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Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2790
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Labor-management relations
National and community service
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Long-Term Unemployment Elimination Act of 2021

 This bill creates a program to generate job opportunities for full-time students and certain workers who have been unemployed for at least 27 weeks. 
Specifically, the Department of Labor must establish and administer a jobs initiative for eligible workers (i.e., individuals who are at least 18 years of age, are authorized to be employed in the United States, have not been employed or are full-time students for at least 27 weeks, and are currently seeking or have been seeking employment for at least 4 weeks), carried out through local boards or community-based organizations.
 
Labor shall award grants to local boards and community-based organizations to carry out jobs programs, including any added costs related to them in order to achieve economic development and job growth. Priority shall be given to local boards proposing to serve (1) high-poverty areas; or (2) areas for which the prime working-age employment-to-population ratio has been low, relative to that ratio for the United States for at least three years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Act

Bill: 117-hr-2791
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Puerto Rico
Research administration and funding
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Renewable Energy for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Act

 
This bill addresses renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
 
Specifically, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish a grant program under which USDA may award grants for renewable energy systems, energy efficiency activities, energy storage, smart grids, or microgrids. In addition, USDA may award grants to train residents of Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands to develop, construct, maintain, or operate renewable energy systems.
 
The Department of Energy must ensure that its national laboratories offer to provide technical assistance to grant recipients.
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on renewable energy and energy efficiency in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Solar Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2792
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Government information and archives
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Public Housing Solar Equity Act of 2021

 
This bill requires public housing agencies (PHAs) to take certain actions when selling or leasing assets in connection with a solar energy project.
 
Specifically, a PHA must ensure that such a sale or lease financially benefits the residents of the public housing project as well as the budget of the PHA. Further, if a buyer or lessee intends to derive a product or service from the asset, the PHA must require that the product or service be offered and provided to residents of the public housing project before being offered and provided to nonresidents.
 
Additionally, a PHA must include certain information regarding assets it intends to sell or lease in the upcoming year in its annual plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Family Attribution Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-2796
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Securities
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Family Attribution Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies testing rules for tax-exempt pension and profit sharing plans (e.g., 401k retirement plans) to eliminate attribution under the the family attribution rules (1) for spouses with separate businesses who reside in community property states, and (2) between parents with separate businesses who have minor children. The
 family attribution rule
 treats an individual taxpayer as owning property interests (e.g., stock) that are owned, directly or indirectly, by the individual's spouse, children, grandchildren, and parents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
National Green Alert Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2797
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Mental health
Missing persons
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

National Green Alert Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Green Alert System Advisory and Support Committee to develop best practices and provide technical assistance to states for the implementation of green alert systems, which would be activated when a veteran with a history of mental health issues goes missing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2798
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
International law and treaties
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 
This bill directs the President to withdraw the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the entity tasked with supporting the global response to climate change), and it prohibits the use of funds to carry out U.S. obligations under the framework following this withdrawal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
No Duplicate PPP Loans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2799
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

No Duplicate PPP Loans Act of 2021

 
This bill requires a borrower that knowingly and willfully submits false information in order to obtain a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to repay any amount received. The Small Business Administration must submit a report on any such loans that includes the number of attempted and processed applications for such loans and actions taken to recover improper disbursements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
WINGMAN Act

Bill: 117-hr-2800
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional officers and employees
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide veterans with the option to grant read-only access to their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration to covered congressional employees. The covered congressional employees must be employed in the office of the Member of Congress who represents the district where the veteran resides.
 
Under the bill, a covered congressional employee is (1) a permanent, full-time employee of a Member of Congress who is responsible for assisting constituents with federal agencies and departments; (2) designated by the Member; and (3) someone who satisfies the criteria required by the VA for recognition as an agent or attorney. However, the bill specifies that a covered congressional employee may not be recognized as an agent or attorney with respect to veterans' benefit claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-09-20
text: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
METHANE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2801
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Industrial facilities
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Methane Emissions Technology to Help Achieve Net-zero Emissions Act of 2021 or the METHANE Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish standards and related requirements to reduce methane emissions from certain oil and gas facilities.
 
Specifically, the EPA must establish methane intensity standards that become increasingly stringent over time. Initial standards must be established within four years. For purposes of establishing the standards, the EPA must categorize the facilities and base the standards on the types of methane emissions from those categories.
 
As part of the process of establishing methane intensity standards, the EPA must establish regulations that prohibit routine flaring of natural gas from the facilities such that greenhouse gas emission from nationwide routine flaring are (1) reduced by at least 80% below 2017 levels by 2028, and (2) eliminated by 2030.
 
In addition, the EPA must determine whether commercially available detection and measurement technologies are sufficiently robust to provide the frequency and accuracy of methane emissions monitoring, detection, and measurement to support a tradable methane intensity credit program. If the EPA determines the technologies are sufficient, then it must establish such a program. Under the program, facilities that emit more than the standards may obtain (e.g., purchase) emission credits from those that emit less. Finally, the EPA must set forth requirements concerning efforts to measure and verify the emission reductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
American Border Rescue Plan Act

Bill: 117-hr-2802
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

American Border Rescue Plan Act

 
This bill establishes that funds made available for certain COVID-19 recovery programs may also be available to eligible law enforcement agencies for border enforcement-related purposes. To be eligible to receive such funds, a law enforcement agency must be (1) located in a state with an international border, and (2) involved in an active and ongoing U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation coordinated through a sector office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Debt-Free College Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2804
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Minority education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Debt-Free College Act
 
of 

2021

 
This bill establishes measures to cover the unmet financial need of students who are enrolled at certain institutions of higher education (IHEs). 
Unmet financial need
 refers to the difference between a student's cost of attendance and the student's expected family contribution, plus any federal, state, and local sources of grant aid. In addition, the bill makes certain Dreamer students (i.e., students who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status) eligible for federal financial aid.
 
First, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants for state-federal partnerships with a goal of providing debt-free college for all eligible students at in-state public IHEs. 
Eligible student
 refers to an individual who (1) is enrolled or is eligible to enroll in an in-state public IHE, (2) demonstrates eligibility for a Federal Pell Grant through institutional financial-aid eligibility forms, and (3) demonstrates satisfactory academic progress.
 
Next, the bill requires ED to award grants to historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions to cover the unmet financial need of enrolled students. 
 
ED must establish an office to administer grants and provide oversight.
 
In addition, the bill makes Dreamer students who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria eligible for federal student aid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT Immigration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2805
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act of 2021 or the PROTECT Immigration Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill establishes that the authority to investigate, apprehend, or detain aliens for the purposes of immigration enforcement is limited to immigration officers and authorized Department of Homeland Security employees, except when such authority is provided to other individuals under specified statutes. Specifically, this restriction does not apply in certain instances involving (1) an actual or imminent mass influx of aliens, (2) persons bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of immigration laws, or (3) an alien illegally present in the United States who had previously left or was deported after being convicted of a felony.
 
The bill repeals the authority allowing the Department of Justice to enter into agreements authorizing state or local government employees to perform immigration enforcement functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Honoring All Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-2806
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Honoring All Veterans Act

 
This bill adds the following as a mission statement for the Department of Veterans Affairs: &quot;To fulfill President Lincoln's promise to care for those 'who shall have borne the battle' and for their families, caregivers, and survivors.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
PREVENT DIABETES Act

Bill: 117-hr-2807
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Promoting Responsible and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Technology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engagement with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies Act or the PREVENT DIABETES Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow online or virtual diabetes prevention programs that meet standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to participate in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model. The model provides CDC-approved training on dietary changes, physical activity, and other behavioral strategies for beneficiaries who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-22
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: 2021-04-22
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: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in House