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Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4961
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) transportation benefits for certain veterans.
 
First, the bill makes permanent the authority for the VA to transport any person to or from a VA facility or other place in connection with vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for an examination, treatment, or care.
 
The bill also permanently extends the authorization of appropriations for grants provided to state veterans service agencies and veterans service organizations to transport highly rural veterans for medical care.
 
The bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study fraud, waste, and abuse of benefits under the VA beneficiary travel program and report the findings to Congress. The GAO must also study and report on (1) the efficacy of the current mileage reimbursement rate under the program in mitigating the financial burden of transportation costs for traveling to and from VA medical facilities for care, (2) the origins of the amount of the deductible and its impact on the efficacy of the benefits provided in mitigating the financial burden on veterans seeking medical care, and (3) recommendations for how this program or another program could further encourage veterans to seek medical care.
 
The bill also requires the VA to implement various pilot programs related to transportation benefits for veterans for specified purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
SHARE Plan Act

Bill: 117-hr-4962
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Share Holder Allocation for Rewards to Employees Plan Act or the SHARE Plan Act

 
This bill requires certain corporations (i.e., publicly traded domestic corporations and domestic corporations with more than 500 employees) to maintain a SHARE plan for their employees as a condition of eligibility for capital gains rates. The bill defines a
 SHARE plan
 as a plan requiring such corporations to make periodic distributions of their common stock to participating employees. 
 
The bill excludes from the gross income of employees participating in a SHARE plan, for income tax purposes, SHARE plan stock received by such employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Harmful Exposure to Phthalates Act

Bill: 117-hr-4963
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Preventing Harmful Exposure to Phthalates Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of any phthalate chemical as a food contact substance. (A 
food contact substance
 is any substance intended for use as a component of materials used in manufacturing, packing, packaging, transporting, or holding food if such use is not intended to have a technical effect in such food.)
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must review FDA-regulated products other than food to determine whether use of such products leads to exposure to phthalate chemicals. This review must be publicly available on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Treatment Court, Rehabilitation, and Recovery Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4964
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Treatment Court, Rehabilitation, and Recovery Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program, which supports drug courts for nonviolent offenders with substance abuse issues. Among other changes to the program, the bill requires these courts to adhere to national best practice standards and provide evidence-based clinical assessments and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act

Bill: 117-hr-4965
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act

 
This bill increases funding for and otherwise modifies a federal program that provides medical monitoring and treatment to responders and survivors who suffer from health conditions related to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
 
Among the changes, the bill allows certain health care providers other than physicians to determine whether an individual's health condition is related to the attacks, and it establishes a research program to study the impacts of the attacks on health and educational outcomes of individuals who were 21 years of age or younger when the attacks occurred.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Healthier and Greener Schools Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4966
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Healthier and Greener Schools Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a program under which the Department of Energy must award grants for energy improvements (e.g., renovations to install energy efficiency or renewable energy technologies, repairs to improve indoor air quality, or purchases of zero-emission vehicles) at public school facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
POST Act

Bill: 117-hr-4967
Sponsor: Rep. McClain, Lisa C. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Promoting Opportunities in Skilled Trades Act or the POST Act

 
This bill allows recipients of existing federal career and technical education funds to use those funds to raise awareness for skilled trade programs and other programs that prepare students for in-demand occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Stop COVID Bonuses for Elected Officials Act

Bill: 117-hr-4968
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Stop COVID Bonuses for Elected Officials Act

 
This bill prohibits certain elected officials from receiving premium pay as eligible workers through the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund.
 

Eligible workers
 means those workers needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors and additional sectors as each governor of a state or territory, or each tribal government, may designate as critical to protect the health and well-being of the residents of their state, territory, or tribal government.
 
The bill makes an exception for an elected official who performs other work during the COVID-19 public health emergency that is unrelated to the elected official's duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4969
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes, provides funding through FY2025 for, and otherwise makes changes to programs for preventing, detecting, and treating abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funding for states and localities to enhance adult protective services and long-term care ombudsman programs.
 
Additionally, the bill modifies an existing long-term care workforce grant program, including by requiring that grant recipients use funds to provide employees with wage subsidies, educational assistance, and access to affordable child care and transportation. Furthermore, the bill establishes new grant programs for states to (1) link health care and social services for older adults, including through medical-legal partnerships and legal services hotlines; and (2) prevent and address social isolation among older adults and individuals with disabilities.
 
The bill also provides funding for reporting by the Department of Health and Human Services on the effectiveness of various programs and activities in addressing abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Rural Medical Residency Expansion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4970
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Rural Medical Residency Expansion Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a grant program within the Department of Health and Human Services for hospitals and other health care facilities in rural areas to establish or expand medical residency training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
SITE Act

Bill: 117-hr-4971
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Streamlining Interstate Transmission of Electricity Act or the SITE Act

 
This bill establishes a process for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to authorize the construction, modification, and operation of interstate electric transmission facilities, including by exercising the right of eminent domain (the right of the government to take private property for public use).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Energy Technologies and Grid Efficiency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4972
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Advanced Energy Technologies and Grid Efficiency Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy (DOE) to research and report on matters relating to the integration of advanced energy technology (e.g., technology with zero or minimal greenhouse gas emissions) into the electric power grid. In addition, it requires DOE to provide support for such technology through grants or financial assistance agreements as specified by the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
U.S.A. Beef Act

Bill: 117-hr-4973
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

U.S.A. Beef Act

 
This bill modifies label requirements for meat food products of cattle.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the label of cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle from bearing the phrase 
Product of U.S.A.
 unless such meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from one or more cattle born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.
 
The requirement does not apply to cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
State Public Option Act

Bill: 117-hr-4974
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

State Public Option Act

 
This bill allows residents who are not already eligible for Medicaid and not concurrently enrolled in other health insurance coverage to buy into a state Medicaid plan beginning January 1, 2022, at the option of the state. State Medicaid programs may set premiums and cost-sharing requirements for such coverage in accordance with specified limitations.
 
The bill also (1) provides the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place; and (2) requires state Medicaid programs to cover comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-06
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: 2021-08-06
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: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

Bill: 117-hr-4975
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cosmetics and personal care
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from procuring or purchasing specified items (e.g., cleaning products) containing a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance, commonly referred to as PFAS. These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.
 
DOD may not authorize the sale of any specified item containing PFAS on DOD property, such as commissaries or online exchange shops.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act

Bill: 117-hr-4976
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense's (DOD's) response actions to address perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substance contamination from DOD or National Guard activities to meet certain standards. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.
 
DOD must conduct such response actions to achieve a level of PFAS in the environmental media that meets or exceeds the most stringent of the following standards for each applicable PFAS:
 
 
the state standard of the state in which the response action is being conducted under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA),
 
a federal standard under CERCLA, or
 
a health advisory under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
Better Cybercrime Metrics Act

Bill: 117-hr-4977
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2021-08-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: 

Better Cybercrime Metrics Act

 
This bill establishes various requirements to improve the collection of data related to cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime (cybercrime). Among the requirements
 
 
the Department of Justice (DOJ) must enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to develop a taxonomy for categorizing different types of cybercrime faced by individuals and businesses; 
 
DOJ must establish a category in the National Incident-Based Reporting System for collecting cybercrime reports from federal, state, and local officials; 
 
DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Bureau of the Census must include questions about cybercrime in the annual National Crime Victimization Survey; and 
 
the Government Accountability Office must assess the effectiveness of reporting mechanisms for cybercrime and disparities in reporting cybercrime data and other types of crime data.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-06
text: Introduced in House