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Oil Spill Response Enhancement Act of 2021

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to contracts for oil spill response, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Oil Spill Response Enhancement Act of 2021 2. Oil and hazardous substance removal Section 311(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1321(c) (1) in paragraph (1)(B)— (A) in clause (ii), by striking and (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (iv) enter into a contract with a person to carry out the removal actions under this subparagraph and shall indemnify that person with whom the President has entered into a contract under this clause for liabilities arising out of the performance of the contract, and expenses, incidental thereto, that are not compensated by any insurance required under the contract. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (7) Limitations on indemnity Indemnification provided under paragraph (1)(B)(iv) shall be made solely from funds that are available in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund established by section 9509 (A) who is a responsible party for the discharge; (B) arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the person; (C) arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a person in the violation of paragraph (3); (D) arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a person in the breach of an express term of the contract; (E) for which the contractor has failed to maintain any insurance required by the contract; or (F) that exceeds the per incident limit described in section 9509(c)(2)(A) . 3. Uses of the oil spill liability trust fund (a) In general Section 1012(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2712(a) (1) in paragraph (4), by striking and (2) in paragraph (5)(D), by striking the period and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (6) the indemnification of persons with whom the President has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)(i) of section 311(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1321(c) . (b) Availability Section 6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2752(b) 1012(a)(4) 1012(a)(4) and (6)

Summary: Oil Spill Response Enhancement Act of 2021 This bill authorizes the President to indemnify, subject to specified limits, contractors that respond to oil spills and other discharges of hazardous substances for certain liabilities.
Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for naturalization processes for the immediate relatives of public safety officers who die as a result of their employment, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act 2. Naturalization for immediate relatives of public safety officers Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1430 (f) Immediate relatives of public safety officers (1) In general Any person who is the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a United States citizen, whose citizen spouse, parent, or child dies as a result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by employment as a public safety officer, and who, in the case of a surviving spouse, was living in marital union with the citizen spouse at the time of his death, may be naturalized upon compliance with all the requirements of this title, except that no prior residence or specified physical presence within the United States shall be required. (2) Definition For purposes of this subsection, the term public safety officer 34 U.S.C. 10284 .

Summary: Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act This bill establishes that a surviving spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen public safety officer may be naturalized at the time of the officer's death if the death was caused by an injury incurred or aggravated by the officer's employment. The individual may be naturalized upon meeting the relevant immigration law requirements, except that no prior residence or specified U.S. physical presence shall be required. A surviving spouse seeking naturalization must have been living in marital union with the officer at the time of death. Public safety officers include law enforcement officers, firefighters, or chaplains, and certain Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees engaged in hazardous duties.
Meeting our Seniors’ Social Security Needs Act

To amend the Social Security Act to ensure that each office of the Social Security Administration and each State agency that makes disability determinations are fully staffed with employees to answer calls during business hours, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Meeting our Seniors’ Social Security Needs Act 2. Telephone hours at Social Security Administration offices and certain State offices (a) In general Section 205 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405 (v) Telephone hours at Social Security Administration offices The Commissioner of Social Security shall ensure that each office of the Social Security Administration and each State agency that makes disability determinations as described in section 221(a)(1) is fully staffed with employees to answer calls during standard business hours, including 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, excluding Federal holidays. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2023.

Summary: Meeting our Seniors' Social Security Needs Act This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to ensure that each SSA office and state agency that makes disability determinations for Social Security disability benefits is fully staffed to answer phone calls during standard business hours.
Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act of 2021

To require disclosure of foreign government subsidies in the premerger notification process. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act of 2021 2. Mergers involving foreign government subsidies (a) Accounting for foreign government subsidies A person required to file a notification required by section 7A of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 18a (b) Authority of antitrust regulators The Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and by rule in accordance with section 553 of title 5, consistent with purposes of this section shall require that the notification required under subsection (a) be in such form and contain such documentary material and information relevant to a proposed acquisition as is necessary and appropriate to enable the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice to determine whether such acquisition may, if consummated, violate the antitrust laws. 3. Definitions For the purposes of this Act: (a) Foreign state The term foreign state (b) Subsidy The term subsidy 4. Effective date This Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act of 2021 This bill requires entities to disclose in their premerger notification filings to federal antitrust regulators a detailed accounting of any economic support they received from a foreign state.
Follow Accepted Science Together Act of 2021

To make any individual who is demonstrated to have antibodies to the virus that causes COVID–19 exempt from any Federal mandate for vaccination against COVID–19. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Follow Accepted Science Together Act of 2021 2. Findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) The National Institutes of Health reported in March, 2021, that people who have had evidence of a prior infection with SARS–CoV–2 … appear to be well protected against being reinfected with the virus … the data from this study suggest that people who have had a positive result from a commercial antibody test appear to have substantial immunity to SARS–CoV–2 which means they are at a lower risk for future infection (2) The National Institutes of Health reported in January 2021, that after people recover from infection with a virus, the immune system retains a memory of it. Immune cells and proteins that circulate in the body can recognize and kill the pathogen if it’s encountered again, protecting against disease and reducing illness severity. All of these immune system components have been found in people who recover from SARS–CoV–2, the virus that causes COVID–19. Researchers found durable immune responses in the majority of people studied. (3) A study at Emory University in July 2021, found that recovered COVID–19 patients retain broad and effective longer-term immunity to the disease. The study looked at 254 patients with mild to moderate symptoms over a period of eight months and found that their immune response to the virus remained durable and strong. (4) Patient and doctor relationships should always be paramount and forefront in each patient’s life. (5) Religious, mental health, physical health, immune health, and other exemptions from vaccination requirements give patients and doctors the flexibility to adapt to the limitations or prerequisites of a patient’s health. 3. Inapplicability of any COVID–19 vaccine mandate to individuals with antibodies Any individual who is demonstrated to have antibodies to the virus that causes COVID–19 shall be exempt from any Federal mandate for vaccination against COVID–19.

Summary: Follow Accepted Science Together Act of 2021 This bill provides an exemption from any federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for individuals demonstrated to have COVID-19 antibodies.
Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2021

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2021 2. Refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes for fuel used in mobile mammography vehicles (a) Refunds Section 6427 (f) Fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles Except as provided in subsection (k), if any fuel on which tax was imposed by section 4041 or 4081 is used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services to patients within such vehicle, the Secretary shall pay (without interest) to the ultimate purchaser of such fuel an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the tax imposed on such fuel. . (b) Exemption from retail tax Section 4041 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (n) Fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles No tax shall be imposed under this section on any liquid sold for use in, or used in, any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services to patients within such vehicle. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2021 This bill exempts from the motor fuel excise tax fuel used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services.
Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021

To require the evaluation and standardization of suicide prevention efforts by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021 2. Evaluation and standardization of suicide prevention efforts by the Department of Defense Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall— (1) direct the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to collaborate with each Secretary of a military department— (A) to develop and implement a process to ensure that individual non-clinical suicide prevention efforts are assessed for effectiveness among members of the Armed Forces; and (B) to develop consistent suicide-related definitions to be used throughout the Department of Defense; (2) require the use of suicide-related definitions developed under paragraph (1)(B) to be used in any updated policies of the Department of Defense or any military department; and (3) enhance collaboration between the Defense Suicide Prevention Office and the Psychological Health Center of Excellence on the production of annual suicide reports to minimize duplication of efforts by the Department of Defense.

Summary: Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021 This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness within the Department of Defense (DOD) to evaluate and standardize DOD's suicide prevention efforts. Specifically, the bill directs the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to collaborate with each military department to (1) develop and implement a process to ensure that individual nonclinical suicide prevention efforts are assessed for effectiveness, and (2) develop consistent suicide-related definitions for use throughout DOD. The bill also requires the use of such suicide-related definitions in any updated policies of DOD or each military department.
Fairness for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust coinsurance requirements for outpatient critical access hospital services furnished under the Medicare program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021 2. Adjusting coinsurance requirements for outpatient critical access hospital services furnished under the Medicare program Section 1834(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(g) (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting less 20 percent of the amount specified under paragraph (6), such services, (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting , less 20 percent of the amount specified under paragraph (6) (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Specified amount For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2)(A), the amount specified in this paragraph is, with respect to services furnished by a critical access hospital, the amount that would have been payable for such services under section 1833(t) had such services been covered OPD services. .

Summary: Fairness for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021 This bill modifies the payment methodology and coinsurance amount for outpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Currently, the payment rate for such services is 101% of reasonable costs; the coinsurance amount for such services is 20% of the applicable charges. The bill modifies this methodology so as to base the 20% coinsurance amount on the fee schedule under the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system.
SWAMP Act

To prohibit the construction of any new Federal building in the District of Columbia. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Wasting All our Money on Palaces Act SWAMP Act 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The debt of the United States is over 28 trillion dollars and continues to rise. (2) The continued increase in our debt could cause our debt to be downgraded increasing the cost of borrowing money and bankrupting our country. (3) Congress must tighten its fiscal belt to ease the burden of the increasing debt level on United States taxpayers. (4) The Federal Government has a responsibility to the taxpayers to make sacrifices in other areas. (5) Federal funds that otherwise would be spent on new construction or leasing of Federal buildings would be better spent helping the people of the United States by paying down the Nation’s debt. 3. Prohibition on construction new federal buildings (a) In general For a 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services and any other executive of a Federal Department or Agency may not agree or sign a contract to construct a new Federal building in the District of Columbia. (b) Definition of federal building For purposes of this section, the term Federal building

Summary: Stop Wasting All our Money on Palaces Act or the SWAMP Act This bill prohibits the construction by the General Services Administration or any other federal department or agency of a new federal building in the District of Columbia for a two-year period beginning on the date of this bill's enactment.
FEMA Relief Extension Act

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and any corresponding regulation to extend the period for Federal assistance to individuals and households. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FEMA Relief Extension Act 2. Period of assistance extension (a) Stafford Act Clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 408(c)(1)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act are amended by striking 18-month period 24-month period (b) Regulation The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall amend section 206.110(e) of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations, to comply with the amendment made by subsection (a).

Summary: FEMA Relief Extension Act This bill extends the period for federal assistance to individuals and households under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and any corresponding regulation from 18 to 24 months following the declaration of a major disaster. Further, the bill authorizes the President to charge fair market rent for each temporary housing unit provided after the end of the 24-month period.
Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2021

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physicians, pursuant to an agreement with the Attorney General, to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or to a disaster area. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2021 2. Transport by physicians of controlled substances to another practice setting or to a disaster area Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(f) (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E); (2) by striking (f) The Attorney General (f)(1) The Attorney General (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) If a physician registered under paragraph (1) enters into an agreement with the Attorney General described in paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall authorize the physician to transport one or more controlled substances— (A) from a practice setting to another practice setting in order to administer the substances (under applicable State law) to one or more patients; or (B) from a practice setting to a disaster area in order to administer the substances (under applicable State law) for purposes of treating injuries or conditions resulting from a major disaster. (3) An agreement referred to in paragraph (2) shall require the physician— (A) to notify the Attorney General in advance of any such transport; (B) to identify in any such notification— (i) the controlled substances to be transported; (ii) the practice setting from which the controlled substances will be transported; (iii) the practice setting or disaster area, as applicable, to which the controlled substances will be transported; (iv) the intended dates of transport; (v) the anticipated travel time; and (vi) the intended mode of transport; (C) to limit the time of transport of any controlled substance pursuant to this paragraph (between practice settings or between a practice setting and a disaster area) to not more than 72 consecutive hours; and (D) to maintain records in the physician’s primary practice setting on the dispensing of any controlled substance transported pursuant to this paragraph, including identification of— (i) the location where the controlled substance was dispensed; and (ii) the quantity of the controlled substance dispensed. (4) For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3): (A) The term disaster area (B) The term major disaster .

Summary: Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2021 This bill establishes a process to authorize physicians who meet certain requirements to transport controlled substances to another practice setting or a disaster area.
Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act

To amend the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–333 54 U.S.C. 320101 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act 2. Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Section 904(b) of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–333 54 U.S.C. 320101 (b) Boundaries The Heritage Area shall be comprised of the counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, Saratoga, and Washington, New York. .

Summary: Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act This bill adds the rest of Saratoga County and Washington County in New York within the boundaries of the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area in New York.
Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Technical Corrections Act

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to make technical corrections to the hazard mitigation revolving loan fund program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Technical Corrections Act 2. Technical corrections to hazard mitigation revolving loan fund program Section 205 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5135 (1) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking subparagraph (C); (ii) at the end of subparagraph (A), by adding and (iii) at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking ; and (B) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking local governments, insular areas, and Indian tribal governments local governments and Tribal governments (C) by striking paragraph (4); (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (4)— (i) by striking subparagraph (B); and (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (D) as subparagraphs (B) through (C), respectively; and (B) in paragraph (5)— (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking establishing implementing (ii) by striking establish implement (iii) by inserting 2 latest (iv) by inserting , including any amendments made by State, local, Tribal, or territorial governments to such codes, specifications, and standards, standards (3) in subsection (m)— (A) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: (3) Eligible entity The term eligible entity ; (B) by striking paragraphs (5) and (10); (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and (D) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (9). March 24, 2022 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Technical Corrections Act This bill revises provisions related to the hazard mitigation revolving loan fund program, including by requiring capitalization grant recipients to carry out the latest two published editions of relevant building codes, specifications, and standards.