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Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2021 [HB-1783] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Infrastructure ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
To make high-speed broadband internet service accessible and affordable to all Americans, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 04/28/2021

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LIFT America Act Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s America Act Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2021 [HB-1848] [Infrastructure ] [Telecommunications ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Water ] [Economic Development ]
To rebuild and modernize the Nation's infrastructure to expand access to broadband and Next Generation 9-1-1, rehabilitate drinking water infrastructure, modernize the electric grid and energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, strengthen health care infrastructure, create jobs, and protect public health and the environment, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 01/20/2022

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Digital Equity Act of 2021 [HB-1841] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/12/2021

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Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all. [HR-226] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Criminal Justice ]
Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 05/18/2021

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SAVE LIVES Act Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse Act [S.682] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ]
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish a vaccine for COVID-19 to certain individuals who are not enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/10/2021

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Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act [HB-1771] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Veterans ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [National Security ]
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 04/28/2021

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Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2021 [S.642] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Disabilities ] [Consumer Protection ]
A bill to protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/09/2021

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Disability Employment Incentive Act [S.630] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Disabilities ] [Senior Citizens ] [Social Security ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Small Business ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include individuals receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits under the work opportunity credit, increase the work opportunity credit for vocational rehabilitation referrals, qualified SSI recipients, and qualified SSDI recipients, expand the disabled access credit, and enhance the deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/09/2021

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Fair Housing Enforcement Emergency Act of 2021 [HB-1674] [Housing ] [Public Health ] [Disaster Relief ] [Consumer Protection ]
To authorize assistance for fair housing enforcement activities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Al Green Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 05/18/2021

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Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2021 [HB-1696] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Disabilities ] [Consumer Protection ]
To protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 03/10/2021

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COVID–19 Mental Health Research Act [S.631] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Science ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to conduct or support research on the mental health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/09/2021

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Chris Allen Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Act of 2021 [S.589] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to reform the treatment of multiemployer plans, to ensure the ability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to provide guaranteed benefits of retirees, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/04/2021

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Dream Act of 2021 American Promise Act of 2021 [HB-6] [Immigration ]
To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 06/15/2021

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Build America’s Libraries Act [HB-1581] [Libraries ] [Infrastructure ] [Funding ]
To support library infrastructure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 03/03/2021

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Recommitting the United States to the promotion of disability rights and to the values enshrined in the Prologue Room of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in the District of Columbia, and recognizing the enduring contributions that individuals with disabilities have made throughout the history of the United States and the role of the disability community in the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the United States, and for other purposes. [HR-183] [Disabilities ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Rights ]
Recommitting the United States to the promotion of disability rights and to the values enshrined in the Prologue Room of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in the District of Columbia, and recognizing the enduring contributions that individuals with disabilities have made throughout the history of the United States and the role of the disability community in the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the United States, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests, And Public Lands. on 03/23/2021

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A resolution recommitting the United States to the promotion of disability rights and to the values enshrined in the Prologue Room of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in the District of Columbia, and recognizing the enduring contributions that individuals with disabilities have made throughout the history of the United States and the role of the disability community in the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the United States, and for other purposes. [SR-86] [Disabilities ] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
A resolution recommitting the United States to the promotion of disability rights and to the values enshrined in the Prologue Room of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in the District of Columbia, and recognizing the enduring contributions that individuals with disabilities have made throughout the history of the United States and the role of the disability community in the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the United States, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/02/2021

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Mental Health Justice Act of 2021 [S.515] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Disabilities ] [Human Services ] [Criminal Justice ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to hire, employ, train and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/01/2021

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Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 2021 [HB-1458] [Technology and Innovation ] [Unemployment ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To modernize the technology for delivering unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Introduced In House on 03/01/2021

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Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID–19 Act of 2021 [S.512] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Data Privacy ]
A bill to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect and report certain data concerning COVID-19.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/01/2021

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Unemployment Insurance Technology Modernization Act of 2021 [S.490] [Technology and Innovation ] [Unemployment ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to modernize the technology for delivering unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/01/2021

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