[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).