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Civics Learning Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3383
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Civics Learning Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the use of American History and Civics Education&#8212;National Activities grants to prioritize innovative civics learning and teaching.
 
Specifically, the bill expands the allowable uses of these grants to include before-, during-, and after-school activities and extracurricular activities; activities that include service learning and community service projects that are linked to school curriculum; activities that encourage and support student participation in school governance; and online and video game-based learning.
 
Further, the Department of Education must ensure that specified percentages of grant funds are awarded on a diverse basis to eligible entities (e.g., institutions of higher education) that serve students and teachers at elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools.


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
End Transfers of Detained Immigrants Act

Bill: 117-hr-3384
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health promotion and preventive care
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

End Transfers of Detained Immigrants Act

 
This bill imposes requirements related to individuals in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared by the Department of Health and Human Services.
 
ICE may not transfer an individual between ICE facilities until the COVID-19 transmission rate in the United States meets or drops below a certain threshold.
 
In addition, ICE may not apprehend or transfer an individual between an ICE detention facility and a facility operated by an outside entity, such as a state or local prison, unless the individual is tested for COVID-19 and placed in quarantine (1) for 14 consecutive days, or (2) until the test comes back negative. 
 
These two requirements shall not prohibit the transfer of (1) an individual solely to process that individual's release from custody, or (2) a minor from ICE custody to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. 
 
If ICE cannot ensure compliance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 (including maintaining social distancing requirements at all times) in any ICE facility, ICE shall (1) immediately review the custody of all detained individuals in that facility, and (2) release individuals found eligible for release.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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
Financial Factors in Selecting Retirement Plan Investments Act

Bill: 117-hr-3387
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Financial Factors in Selecting Retirement Plan Investments Act

 
This bill permits fiduciaries of employer-sponsored retirement plans to consider environmental, social, governance, or similar factors when making investment decisions.
 
It also nullifies the rule published by the Employee Benefits Security Administration on November 13, 2020, that requires fiduciaries to select investments and investment courses of action based solely on financial considerations.


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
Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3388
Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021

 
This bill increases federal criminal penalties for computer fraud and abuse offenses that involve critical infrastructure. The term
 critical infrastructure
 means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters.
 
Specifically, the bill imposes a fine, a mandatory minimum prison term of 30 years, or both for a computer fraud or abuse offense that involves critical infrastructure.
 
Additionally, the bill directs the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that access or attempt to access critical infrastructure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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
Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying Ban Act

Bill: 117-hr-3389
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Congressional and Executive Foreign Lobbying Ban Act

 
This bill prohibits any individual from registering or otherwise serving as the agent of a foreign principal if the individual at any time served as a Member of Congress, a senior political appointee, or a general or flag officer of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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
Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-3390
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Political parties and affiliation
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act

 
This bill requires an agent of a Chinese business entity to register as an agent of a foreign principal in certain instances.
 
The bill's provisions shall apply to an entity that (1) is organized under the laws of China and has its principal place of business there, unless the entity is a Chinese subsidy or affiliate of a non-Chinese entity; or (2) has been designated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as being subject to the Chinese Communist Party's extrajudicial direction.
 
Generally, under current law, an agent of a foreign principal engaging in lobbying in the United States must periodically file disclosures with DOJ, with specified exemptions. Under the bill, an existing exemption for a foreign agent that engages only in private and nonpolitical activities to further trade and commerce shall not apply to an agent operating on behalf of such a Chinese entity. Similarly, another existing exemption for an agent that has already registered as a lobbyist shall not apply to an agent working for such a Chinese entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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
Universal Full-Day Kindergarten Act

Bill: 117-hr-3391
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Universal Full-Day Kindergarten Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to make formula grants to states and, through them, allocations to local educational agencies to carry out full-day kindergarten programs. ED must also reserve funds for outlying areas and the Bureau of Indian Education.


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
To amend the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act with respect to grants for shuttered venue operators, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3392
Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Games and hobbies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Sports and recreation facilities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 
This bill includes attraction operators within the scope of eligibility for a grant program that was established to provide economic relief to venue operators in response to COVID-19. The bill defines an
 attraction operator
 as an individual or entity that owns or operates an amusement park, amusement arcade or parlor, or amusement device or concession, with the exclusion of any such business that also carries out gambling activities.
 
Under current law, these grants are made available to certain entertainment venues (i.e., places where events of a specific type are held), such as live venue operators or promoters, theatrical producers, and live performing arts organization operators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Diversify Act

Bill: 117-hr-3393
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act or the Diversify Act

 
This bill revises the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program. The TEACH program awards grants to undergraduate and graduate students who commit to teaching in a high-need field and in an elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students. 
 
First, the bill raises the maximum amount for TEACH grants.
 
Second, the bill allows TEACH grants to cover the full cost of attendance. Currently, these grants may be used only for tuition, fees, and on-campus housing. 
 
The bill allows teaching in a high-need early childhood education program to count toward service requirements for the program.
 
Next, the bill eliminates the process for converting a TEACH grant to a loan if a recipient does not complete the requirements of the program. Further, the bill prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from instituting or creating a monetary penalty for failure or refusal to complete the service requirement.
 
In addition, the bill requires ED to send an electronic certificate to grant recipients who have completed their service requirement.
 
The bill also exempts the TEACH program from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Protect Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3394
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Protect Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the sharing of information collected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with respect to an individual who is a victim of a major disaster with an immigration enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of immigration enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Home Energy Savings Act

Bill: 117-hr-3395
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Home Energy Savings Act

 
This bill reinstates and extends through 2028 the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property. It increases the rate of such credit from 10% to 15% and raises the lifetime cap on such credit from $500 to $1,200. 
 
The bill increases credit amounts for the investment in energy efficient building property (e.g., electric heat pump water heater, electric heat pump, central air conditioner, or natural gas, propane, or oil water heater) and provides for increased caps on investment in doors and windows in a residence.


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
Extinction Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3396
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: American Samoa
Antigua and Barbuda
Aquatic ecology
Arizona
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
California
Canada
Caribbean area
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecology
El Salvador
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Government trust funds
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Haiti
Hawaii
Honduras
Horticulture and plants
Insects
Jamaica
Lakes and rivers
Latin America
Mexico
Nevada
New Mexico
Nicaragua
Northern Mariana Islands
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
U.S. territories and protectorates
Utah
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Extinction Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of 
 
 
 butterflies and moths in North America;
 
plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
 
freshwater mussels in the United States; and 
 
bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
 
 
Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussels Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in House
SYLLABLE Act

Bill: 117-hr-3397
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Supporting Young Language Learners' Access to Bilingual Education Act of 2021 or the SYLLABLE Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award up to five grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, early childhood education programs, and technical assistance entities for the implementation of dual language immersion programs to serve low-income children, including English learners and minority children, in high-need schools from preschool through grade five.


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
FLUENT Act

Bill: 117-hr-3398
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2021 or the FLUENT Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to establish a grant program to improve the literacy and English skills of English language learners.
 
Specifically, ED may award grants to providers of family literacy services to provide these services to families with English language learners. These services may only be provided to a family in which each caregiver is 16 years of age or older and at least one child is under the age of 8.
 
Further, ED must make grants to or enter into contracts with at least two national organizations with expertise in providing family literacy services to English language learners. These national organizations must provide grantees with technical assistance and training.


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
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the consideration of invasive species when prescribing fishways, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3399
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce or the Department of the Interior to consider the threat of invasive species before mandating that a new fishway be built. Fishways are structures placed on or around constructed barriers to give fish the opportunity to migrate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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
VA Emergency Transportation Act

Bill: 117-hr-3400
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

VA Emergency Transportation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse a veteran for the reasonable value of emergency transportation by a non-VA provider (1) to a facility for emergency treatment, or (2) from a non-VA facility where the veteran was treated to a VA or other federal facility for additional care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-02
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
VA Hiring Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-hr-3401
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

VA Hiring Enhancement Act

 
This bill modifies requirements and procedures related to the hiring of physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Specifically, the bill negates enforcement of a noncompete agreement that an applicant for a specified appointee position (e.g., physician) in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has entered into with a non-VA facility or party. As a condition of terminating the noncompete agreement, the physician must agree to serve at the VHA for one year or until the expiration of the noncompete agreement, whichever is later. 
 
The bill also authorizes the VA to offer a contingent physician's appointment to a person if the VA anticipates that the person will have completed a residency program leading to board eligibility in a specialty and met other requirements for the appointment within two years after the VA offer.
 
Eligibility requirements for a VA physician's appointment are revised to require completion of a residency program rather than an internship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-02
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
Caring for Survivors Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3402
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Marriage and family status
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Caring for Survivors Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
 
The bill also adjusts the amount payable to surviving spouses and children of veterans who were rated as totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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