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Fair Adjudications for Immigrants Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to alter the definition of conviction 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Adjudications for Immigrants Act 2. Expungement and sentencing (a) Definition of conviction (1) In general Section 101(a)(48) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(48) (48) (A) The term conviction (B) The following may not be considered a conviction for purposes of this Act: (i) An adjudication or judgment of guilt that has been dismissed, expunged, deferred, annulled, invalidated, withheld, vacated, or pardoned federally or by a State or locality, including by the President of the United States or by a person or agency authorized by State law to grant such pardon. (ii) Any adjudication in which the court has issued— (I) a judicial recommendation against removal; (II) an order of probation without entry of judgment; or (III) any similar disposition. (iii) A judgment that is on appeal or is within the time to file direct appeal. (C) (i) Unless otherwise provided, with respect to an offense, any reference to a term of imprisonment or a sentence is considered to include only the period of incarceration ordered by a court. (ii) Any such reference shall be considered to exclude any portion of a sentence of which the imposition or execution was suspended. . (2) Retroactive applicability The amendment made by this subsection shall apply with respect to any conviction, adjudication, or judgment entered before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Judicial recommendation against removal The grounds of inadmissibility and deportability under sections 212(a)(2) and 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)

Summary: Fair Adjudications for Immigrants Act This bill narrows the scope of certain crime-based grounds for barring or removing an alien from the United States. (Generally, a conviction for certain crimes, such as a crime that carries a term of incarceration of a certain length, may constitute grounds for denying an individual certain immigration benefits.) The bill redefines the term conviction to exclude convictions that have been dismissed, expunged, deferred, annulled, invalidated, withheld, vacated, or pardoned. The term must also exclude adjudications where a court issued a recommendation against removal, an order of probation without entry of judgment, or a similar disposition. In addition, any reference to a term of imprisonment or sentence must, unless otherwise provided (1) only consider the period of incarceration ordered by a court, and (2) exclude any suspended portion of a sentence. Currently, for immigration purposes, a term of incarceration includes any part of the sentence that was suspended. These provisions pertaining to the definition of conviction and terms of imprisonment shall apply to convictions and judgments entered either before or after this bill's enactment. Furthermore, certain crime-based grounds for barring or removing an alien shall not apply if the sentencing court issues a recommendation that the alien not be removed on the basis of the conviction.
Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, to make permanent the direct hire authority of the Secretary of Defense for domestic defense industrial base facilities, the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act 2. Making permanent the direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base facilities, the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (a) Codification of section 1125 of FY 2017 NDAA Chapter 81 (1) a heading as follows: 1599j. Direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base facilities, the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation ; and (2) a text consisting of the text of section 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 10 U.S.C. 1580 (b) Conforming amendments in connection with codification Section 1599j of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking During each of fiscal years 2017 through 2025, the Secretary The Secretary (B) by striking United States Code, (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking During fiscal years 2017 through 2021, the Secretary The Secretary (B) by striking United States Code, (c) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 1599j. Direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base facilities, the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. . (d) Conforming repeal Section 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 10 U.S.C. 1580

Summary: Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act This bill makes permanent the Department of Defense (DOD) direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base facilities (i.e., any DOD depot, arsenal, or shipyard in the United States), the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.
Arctic Diplomacy Act of 2021

To establish an Assistant Secretary of State for Arctic Affairs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Arctic Diplomacy Act of 2021 2. Assistant Secretary of State for Arctic Affairs Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2651a(c) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking not more than 24 Assistant Secretaries of State not more than 25 Assistant Secretaries of State (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: (4) Assistant Secretary of State for Arctic Affairs (A) In general There is authorized to be in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary of State for Arctic Affairs, who shall be responsible to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs for all matters, programs, and related activities pertaining to the Arctic region in the conduct of foreign policy by the Department, including, as appropriate, leading the coordination of programs carried out by United States Government agencies abroad, and such other related duties as the Secretary may from time to time designate. (B) Areas of responsibility The Assistant Secretary of State for Arctic Affairs shall maintain continuous observation and coordination of all matters pertaining to energy, environment, trade, infrastructure development and maintenance, law enforcement, and political-military affairs in the conduct of foreign policy in the Arctic, including programs carried out by other United States Government agencies when such programs pertain to the following matters: (i) National security. (ii) Strengthening cooperation among Arctic countries. (iii) The promotion of responsible natural resource management and economic development. (iv) Protecting the Arctic environment and conserving its biological resources. (v) Arctic indigenous peoples, including by involving them in decisions that affect them. (vi) Scientific monitoring and research. (C) Additional duties In addition to the responsibilities specified in subparagraph (B), the Assistant Secretary for Arctic Affairs shall also carry out such other relevant duties as the Secretary may assign. (D) Definitions In this paragraph: (i) Arctic region The term Arctic region (I) the geographic region north of the 66.56083 parallel latitude north of the equator; (II) all the United States territory north and west of the boundary formed by the Porcupine, Yukon, and Kuskokwim Rivers; (III) all contiguous seas, including the Arctic Ocean and the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi Seas; and (IV) the Aleutian Chain. (ii) Arctic countries The term Arctic Countries .

Summary: Arctic Diplomacy Act of 2021 This bill authorizes the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Arctic Affairs within the Department of State. The position shall maintain continuous observation and coordination of matters pertaining to foreign policy in the Arctic, including trade, the environment, and political-military affairs.
Reinforcing American-Made Products Act

To make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reinforcing American-Made Products Act 2. Exclusivity of Federal authority to regulate labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce Section 320933 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 15 U.S.C. 45a (1) in the first sentence, by striking To the extent (a) In general To the extent ; (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Effect on State law (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of this section shall supersede any provisions of the law of any State expressly relating to the extent to which a product is introduced, delivered for introduction, sold, advertised, or offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce with a Made in the U.S.A. Made in America (2) Enforcement Nothing in this section shall preclude the application of the law of any State to the use of a label not in compliance with subsection (a). ; and (3) in the third sentence of subsection (a), as so designated by paragraph (1), by striking Nothing in this section Except as provided in subsection (b), nothing in this section

Summary: Reinforcing American-Made Products Act This bill specifies that the Federal Trade Commission's regulation of the labeling of products as Made in the U.S.A. or Made in America supersedes any conflicting state laws.
EMS Counts Act of 2021

To require the Secretary of Labor to revise the Standard Occupational Classification System to accurately count the number of emergency medical services practitioners in the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the EMS Counts Act of 2021 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Emergency Medical Services (in this Act referred to as EMS EMTs (2) EMS is an integral component of the response capacity of the United States to disasters and public health crises, such as outbreaks of infectious diseases, bombings, mass shootings, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes. EMS personnel respond to more than 22,000,000 emergency calls each year including strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrest, and trauma. (3) The Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles information on the number of individuals working in roles across the entire United States workforce. The Bureau of Labor Statistics completes this work by maintaining the Standard Occupational Classification system which classifies workers and jobs into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, analyzing, or disseminating data. (4) The BLS fails to accurately count EMS practitioners because of its failure to include dual-role firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics in their count of EMS personnel. (5) Accurately counting the EMS workforce is critical for government agencies in determining the needs of EMS agencies and practitioners. These data are also crucial for informing many aspects of policy including preparedness for natural disasters, public health emergencies, and acts of terrorism. 3. Recognition of dual-role firefighters as EMS practitioners Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in collaboration with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall revise the broad description under the occupational series 33–2011 Firefighters (1) Firefighters. (2) Firefighter/EMTs. (3) Firefighter/Paramedics. (4) Firefighters, All Other. 4. Reports to Congress Not later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in collaboration with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit to Congress a report that details— (1) the actions taken in 2015 to expand the definition 29–2040 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics (2) the implementation of the revisions under section 3.

Summary: EMS Counts Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget, to revise the broad description under the occupational series 33-2011 Firefighters of the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification System of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to separately account for firefighters who also serve as paramedics or emergency medical technicians. Specifically, the classification system must include the following detailed occupations: Firefighters; Firefighter/EMTs; Firefighter/Paramedics; and Firefighters, All Other.
A bill to establish an Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health.

To establish an Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health. 1. Establishment of Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health (a) Definitions Section 12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking or the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office; the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office; or the Director of the National Institutes of Health; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking or the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Reconnaissance Office, or the National Institutes of Health, (b) Appointment of Inspector General Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint an individual to serve as the Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health in accordance with section 3(a)

Summary: This bill requires the President to appoint an Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health.
Student Loan Repayment Freedom Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit a Federal student loan borrower to elect to terminate repayment pursuant to income-based repayment and repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which the borrower is otherwise eligible. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Loan Repayment Freedom Act 2. Switching from income-based repayment plan Section 493C(b)(8) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1098e(b)(8) (8) a borrower who is repaying a loan made under part B or D pursuant to income-based repayment may elect, at any time, to terminate repayment pursuant to income-based repayment and repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which the borrower is otherwise eligible under this title; and .

Summary: Student Loan Repayment Freedom Act This bill allows a federal student loan borrower to terminate repayment under an income-based repayment plan and instead elect to repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which the borrower is eligible. Currently, a federal student loan borrower repaying under an income-based repayment plan may only change to the standard repayment plan.
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2021

To require the Government Accountability Office to study the role pharmaceutical benefit managers play in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2021 2. GAO Study Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that— (1) addresses, at minimum— (A) the role that pharmacy benefit managers play in the pharmaceutical supply chain; (B) the state of competition among pharmacy benefit managers, including the market share for the Nation's 10 largest pharmacy benefit managers; (C) the use of rebates and fees by pharmacy benefit managers, including data for each of the 10 largest pharmacy benefit managers that reflects, for each drug in the formulary of each such pharmacy benefit manager— (i) the amount of the rebate passed on to patients; (ii) the amount of the rebate passed on to payors; (iii) the amount of the rebate kept by the pharmacy benefit manager; and (iv) the role of fees charged by the pharmacy benefit manager; (D) whether pharmacy benefit managers structure their formularies in favor of high-rebate prescription drugs over lower-cost, lower-rebate alternatives; (E) the average prior authorization approval time for each of the 10 largest pharmacy benefit managers; (F) factors affecting the use of step therapy in each of the 10 largest pharmacy benefit managers; and (G) the extent to which the price that pharmacy benefit managers charge payors, such as the Medicare program under title XXVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 42 U.S.C. 1396 chapter 89 (2) provides recommendations for legislative action to lower the cost of prescription drugs for consumers and payors, improve the efficiency of the pharmaceutical supply chain by lowering intermediary costs, improve competition in pharmacy benefit management, and provide transparency in pharmacy benefit management.

Summary: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2021 This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in the pharmaceutical supply chain and recommend legislative actions to lower the cost of prescription drugs. The report must address the use of rebates and fees, the average prior authorization approval time, and the use of step therapy within the 10 largest pharmacy benefit managers.
Wildlife-Livestock Conflict Resolution Act

To authorize the voluntary donation of grazing permits and leases in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildlife-Livestock Conflict Resolution Act 2. Donation of grazing permits and leases (a) In general Beginning in fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land, and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land (referred to in this section as the Secretary concerned (b) Termination With respect to each permit or lease donated under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall— (1) terminate the grazing permit or lease; and (2) except as provided in subsection (c), ensure a permanent end to grazing on the land covered by the permit or lease. (c) Common allotments If the land covered by a permit or lease donated under subsection (a) is also covered by another valid grazing permit or lease that is not donated under that subsection, the Secretary concerned shall not allow the total grazing use on the land to exceed the average actual grazing use under the other valid grazing permit or lease for the 5-year period preceding the date of donation. (d) Limitation Not greater than 10 permits or leases may be donated under subsection (a) in each fiscal year.

Summary: Wildlife-Livestock Conflict Resolution Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, for public land, and the Department of Agriculture, for National Forest System land, to accept the donation of any valid existing leases or permits authorizing grazing on such lands in New Mexico beginning in FY2022. For each permit or lease donated, the department concerned shall (1) terminate the grazing permit or lease; and (2) except as provided below, ensure a permanent end to grazing on the land covered by the permit or lease. If the land covered by a permit or lease that is donated also is covered by another valid grazing permit or lease that is not donated, the department concerned shall not allow the total grazing use on the land to exceed the average actual grazing use under the other valid grazing permit or lease for the five-year period preceding the date of the donation.
State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act

To establish that a State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relating to a preferred lender arrangement. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act 2. State-based education loan programs Section 151 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1019 (1) in paragraph (8)(B)— (A) in clause (i), by striking or (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (iii) arrangements or agreements with respect to education loans made under a State-based education loan program; or (iv) arrangements or agreements with respect to education loans funded, insured, or guaranteed by any other Federal agency that is not the Department of Education. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (10) State-based education loan program The term State-based education loan program (A) is provided by a State agency, State authority, or nonprofit organization, separately or jointly; (B) makes loans that are not funded, insured, or guaranteed by the Federal Government; (C) is authorized, established, or chartered by State law, or otherwise approved by the State; (D) offers one or more loans for which the interest rate and fees, as calculated in accordance with sections 106 and 107 of the Truth in Lending Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1605 (E) is available only to a borrower who has been advised by an institution of higher education (as defined under section 102)— (i) that the borrower has the opportunity to exhaust eligibility for Federal education loans made under part D of title IV prior to accepting a private education loan; and (ii) of the interest rates, fees, and benefits of such Federal education loans, including income-driven repayment options, opportunities for loan forgiveness, forbearance or deferment options, interest subsidies, and tax benefits. .

Summary: State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act This bill excludes certain arrangements or agreements regarding education loans from the definition of a preferred lender arrangement. A preferred lender arrangement is an arrangement or agreement between a lender and an institution of higher education (IHE) that receives federal funding or assistance (1) under which a lender issues education loans to students attending the IHE; and (2) that relates to the IHE recommending, promoting, or endorsing the education loan products of the lender. The bill provides that arrangements or agreements made under a state-based education loan program or that are funded, insured, or guaranteed by any federal agency other than the Department of Education do not meet the definition of a preferred lender agreement for purposes of certain required disclosures to student borrowers.
Parental Consent for Vaccination Act

To require any COVID–19 vaccine mandate issued by Congress or an Executive agency to include informed parental consent for the administration of a COVID–19 vaccine to a minor, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parental Consent for Vaccination Act 2. Informed parental consent for COVID–19 vaccination (a) Definition In this section, the term Executive agency (b) Requirement Any COVID–19 vaccine mandate issued by an Act of Congress or by an Executive agency shall require the written and informed consent of a legal guardian for the administration of a COVID–19 vaccine to an individual under the age of 18 years old. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow for or otherwise authorize a COVID–19 vaccine mandate issued by an Act of Congress or by an Executive agency.

Summary: Parental Consent for Vaccination Act This bill stipulates that any COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by Congress or an executive agency must require the written, informed consent of a legal guardian when a COVID-19 vaccine is administered to an individual under the age of 18.