[House Calendars for May 18, 2021 - 117th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
2021
H.R. 2704 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the equal
May 17 employment opportunity functions of Department of Veterans Affairs, and
for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the
rules and pass.)
H.R. 2788 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the cap on full-
May 17 time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal
employment opportunity counseling. (Pending is the vote on the motion to
suspend the rules and pass.)
H.R. 240 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
May 17 Labor to prioritize the provision of services to homeless veterans with
dependents in carrying out homeless veterans reintegration programs, and
for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the
rules and pass.)
H.R. 711 A bill to amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to authorize the
May 17 use of certain funds received pursuant to leases entered into under such
Act, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend
the rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 2167 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for extensions of
May 17 the time limitations for use of entitlement under Department of Veterans
Affairs educational assistance programs by reason of school closures due
to emergency and other situations, and for other purposes. (Pending is the
vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 2878 A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a Native
May 17 VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program. (Pending is
the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 1510 A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a
May 17 report on the use of cameras in medical centers of the Department of
Veterans Affairs. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules
and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 2494 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the
May 17 Department the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition
Administration, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion
to suspend the rules and pass.)
H.R. 2441 A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the Rural
May 17 Access Network for Growth Enhancement Program of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, and to direct the Comptroller General of the United
States to conduct a study to assess certain mental health care resources
of the Department of Veterans Affairs available to veterans who live in
rural areas. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and
pass.)
H.R. 1447 A bill to amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act
May 17 of 2009 to establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board, to expand and
improve the research on Ocean Acidification and Coastal Acidification, to
establish and maintain a data archive system for Ocean Acidification data
and Coastal Acidification data, and for other purposes. (Pending is the
vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 2533 A bill to provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences,
May 17 Engineering, and Medicine examining the impact of ocean acidification and
other stressors in estuarine environments. (Pending is the vote on the
motion to suspend the rules and pass.)
H.R. 210 A bill to coordinate Federal research and development efforts focused on
May 17 STEM education and workforce development in rural areas, including the
development and application of new technologies to support and improve
rural STEM education, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the
motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 144 A bill to forestall the loss of research talent by establishing a temporary
May 17 early career research fellowship program. (Pending is the vote on the
motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 204 A bill to direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
May 17 Policy to carry out programs and activities to ensure that Federal science
agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research
and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool, and
for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the
rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 2027 A bill to direct Federal science agencies and the Office of Science and
May 17 Technology Policy to undertake activities to improve the quality of
undergraduate STEM education and enhance the research capacity at the
Nation's HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs, and for other purposes. (Pending is the
vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass.)
H.R. 2695 A bill to provide for research to better understand the causes and
May 17 consequences of sexual harassment affecting individuals in the scientific,
technical, engineering, and mathematics workforce and to examine policies
to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such harassment, and for
other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules
and pass.)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section
Union Calendar.................................................... 1
House Calendar.................................................... 2
Private Calendar.................................................. 3
Consensus Calendar................................................ 4
Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees....................... 5
Public Laws....................................................... 6
Private Laws...................................................... 7
History of Bills and Resolutions:
House Bills............................................... 8
House Joint Resolutions................................... 9
House Concurrent Resolutions.............................. 10
House Resolutions......................................... 11
Senate Bills.............................................. 12
Senate Joint Resolutions.................................. 13
Senate Concurrent Resolutions............................. 14
Senate Resolutions........................................ 15
Reported Bills Referred under Time Limitations.................... 16
Bills in conference............................................... 17
Bills through conference (printed the first legislative day of
each week the House is in session)............................ 18
Index of Short Titles (printed the first legislative day of each
week the House is in session)................................. 19
Index (printed the first legislative day of each week the House is
in session)................................................... 20
Calendar of year 2021 ............................................ 21
Status of major bills (first session) ............................ 21
THE MORNING HOUR FOR THE CALL OF COMMITTEES
Rule XIV, clause 4:
``4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the
Speaker shall call each standing committee in regular order and then
select committees. Each committee when named may call up for
consideration a bill or resolution reported by it on a previous day and
on the House Calendar. If the Speaker does not complete the call of the
committees before the House passes to other business, the next call
shall resume at the point it left off, giving preference to the last
bill or resolution under consideration. A committee that has occupied
the call for two days may not call up another bill or resolution until
the other committees have been called in their turn.''
Note.--Call rests with the Committee on Agriculture.
CALENDAR WEDNESDAY BUSINESS
Rule XV, clause 6:
``6. (a) On Wednesday of each week, business shall not be in
order before completion of the call of those committees (except as
provided by clause 4 of rule XIV) whose chair, or other member
authorized by the committee, has announced to the House a request for
such call on the preceding legislative day.
(b) A bill or resolution on either the House or the Union
Calendar, except bills or resolutions that are privileged under the
Rules of the House, may be called under this clause. A bill or
resolution called up from the Union Calendar shall be considered in the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union without motion,
subject to clause 3 of rule XVI. General debate on a measure considered
under this clause shall be confined to the measure and may not exceed
two hours equally divided between a proponent and an opponent.
(c) This clause does not apply during the last two weeks of a
session of Congress.
(d) Precedents, rulings, or procedures in effect before the One
Hundred Eleventh Congress regarding the priority of business and the
availability of other business on Wednesday shall be applied only to the
extent consistent with this clause.''
Note.--Call rests with the Committee on Agriculture.
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE DAYS
Calendar Wednesday.............. Wednesday of each week, when
specifically noticed, except during
the last 2 weeks of a session
(clause 6, rule XV). Mondays of each
month (clause 4, rule XV).
Private Calendar................ First Tuesday of each month (clause
5, rule XV).
Suspension of rules............. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
and during the last 6 days of a
session (clause 1, rule XV).