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in committee · Arizona · House May 17, 2021

HR 1939: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award additional funds to the Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program. This program provides American Indian and Alaska Native homes and communities with water supply, sewage disposal, and solid waste disposal facilities.

in committee · Arizona · House May 14, 2021

HRES 397: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Critical Race Theory serves as a prejudicial ideological tool, rather than an educational tool, and should not be taught in K-12 classrooms as a way to teach students to judge individuals based on sex, race, ethnicity, and national origin.

This resolution calls on the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education and state attorneys general to assist elementary and secondary schools in complying with existing civil rights laws and investigate and enforce such laws. In addition, the resolution condemns the practice of requiring teachers to receive education in critical race theory as a condition of certification.

Topics ✗ Education

Burgess Owens (R) · 48 co-sponsors

in committee · Arizona · House May 14, 2021

HR 3244: Teacher, Principal, and Leader Residency Access Act

Teacher, Principal, and Leader Residency Access Act This bill expands the federal work-study programs at institutions of higher education (IHEs) to include work-study programs that compensate students serving in a residency program at the IHE. R esidency program refers to a school-based educator preparation program in which a prospective teacher, principal, or school leader (1) works for one academic year with a mentor teacher, principal, or other school leader; (2) receives concurrent instruction from the IHE; (3) acquires effective teaching or school leader skills; and (4) attains certification or licensure prior to completion of the program.

Topics ✓ Education

Jason Crow (D) · 36 co-sponsors

in committee · Arizona · House May 14, 2021

HR 3247: Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act

Stop EITC and CTC Seizures Act This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from reducing a taxpayer's tax refund for student loan debt to the extent that such reduction would cause the refund to be less than the sum of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

Sylvia R. Garcia (D) · 29 co-sponsors

in committee · Arizona · House May 14, 2021

HR 3249: Contents of Our Character Act of 2021

Contents of Our Character Act of 2021 This bill prohibits agencies from using federal funds to conduct or promote specified workplace training related to race or sex.

in committee · Arizona · House May 14, 2021

HR 3256: Defund the Wuhan Institute of Virology Act

Defund the Wuhan Institute of Virology Act This bill prohibits making federal funds available to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on federal funds given to the institute over the past 15 years. The report must list any such funds that the institute provided to the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party, or affiliates of these entities.

Scott Perry (R) · 36 co-sponsors

in committee · Arizona · House May 14, 2021

HR 3191: COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021

COVID-19 Origin Act of 2021 This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to declassify all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19. The ODNI shall submit to Congress an unclassified report containing such information, with redactions only as necessary to protect sources and methods.

Mike Gallagher (R) · 24 co-sponsors

in committee · Arizona · Senate May 13, 2021

SRES 212: A resolution establishing a McCain-Mansfield Fellowship Program in the Senate.

This resolution requires the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to establish a McCain-Mansfield Fellowship Program through which certain veterans may participate in a two-year fellowship in the personal office of a Senator.

Topics ✓ Veterans

in committee · Arizona · House May 13, 2021

HRES 389: Designating the week beginning November 8, 2021, as "National Pregnancy Center Week" to recognize the vital role that community-supported pregnancy centers play in saving lives and serving women and men faced with difficult pregnancy decisions.

This resolution designates National Pregnancy Center Week.

Bob Good (R) · 60 co-sponsors

in committee · Arizona · Senate May 13, 2021

S 1613: GYMS Act of 2021

Gym Mitigation and Survival Act of 2021 or the GYMS Act of 2021 This bill establishes a grant program to provide economic support to eligible fitness facilities in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Small Business Administration to make initial and supplemental grants to privately owned fitness facilities that primarily provide health or fitness services and that do not offer golf, hunting, sailing, or riding facilities. The total amount of grant funds for a recipient may not exceed $25 million, and the recipient must use these funds for payroll costs, rent or mortgage obligations, and other ordinary and necessary business expenses.

Tammy Duckworth (D) · 29 co-sponsors

in committee · Arizona · Senate May 13, 2021

S 1609: Dynamic Glass Act

Dynamic Glass Act This bill includes electrochromic glass as energy property for purposes of the 30% energy tax credit. The bill defines electrochromic glass as glass that uses electricity to change its light transmittance properties to heat or cool a structure, but only with respect to property whose construction begins before January 1, 2024.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

in committee · Arizona · Senate May 13, 2021

S 1625: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021

Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021 This bill allows a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and perform notarizations for remotely located individuals. The bill provides technical requirements for such notarizations, including the creation and retention of video and audio recordings and the use of communication technologies (i.e., video chat). Additionally, the bill requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations—including remote notarizations of electronic records and notarizations of remotely-located individuals—that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states. The bill also allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain requirements.