| US | HB903 | Intro | Modifies the workplace rights, protections, and benefits applicable to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel. Specifically, the bill within 180 days, eliminates personnel authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-04
Committee Hearings Held. |
| US | HB1257 | Intro | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the effect of financial and credit counseling for homeless veterans and veterans experiencing housing instability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-04
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 6. |
| US | HB1893 | Intro | To direct the Transportation Security Administration to develop a transportation security preparedness plan in the event of a communicable disease outbreak, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 12. |
| US | HB1877 | Intro | To require the Transportation Security Administration to issue a plan to improve security screening procedures at airports during the COVID-19 national emergency, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 11. |
| US | HB2547 | Intro | To expand and enhance consumer, student, servicemember, and small business protections with respect to debt collection practices, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-30
[Hearing: May 11 @ 3:30 pm]
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 10. |
| US | HR365 | Intro | Expressing support for the designation of May 2021 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-30
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | SB593 | Intro | A bill to restrict the imposition by the Secretary of Homeland Security of fines, penalties, duties, or tariffs applicable only to coastwise voyages, or prohibit otherwise qualified non-United States citizens from serving as crew, on specified vessel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-29
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | SR193 | Intro | A resolution supporting the designation of the week of May 2, 2021, as "Children's Mental Health Awareness Week" and the day of May 9, 2021, as "Children's Mental Health Awareness Day".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB89 | Intro | Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to get a medical opinion to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or contributory cause of death in situations where a veteran's death certificate identifies COVID-19 (i.e., coronavi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | HR151 | Intro | This resolution condemns and denounces all forms of anti-Asian sentiment, including those related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and calls on federal law enforcement officials, working with state and local agencies, to take specified s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| US | SB219 | Intro | Increases the amount of specified Department of Veterans Affairs benefit payments for veterans (or their survivors) who require aid at home or are in nursing homes. Specifically, the bill increases such benefits by 25% until 60 days after the end of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | HB1072 | Intro | Requires the Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshal Service, and state and local correctional facilities to publish on their websites and report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention certain data on COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| US | HB1034 | Intro | Requires the Department of Justice to issue guidance to law enforcement agencies on model practices for addressing domestic violence and protecting the safety of law enforcement officers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| US | HB1101 | Intro | Exempts businesses and certain medical entities from liability for damages arising from or relating to an individual contracting COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Specifically, this exemption appli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| US | HB1126 | Intro | Provides a framework to compensate certain residents of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the use of such island for military readiness. The bill sets forth provisions regarding award amounts for individuals and for claims by the municipality o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| US | HB1228 | Intro | To advance a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Libya and support the people of Libya.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| US | HB1317 | Intro | Provides a framework to compensate certain residents of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the use of such island for military readiness. The bill sets forth provisions regarding award amounts for individuals and for claims by the municipality o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| US | HB1342 | Intro | To authorize a study on the efficacy and potential negative impacts of masks to human health, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| US | HB1391 | Intro | Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate with specified federal entities to compile a public database of federal contracts, tax benefits, and other support for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) biomedical resea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet |
| US | HB1357 | Intro | Allows essential workers and their family members to file claims and receive compensation for harm or death suffered as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). A Special Master appointed by the Department of Justice must review claims ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| US | HB1177 | Intro | To provide an earned path to citizenship, to address the root causes of migration and responsibly manage the southern border, and to reform the immigrant visa system, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| US | HB1393 | Intro | To address the history of discrimination against Black farmers and ranchers, to require reforms within the Department of Agriculture to prevent future discrimination, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| US | SR188 | Intro | This resolution recognizes the efforts of the Trump Administration and Operation Warp Speed in the development of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine. Operation Warp Speed is an interagency partnership that coordinates federal effor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-28
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB2523 | Engross | To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to improve the COVID-19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance program, to make certain technical corrections to the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-27
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| US | SB937 | Engross | Requires a designated officer or employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to facilitate the expedited review of hate crimes and reports of hate crimes. DOJ must issue guidance for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies on establishing o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-26
Held at the desk. |
| US | HB812 | Intro | To authorize certain appropriations for certain fiscal years for Operation Stonegarden, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
To House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship |
| US | HB959 | Intro | To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-23
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
| US | SR175 | Intro | This resolution expresses support for National Public Health Week and recognizes the role of public health in preventing infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SR176 | Intro | A resolution urging all parties in Georgia to seek prompt implementation of the agreement signed on April 19, 2021, and reaffirming the support of the Senate for Georgia, the territorial integrity of Georgia, and the aspirations of Georgians to join ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-22
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | SR143 | Intro | This resolution honors and recognizes the service provided to veterans by Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and commends their efforts to improvise and adapt to the challenges posed by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2135; text: 03/25/2021 CR S1836) |
| US | SB1169 | Intro | A bill to address issues involving the People's Republic of China.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. |
| US | HR341 | Intro | This resolution urges all levels of government, health care entities, and others to implement plans to allocate COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines that account for health disparities and inequities related to the disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-21
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB1195 | Engross | Requires the Department of Labor to address workplace violence in health care, social service, and other sectors. Specifically, Labor must issue an interim occupational safety and health standard that requires certain employers to take actions to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SR22 | Intro | This resolution reaffirms the Senate's commitment to the historic partnership between the United States and Ecuador, and it supports actions to strengthen this bilateral relationship. Further, it recognizes President Moreno and his administration for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-15
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1994; text: 01/28/2021 CR S203-204) |
| US | SR159 | Intro | This resolution designates April 17, 2021, through April 25, 2021, as National Park Week. The resolution also encourages the people of the United States and the world to responsibly visit, experience, and support the treasured national parks of the U...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-15
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1998; text: CR S1992) |
| US | HB1868 | Pass | Makes several budgetary and technical changes to provisions under Medicare and Medicaid. The bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until December 31, 2021. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending red...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-14
Became Public Law No: 117-7. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | SB1092 | Intro | A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary awards grants to States or State departments of agriculture for the purpose of providing support to agricultural fairs for losses sustained due to COVID-19...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| US | SB1105 | Intro | A bill to provide COVID-19 mitigation instructions for cruise ships, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB1104 | Intro | A bill to measure the progress of post-disaster recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, rule of law, and media freedoms in Haiti.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | SB1068 | Intro | A bill to direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-12
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HR298 | Intro | This resolution expresses support for National Public Health Week and recognizes the role of public health in preventing infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HR293 | Intro | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that elementary and secondary schools in the United States should be opened for in-person instruction, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-08
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HR90 | Intro | This resolution condemns the Chinese government's decision to hide the emergence and spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) within China. It also calls for an investigation by public health officials from the United States and other affe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-02
To House Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation |
| US | HB1799 | Pass | Extends the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), through June 30, 2021. Currently, the program is set to expire on March 31, 2021. For the final 30 days of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Became Public Law No: 117-6. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB1258 | Intro | To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to support small and very small meat and poultry processing establishments, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-29
To House Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture |
| US | HB1291 | Intro | Provides authority and funding for the Department of Agriculture to establish a loan program for certain rural utility service providers (e.g., electric, telecommunications, or waste disposal service providers) to replace specified losses during a fe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-29
To House Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Committee |
| US | HB1651 | Pass | Extends existing provisions that provide relief to debtors in bankruptcy, including those related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. These provisions (1) exclude certain COVID-19 aid payments from income for the purposes of ba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-27
Became Public Law No: 117-5. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB391 | Intro | Directs the President to create the Global Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council to implement the Global Health Security Agenda, an initiative launched by nearly 30 nations to address global infectious disease threats. The council's respo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB1079 | Intro | Requires the President to establish an interagency working group to (1) coordinate the U.S. response to the ongoing desert locust outbreak in the East Africa region and its impact on food security and political stability, including in the context of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HR245 | Intro | This resolution declares that decreasing the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in Africa is in the national interest of the United States, commends the work of Africa's frontline health workers, and calls on the United States and th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-25
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute. |
