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Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3939
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Livestock
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
Research administration and funding
Securities
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2021

 
This bill allows energy tax credits through 2023 for investments in (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties.
 

Qualified biogas property
 comprises a system that (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane, and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes property that cleans and conditions the gas for use as a fuel. 
 

Qualified manure resource recovery property
 comprises a system that uses specified processes to recover the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus from a non-treated digestate or animal manure by reducing or separating at least 50% of the nutrients, excluding any reductions during the incineration, storage, composting, or field application of the non-treated digestate or animal manure. The term also includes certain processing equipment. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must enter into an agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for a study of biogas and report to Congress on the study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Local Journalism Sustainability Act

Bill: 117-hr-3940
Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Marketing and advertising
News media and reporting
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
Television and film
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Local Journalism Sustainability Act

 
This bill allows individual and business taxpayers tax credits for the support of local newspapers and media. Specifically, individual taxpayers may claim an income tax credit up to $250 for a local newspaper subscription. 
 
The bill also allows local newspaper employers a payroll tax credit for wages paid to an employee for service as a local news journalist and certain small businesses a tax credit for local newspaper and media advertising expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3941
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
National and community service
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Brandon Act

Bill: 117-hr-3942
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Brandon Act

 
This bill modifies the regulatory requirement for referrals by commanding officers and supervisors of members of the Armed Forces for mental health evaluations. Specifically, the regulations must (1) establish a phrase that enables the member to trigger a referral for a mental health evaluation, (2) require a commanding officer or supervisor to make such referrals as soon as practicable following disclosure by the member of the established phrase, and (3) ensure that the process protects the confidentiality of the member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Financing of Early Care and Education in America Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3943
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Modernizing Financing of Early Care and Education in America Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Bipartisan Commission on Early Childhood Education Financing to submit recommendations to Congress on how to modernize federal financing of early care and education programs to streamline and reduce duplicate funding streams.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3944
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
State and local government operations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from establishing a condition for a cemetery grant that restricts the ability of a state to inter certain reservists (or their spouses and children) at a state-owned veterans' cemetery solely because such individuals are ineligible for burial in an open national cemetery.
 
Specifically, as a condition for grants, the VA cannot restrict the ability of a state to inter a
 
 
member of a reserve component whose service was terminated under honorable conditions;
 
member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard whose service was terminated under honorable conditions;
 
member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who died under honorable conditions while a member; and
 
spouse, minor child, or unmarried adult child of any member described above.
 
 
The VA is prohibited from (1) denying an application for a grant solely on the basis that the recipient state may use funds to expand, improve, operate, or maintain a veterans' cemetery to allow for the internment of the specified individuals; and (2) enforcing certain conditions on grants for state veterans' cemeteries that were established before the date of enactment of this bill.
 
The bill also provides for plot allowances for the individuals listed in the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 12.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
General Secretary Act

Bill: 117-hr-3945
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

General Secretary Act 

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from creating or disseminating documents that refer to China's head of state as anything other than 
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 
or 
General Secretary
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3946
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Border security and unlawful immigration
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Poverty and welfare assistance
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2021

 
This bill makes various changes to the Federal Pell Grant program, including by expanding student eligibility for Pell Grants. The bill also revises student eligibility for federal student-aid programs.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funding to increase the maximum Pell Grant award for each eligible student. Further, the bill requires the award amount to be adjusted for inflation.
 
Next, the bill allows students who receive means-tested federal benefits (e.g., Medicaid) to automatically qualify for the maximum Pell Grant award plus an additional award amount. 
 
In addition, the bill moves the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant program into the Pell Grant program.
 
Next, the bill raises from 12 to 18 the total number of semesters during which a student may receive a Pell Grant.
 
The bill makes Dreamer students (i.e., students who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status) who entered the United States before the age of 18 and who meet certain educational criteria eligible for federal financial aid.
 
The bill also revises satisfactory academic progress requirements for federal student-aid programs, including by allowing a student who has not been enrolled in an institution of higher education for two years to regain eligibility for federal student aid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
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: 2021-06-16
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: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Patients Act

Bill: 117-hr-3947
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Justice for Patients Act

 
This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from (1) including any mandatory arbitration provision for disputes related to the plan, or (2) limiting the ability of a plan enrollee to participate in a class action lawsuit related to the plan.
 
 Further, the applicability of this bill to an arbitration agreement may not be determined by an arbitrator.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
GSIB Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3948
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Air quality
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Government information and archives
Minority employment
Oil and gas
Personnel records
Securities
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Greater Supervision In Banking Act of 2021 or the GSIB Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires certain large bank holding companies (also known as global systemically important banks) to annually report on, among other things, their size and complexity, enforcement and regulatory actions taken against them, capital market activity, employee compensation, employee diversity, and environmental impacts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 22.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Clean Up Our Neighborhoods Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3949
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Clean Up Our Neighborhoods Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development to award grants to states for specified activities designed to eliminate blight and promote neighborhood revitalization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3950
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Crime victims
Health facilities and institutions
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a grant program to support the establishment of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) that provide legal expertise and services to veterans, with a particular focus on veterans whose medical needs put them at risk of recidivism, reoffending, or becoming victim to a crime. The bill also permits (1) the Department of Justice to give preference, when awarding grants for veteran treatment courts, to applicants that plan to work with MLPs; and (2) the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish MLPs in its facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act to extend the 400 Years of African-American History Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3951
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 
This bill extends the 400 Years of African-American History Commission through July 1, 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Unsubscribe Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3953
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2021-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: 

Unsubscribe Act of 20

21

 
 This bill requires that certain consumer protections are included in negative option agreements (i.e., an agreement under which a consumer's failure to take an affirmative action is considered approval to be charged for goods or services). These agreements are prohibited unless the terms provide the consumer with a way to cancel the agreement, in the same manner by which the agreement was entered, before incurring further or increased charges.
 
Further, under free-to-pay conversion contracts, where a consumer is charged a nominal introductory rate and an increased rate after the introductory period ends, the provider of the good or service must require the consumer to perform an additional action, like clicking a confirmation button, before the increased rate takes effect. 
 
 The bill also requires that certain notifications are provided to consumers in the context of other forms of negative option agreements online, such as notice between two and seven days before an automatic renewal.
 
The bill provides for enforcement of these requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Introduced in House