courts, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other specified entities. The policies and practices must incorporate guidance that courts should, among other things, consider alternatives to incarceration for defendants who are unable to pay fines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
SCRAP Act

Bill: 117-hr-5647
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Stop Congressional Retirees Accessing Perks Act or the SCRAP Act

 
This bill terminates certain benefits for Members of Congress or former Members.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits payments of death gratuities to survivors of Members of Congress. It also terminates coverage under (1) the Federal Employees Retirement System for Members, and (2) the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for former Members. Such provisions take effect beginning in the 118th Congress.
 
Additionally, the bill eliminates certain benefits and services for former Members of the House of Representatives (e.g., access to the House chamber, parking spaces, or the Members' Dining Room) unless the benefits or services are made available to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Bring Entrepreneurial Advancements To Consumers Here In North America Act

Bill: 117-hr-5649
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Bring Entrepreneurial Advancements To Consumers Here In North America Act

 
This bill provides tax incentives for relocating manufacturing facilities in the United States. 
 
Specifically, it allows accelerated depreciation (20-year recovery period) for nonresidential real property acquired in connection with the relocation of manufacturing facilities in the United States. It also excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, gain on the sale or exchange of such relocated facilities. 
 
Finally, the bill allows permanent 100% expensing of manufacturing property relocated in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the "Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-hr-5650
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the "Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building."
action_date: 2022-09-13
text: 
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building.

action_date: 2022-12-27
text: 
This act designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Became Public Law No: 117-279.
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Became Public Law No: 117-279.
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7282-7283)
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2022-09-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-09-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7773)
action_date: 2022-09-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2022-09-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5650.
action_date: 2022-09-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7773)
action_date: 2022-09-13
text: Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 117-279
Fresh Start Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5651
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Fresh Start Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for states to implement automatic expungement laws (i.e., laws that provide for the automatic expungement or sealing of an individual's criminal records). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in House