https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376
Status: Passed House (11/19/2021)
This bill provides funding, establishes programs, and otherwise modifies provisions relating to a broad array of areas, including education, labor, child care, health care, taxes, immigration, and the environment. (The bill is commonly referred to as the Build Back Better Act.)
For example, the bill provides funding for
management of the National Forest System;
job placement and career services;
safe drinking water and energy-efficiency projects;
electric vehicles and zero-emission, heavy-duty vehicles;
public health infrastructure and supply chain resiliency;
housing, rental, and homeowner assistance programs;
cybersecurity programs;
tribal infrastructure, environmental, and health programs;
wildfire prevention, drought relief, conservation efforts, and climate change research;
small business assistance and development;
transit services and clean energy projects in low-income communities; and
infrastructure and administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The bill also includes provisions that
provide free child care for children under the age of six;
provide free universal preschool services;
establish a methane fee for certain petroleum and natural gas facilities;
expand Medicare to cover hearing care;
allow certain aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 2011, to temporarily remain and work in the country;
provide up to four weeks of paid family and medical leave per year;
restructure and increase taxes for certain corporations and high-income individuals (e.g., individuals with income over $400,000); and
require the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate maximum prices for certain brand-name drugs under Medicare.
