Colorado Congressional Bills

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 26, 2021

HR 2218: Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act This bill repeals the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works. References in any law to a requirement under the Davis-Bacon Act shall be null and void.

Topics ✗ Labor & Employment

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 26, 2021

HR 2249: Willie O’Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act

Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree or, if unavailable, to a member of his family, in recognition of his contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational opportunity.

Mike Quigley (D) · 294 co-sponsors

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 26, 2021

HR 2198: To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.

This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location in the U.S. Capitol.

Yvette D. Clarke (D) · 129 co-sponsors

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 26, 2021

HR 2184: End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2021

End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2021 This bill limits or repeals certain fossil fuel oil and gas subsidies for oil companies. Specifically, it increases to seven years the amortization period for geological and geophysical expenditures; repeals the tax credits for producing oil and gas from marginal wells and for enhanced oil recovery; repeals the tax deduction for the intangible drilling and development costs of oil and gas wells; repeals percentage depletion; repeals the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenses; repeals the passive loss exception for working interests in oil and gas property; denies the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities for oil and gas activities; prohibits the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies; limits the foreign tax credit for dual capacity taxpayers (i.e., taxpayers who are subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and receive specific economic benefits from such country or possession); and expands the definition of crude oil for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum and petroleum products to include any oil derived from a bitumen or bituminous mixture (tar sands), and any oil derived from kerogen-bearing sources (oil shale).

Topics ✗ Budget & Taxes ✓ Energy

Earl Blumenauer (D) · 45 co-sponsors

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 26, 2021

HR 2240: Carbon Cost Act of 2021

Carbon Cost Act of 2021 This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to coordinate with the National Academy of Sciences to study alternatives for a nonpartisan congressional office or agency to make science-based projections of the effect of federal legislation on global greenhouse gas emissions.

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 26, 2021

HR 2214: Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act

Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act This bill addresses the overpayment of retired or retainer pay to a joint account (bearing the name of the decedent and the decedent's designated beneficiary) during the month of the death of a retired member of the armed forces. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to forgive or offset the overpayment if the decedent was enrolled in the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP). In the case of an offset, each of the first 12 SBP annuity payments after the death of the retired service member must be reduced by one-twelfth of the overpayment. If the decedent was not enrolled in the SBP, DOD is authorized to forgive the overpayment.

Topics ✓ Veterans

John Garamendi (D) · 44 co-sponsors

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 26, 2021

HR 2252: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021 This bill provides for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. After the award the medal shall be given to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Bobby L. Rush (D) · 290 co-sponsors

in committee · Colorado · Senate Mar 25, 2021

SRES 141: A resolution recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and Alaska Natives and confirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access.

This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that access to reliable and clean drinking water is critically important to the health and welfare of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Further, the resolution calls upon the federal government to provide water access to tribal members and communities.

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 25, 2021

HRES 245: Calling for renewed, decisive, and robust international collaboration and coordination to fight COVID-19 across Africa.

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 the international community to support African countries' responses to the pandemic.

Karen Bass (D) · 37 co-sponsors

in committee · Colorado · Senate Mar 25, 2021

S 971: CAMRA Act

Children and Media Research Advancement Act or the CAMRA Act This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to fund research regarding the effects of media on infants, children, and adolescents. Such research must examine the impact of media (e.g., social media, television, video games) on cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development.

in committee · Colorado · Senate Mar 25, 2021

S 1021: EACH Act of 2021

Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act of 2021 or the EACH Act of 2021 This bill requires federal health care programs to provide coverage for abortion services and requires federal facilities to provide access to those services. The bill also permits qualified health plans to use funds attributable to premium tax credits and reduced cost sharing assistance to pay for abortion services.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

Tammy Duckworth (D) · 28 co-sponsors

in committee · Colorado · Senate Mar 25, 2021

S 1034: Financing Our Energy Future Act

Financing Our Energy Future Act The bill extends the tax treatment of certain publicly traded partnerships as corporations to renewable and alternative energy projects, transportation fuels, and nuclear-generated electricity facilities. Under current law the tax treatment of such partnerships is only available to investors in energy portfolios for oil, natural gas, coal extraction, and pipeline projects.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

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