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in committee · Iowa · House Jun 5, 2021

HR 2381: Protecting the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Act

Protecting the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Act This bill redesignates the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership in Iowa as the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. The bill extends through FY2036 the authority of the Department of Agriculture to provide grants or other assistance for the heritage area. The bill eliminates the limitation on the total amount that may be appropriated for the heritage area.
Cynthia Axne (D) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Iowa · House Jun 4, 2021

HR 3689: Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2021

Americans Giving Care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2021 This bill allows a tax credit for a portion of a taxpayer's expenses for eldercare. The credit applies to expenses to care for certain relatives or members of the taxpayer's household who have attained the age of 60 and require assistance with activities of daily living. Eldercare expense include amounts paid for: medical care, lodging away from home, adult day services, personal care, respite care, assistive technologies and devices (including remote health monitoring), environmental modifications (including home modifications), and counseling or training for a caregiver. The amount of eldercare expenses incurred during any year that may be taken into account for the credit may not exceed $6,000.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesProvides tax credit for eldercare expenses, offering relief to middle/lower-income caregivers through reduced tax liability.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareTax credit for eldercare medical expenses improves access to healthcare services for seniors, directly aligning with support indicators like expanded care access.92% confidence
Cynthia Axne (D) · 29 co-sponsors
in committee · Iowa · House Jun 4, 2021

HR 3706: Emergency Resupply for IRON DOME Act of 2021

Emergency Resupply for IRON DOME Act of 2021 This bill requires the President to make all unexpended funding for assistance to Gaza available instead for grants to Israel for its Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system.
Michael Guest (R) · 38 co-sponsors
in committee · Iowa · House Jun 4, 2021

HR 3685: Hamas International Financing Prevention Act

Hamas International Financing Prevention Act This bill imposes sanctions targeting Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and any affiliate or successor groups. The President shall periodically report to Congress a list of each foreign person or instrumentality that knowingly assists, provides significant support or services to, or is involved in a significant transaction with a senior member or supporter of any of the targeted groups. The President shall impose two or more sanctions on the named persons. Specifically, the person may be (1) denied credit and services from the Export-Import Bank, (2) barred from purchasing certain controlled defense articles, (3) denied exports of items on the U.S. Munitions List, (4) prevented from receiving exports of certain goods or technology controlled for national security reasons, (5) prohibited from receiving financing of more than $10 million from any U.S. financial institution, or (6) subject to property-blocking restrictions. The President shall periodically report to Congress a list of foreign governments that have repeatedly provided material support for the targeted groups' terrorist activities. The President shall bar these governments from receiving for one year (1) U.S. assistance, or (2) exports of controlled munitions. The Department of Treasury shall instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions to oppose the provision of assistance to an identified government for one year. The bill provides for certain exceptions and waivers, such as for transactions that would serve U.S. national interests. The President shall report to Congress and periodically provide briefings on other specified topics related to the targeted groups, such as where these groups secure financing and surveillance equipment.
Josh Gottheimer (D) · 109 co-sponsors
in committee · Iowa · House Jun 2, 2021

HR 3671: DOC Act

Doctors of Community Act or the DOC Act This bill reauthorizes and provides mandatory funding for graduate medical education programs operated by teaching health centers. The bill sets out funding levels through FY2033. Funding for FY2034 and beyond equals the preceding fiscal year's amount adjusted for medical inflation.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesMandatory funding for graduate medical education programs through FY2033 directly advances government spending on public health services, aligning with fiscal management and program funding indicators.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareReauthorizes mandatory funding for graduate medical education programs, directly strengthening healthcare workforce development and access to care through teaching health centers.95% confidence
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D) · 17 co-sponsors
in committee · Iowa · House Jun 2, 2021

HR 2330: To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may not use COVID-19 as a basis for restricting or limiting outdoor recreational use of land or water administered by the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior, during 2021, from using the COVID-19 pandemic or any issue related to the pandemic as a basis for restricting or limiting outdoor recreational use of land or water administered by the National Park Service.
Lisa C. McClain (R) · 8 co-sponsors
in committee · Iowa · House Jun 1, 2021

HR 3652: National Food Waste Reduction Act

National Food Waste Reduction Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture's Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison to establish a Food Waste Research Program in partnership with five regional institutions of higher education. The program must focus on food waste reduction and food recovery issues on a national, regional, and local level and support certain areas of study, such as the diversion of surplus food to those in need and the use of food waste for environmental purposes. The program must share best practices for food waste reduction with governmental entities, agriculture organizations, farmers, and other relevant entities, and must post research and resources on its website. The bill also establishes a grant program for research centers and nonprofits to support other cooperative efforts relating to food loss and waste reduction.
Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentBill mandates research on food waste use for environmental purposes, reducing landfill emissions and promoting resource conservation through waste diversion.90% confidence
Cynthia Axne (D) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Iowa · House Jun 1, 2021

HR 3650: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021 This bill deems an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital as an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill expands Medicare coverage by treating outpatient observation as inpatient stay, improving access to skilled nursing facility services without requiring separate admission.90% confidence
Joe Courtney (D) · 53 co-sponsors
in committee · Iowa · House Jun 1, 2021

HR 3559: Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act

Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act This bill applies federal prevailing wage requirements to arrangements in which states allow local agencies to exchange their state's proposed allocation of Federal-Aid Highway Program funding for state transportation funds. Under current law, when such an exchange occurs, local agencies must comply with applicable state and local requirements but generally not prevailing wage and other federal requirements.
Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentApplies federal prevailing wage requirements to highway funding exchanges, protecting workers' pay standards and strengthening labor protections in transportation projects.90% confidence
Cynthia Axne (D)
in committee · Iowa · House May 31, 2021

HR 3592: Adopt GREET Act

Adopt the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation model Act or the Adopt GREET Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update the methodology used in life-cycle analyses of greenhouse gas emissions that result from the production and use of corn-based ethanol and biodiesel fuel. The EPA must update its methodology within 90 days and every five years thereafter. In the first update, the EPA must adopt the most recent Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation model (commonly referred to as the GREET model) developed by Argonne National Laboratory.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyRequires EPA to adopt updated GREET model for biofuel emissions analysis, promoting accurate lifecycle assessment of renewable energy sources like ethanol and biodiesel.90% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentRequires EPA to adopt updated GREET model for accurate GHG emissions analysis of biofuels, ensuring science-based environmental assessments per bill's mandate.92% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationRequires EPA to update emissions methodology for biofuels in transportation, promoting sustainable fuel evaluation under GREET model per bill's focus on ethanol/biodiesel lifecycle analysis.95% confidence
Dusty Johnson (R) · 17 co-sponsors
in committee · Iowa · House May 28, 2021

HCONRES 36: Establishing the Joint Select Committee on the Events and Activities Surrounding China's Handling of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

This concurrent resolution establishes the Joint Select Committee on the Events and Activities Surrounding China's Handling of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus to investigate and report to Congress and the executive branch specified information related to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) pandemic. This report must include the origins and causes of the coronavirus; certain coronavirus-related policies, decisions, and activities by the government of China; accountability for policies, decisions, and activities related to influencing the World Health Organization's response to the coronavirus outbreak; vulnerabilities of the U.S. domestic and global supply chain to a global pandemic due to reliance on Chinese manufacturing; information related to lessons learned from China's handling of the coronavirus; and recommended actions the federal government should take in response to China's handling of the coronavirus.
Andy Barr (R) · 23 co-sponsors
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