Legislation

Last Action	Bill	Title
08/24/21	H.R.5103bill number	To require the Secretary of Education to initiate a negotiated rulemaking process with respect to when an institution of higher education fails to meet accreditation standards, and for other purposes.
08/23/21	H.R.5084bill number	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
08/17/21	H.R.5052bill number	To create a national commission to combat workplace sexual harassment, and for other purposes.
08/17/21	H.Res.592bill number	Honoring the Buffalo Soldiers who were dishonorably discharged and ultimately had their honorable service restored following events which occurred in 1906 in Brownsville, Texas.
08/17/21	H.R.5047bill number	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide rules of construction that nothing in those Acts requires the use, teaching, promotion, or recommendation of any academic discipline, program, or activity that holds that the United States is a Nation founded on white supremacy and oppression, or that these forces are at the root of American society.
08/13/21	H.R.5016bill number	To authorize the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General, to establish a pilot program to make grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs to offenders who have recently been, or will soon be, released from incarceration, and for other purposes.
08/13/21	H.R.5038bill number	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the definition of employee as it relates to direct sellers, and for other purposes.
08/13/21	H.Res.568bill number	Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2025 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including the human rights to housing, universal healthcare, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, confidentiality, internet access, vote, freedom from harassment by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents, and equal rights to health care, legal representation, and social services without discrimination based on housing status.
08/13/21	H.R.5035bill number	To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to establish or expand programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health care settings for the purpose of reducing the suicide rates of covered individuals, and for other purposes.
08/13/21	H.R.5019bill number	To direct the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, to award grants for arts and creative workforce programs.
08/13/21	H.R.5011bill number	To provide for the establishment of Medicare part E public health plans, and for other purposes.
08/13/21	H.R.5031bill number	To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or daughter, and for other purposes.
08/11/21	H.R.4379bill number	To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service personnel, and for other purposes.
08/11/21	H.R.4341bill number	To provide support with respect to the prevention of, treatment for, and recovery from, substance use disorder.
08/06/21	H.R.4983bill number	To prohibit elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education that receive Federal funding from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations, and for other purposes.
08/06/21	H.R.4938bill number	To ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters, and for other purposes.
08/06/21	H.R.4950bill number	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.
08/06/21	H.Res.579bill number	Supporting the designation of August 11, 2021, as Hip Hop Celebration Day, supporting the designation of August 2021 as Hip Hop Recognition Month, and supporting the designation of November 2021 as Hip Hop History Month.
08/06/21	H.R.4969bill number	To reauthorize funding for programs to prevent, investigate, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.
08/06/21	H.R.4967bill number	To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to raise public awareness for skilled trade programs, and for other purposes.
08/06/21	H.R.4966bill number	To require the Secretary of Energy to provide grants for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy improvements at public school facilities, and for other purposes.
08/04/21	H.R.4792bill number	To counter the malign influence and theft perpetuated by the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
08/03/21	H.Con.Res.46bill number	Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
08/03/21	H.R.4921bill number	To improve the retirement security of American families by strengthening Social Security.
08/03/21	H.R.4933bill number	To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a competitive grant program to enable area agencies on aging and local nutrition service providers to purchase, customize, or repair vehicles with hot and cold food storage for delivering meals to older individuals through the Congregate Nutrition Program or the Home-Delivered Nutrition Program.