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in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 883: Clean Start: Back to Work Tax Credit Act

Clean Start: Back to Work Tax Credit Act This bill allows employers a business related tax credit for 50% of the cost of qualified cleaning expenses incurred in a trade or business or with respect to owning or operating commercial real estate. The credit may not exceed $250,000 for any taxpayer in a taxable year and it terminates after March 31, 2022. The bill defines qualified cleaning expenses as amounts paid for cleaning services, cleaning products, tools, machinery, technology systems, personal protective equipment, and for obtaining a certification in cleaning.
Darin LaHood (R) · 3 co-sponsors
in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 886: COVID–19 Diaper Assistance Act

COVID-19 Diaper Assistance Act This bill provides additional funding for FY2021 for the Social Services Block Grant to provide diapers, wipes, and other diapering supplies to families in need. This grant is a flexible funding stream used by states and territories to support a wide range of social services.
Barbara Lee (D) · 9 co-sponsors
in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 885: Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act

Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act This bill allows certain small businesses a tax credit for qualified personal protective equipment expenses, up to $25,000 in a taxable year. The entities eligible for such credit include farms, veterans organizations, and tribal business concerns. The bill defines qualified personal protective equipment expenses to include the cost of equipment for reducing the risk of coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) transmission, including gloves, medical masks and protective gear, and cleaning supplies.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesProvides tax credit for small business PPE expenses, reducing taxable income. Aligns with tax relief for middle/lower income entities per indicators.95% confidence
Brenda L. Lawrence (D) · 24 co-sponsors
in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 890: 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.
Mike Quigley (D) · 164 co-sponsors
in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 801: Expanding Medical Education Act

Expanding Medical Education Act This bill authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, to establish or expand medical schools. In awarding these grants, HRSA must prioritize minority-serving institutions or those that propose to establish or expand schools in medically underserved communities or areas with shortages of health professionals where no such schools exist.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill authorizes HRSA grants for medical schools at higher education institutions, prioritizing minority-serving and underserved areas, directly funding and expanding higher education access.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill funds medical education expansion to address health professional shortages in underserved areas, directly strengthening healthcare workforce capacity.95% confidence
Jim Costa (D) · 14 co-sponsors
in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 851: FAAN Act

Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act or the FAAN Act This bill authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants to nursing schools to increase capacity to respond to public health emergencies and pandemics and otherwise enhance nursing education programs. In awarding these grants, HRSA shall prioritize historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, schools that are located in medically underserved communities, and schools in areas with shortages of health professionals.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationAuthorizes HRSA grants to nursing schools for program enhancement, prioritizes HBCUs/MSIs, directly funds higher education capacity expansion and access.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAuthorizes HRSA grants to nursing schools for pandemic response and underserved areas, enhancing healthcare workforce capacity and public health programs.95% confidence
Lauren Underwood (D) · 44 co-sponsors
in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 794: Climate Emergency Act of 2021

National Climate Emergency Act of 2021 or the Climate Emergency Act of 2021 This bill directs the President to declare a national emergency with respect to climate change. The President, in responding to the emergency, must ensure that the government invests in large scale mitigation and resiliency projects; makes investments that enable a racially and socially just transition to a clean energy economy by ensuring that at least 40% of investments flow to historically disadvantaged communities; avoids solutions that increase inequality or violate human rights; creates jobs that conform to labor standards that provide family sustaining wages and benefits and ensure safe workplaces; prioritizes local and equitable hiring and contracting that creates opportunities for marginalized communities; combats environmental injustice; and reinvests in existing public sector institutions and creates new public sector institutions to strategically mobilize and channel investments at the scale and pace required by the national emergency. The President shall report annually on actions taken in response to the national emergency.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill mandates investments for clean energy transition, resiliency projects, and 40% funding for disadvantaged communities in clean energy shift.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentMandates climate emergency declaration, funds mitigation/resiliency projects, requires clean energy transition with 40% investment in disadvantaged communities.92% confidence
Earl Blumenauer (D) · 62 co-sponsors
in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 841: Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2021

Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2021 This bill allows the use of hemp, cannabidiol (i.e., CBD) derived from hemp, or any other ingredient derived from hemp in a dietary supplement, provided that the supplement meets other applicable requirements. (Currently, the Food and Drug Administration's position is that CBD products may not be sold as dietary supplements.)
Kurt Schrader (D) · 45 co-sponsors
in committee · Illinois · House Feb 5, 2021

HR 798: COVID–19 Home Safety Act of 2021

COVID-19 Home Safety Act of 2021 This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to report, and publish, information about injuries and deaths from consumer products during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The report must be submitted every three months for the duration of the emergency.
Tony Cárdenas (D) · 1 co-sponsor
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