Prevent Taliban Support Act This bill prohibits using federal funds to provide any kind of support to the Taliban or a Taliban affiliate. It also prohibits waiving any U.S.-imposed sanctions on the Taliban or a Taliban affiliate unless a law is enacted specifically providing for such a waiver.
Truth in Employment Act of 2021 This bill specifies that the prohibitions against unfair labor practices by employers do not require an employer to employ any person who seeks or has sought employment with the employer in furtherance of other employment or agency status.
This resolution opposes the enactment of any federal law that voids state laws that prohibit employers from requiring workers to join a union as a condition of employment.
Prohibiting Assistance to the Taliban Act This bill prohibits using federal funds for foreign assistance to the Taliban, either directly or indirectly.
Curriculum Review of Teachings Transparency Act or the CRT Transparency Act This bill requires a local educational agency, in order to receive certain federal education grants, to post on a publicly accessible website the curriculum for each grade level of its elementary and secondary schools.
Countering Communist China Act This bill addresses issues related to China, tax incentives, and other topics. The bill imposes visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain entities and individuals that (1) are involved in acts of malign disinformation on behalf of a foreign government or political party, or (2) have engaged in a pattern of significant infringement of intellectual property belonging to a U.S. entity or individual. It also authorizes sanctions on developers and owners of software that makes unauthorized transmissions of user data to servers that are located in China and are accessible by China's government. The bill also provides tax incentives for relocating pharmaceutical, medical supply, or medical device manufacturing to the United States, including by allowing accelerated depreciation of nonresidential real property acquired in connection with such relocation; eliminates the five-year amortization requirement for research and experimental expenditures scheduled to begin in 2022, thus allowing continued expensing of such expenditures in the taxable years in which they are incurred; prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving certain federal funds if the institution has a contractual partnership with an entity controlled by China's government or organized under China's laws; modifies presumptions and evidentiary standards in administrative patent validity challenges; bars China from asserting sovereign immunity in certain instances; requires U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to take certain actions, such as opposing any increase to the weight given to China's currency when determining the value of IMF Special Drawing Rights; and permanently rescinds unobligated funds previously made available for certain economic relief programs related to COVID-19.
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd James Austin III, should immediately resign from office.
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Alexander Milley, immediately resign from office.
This resolution calls for the immediate resignation of President Biden.
Authorization for Use of Military Force To Save Americans Stranded in Afghanistan This joint resolution authorizes the President to use the Armed Forces to evacuate U.S. citizens from Afghanistan after August 31, 2021.
