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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to waive matching requirements for certain grants to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to waive matching requirements for certain grants to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 1. Waiver of matching requirement for grants to District of Columbia Section 202(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1282(a) (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, in the case of a project for a treatment works in the District of Columbia, such a project shall be eligible for grants at 100 percent of the cost of construction thereof. .

Summary: This bill makes the District of Columbia eligible to receive grants under the Clean Water Act for all of the costs for constructing treatment works (e.g., systems used to store or treat sewage or industrial wastes). Thus, the bill waives the requirement for the District to match federal grant funds.
To establish an exemption from a limitation on the use of certain airport funds for safety projects at a nonhub airport or small hub airport, and for other purposes.

To establish an exemption from a limitation on the use of certain airport funds for safety projects at a nonhub airport or small hub airport, and for other purposes. 1. Terminal development costs Section 47119 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Exception for compliance projects Notwithstanding subsection (f), the Secretary may distribute not more than $50,000,000 per fiscal year from the discretionary fund established under section 47115 for terminal development projects that are a necessary component of a program to bring a nonhub airport, or a small hub airport that is eligible to receive discretionary funds under section 47108(e)(3), into compliance with airport safety design standards. .

Summary: This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to distribute not more than $50 million per fiscal year from its discretionary fund for terminal development projects to bring a nonhub or small hub airport into compliance with airport safety design standards.
Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2021

To amend the Small Business Act to modify the contracting authority for sole source contracts for certain small business concerns, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2021 2. Amendments to contracting authority for certain small business concerns (a) Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns Section 8(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) (1) by striking $7,000,000 $10,000,000 (2) by striking $3,000,000 $8,000,000 (b) Certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(m) (1) in paragraph (7)(B)— (A) in clause (i), by striking $7,000,000 $10,000,000 (B) in clause (ii), by striking $4,000,000 $8,000,000 (2) in paragraph (8)(B)— (A) in clause (i), by striking $7,000,000 $10,000,000 (B) in clause (ii), by striking $4,000,000 $8,000,000 (c) Qualified HUBZone small business concerns Section 31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657a(c)(2)(A)(ii) (1) in subclause (I), by striking $7,000,000 $10,000,000 (2) in subclause (II), by striking $3,000,000 $8,000,000 (d) Small business concerns owned and controlled by service-Disabled veterans Section 36(c)(2)(A) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657f (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking $7,000,000 $10,000,000 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking $3,000,000 $8,000,000 (e) Certain veteran-Owned concerns Section 8127(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking $5,000,000 the dollar thresholds under section 36(c)(2)(A) of the Small Business Act

Summary: Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2021 This bill increases the allowable award price for federal government contracts with certain small businesses, including socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, small businesses owned and controlled by women, and small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
FAIR Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any interest paid on an overpayment of tax. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freeing Americans from Interest on Reimbursements Act FAIR Act 2. Interest received on overpayments (a) In general Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 139I. Interest received on tax overpayments Gross income shall not include any interest allowed and paid upon an overpayment of tax pursuant to section 6611. . (b) Applicability The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this section. (c) Clerical amendment The table of contents for Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 139I. Interest received on tax overpayments. .

Summary: Freeing Americans from Interest on Reimbursements Act or the FAIR Act This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any interest allowed and paid upon a tax refund amount.
No Taxpayer Funded Platform for Chinese Communists Act

To prohibit certain funding made available to the United States Agency for Global Media relating to provision of an open platform for China, and for other purposes. 1. Short title The short title shall be the No Taxpayer Funded Platform for Chinese Communists Act 2. Prohibition on certain funding relating to provision of an open platform for China (a) Funding prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funding made available to the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) may be used to provide an open platform for representatives of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any entity owned or controlled by the PRC or CCP. (b) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the USAGM shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report describing whether or not any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, has provided at any time during the five year period immediately preceding such report an open platform for representatives of the PRC, members of the CCP, or any entity owned or controlled by the PRC or CCP. Such report shall be made available on a publicly available website by the Federal Government.

Summary: No Taxpayer Funded Platform for Chinese Communists Act This bill prohibits using federal funds made available to the U.S. Agency for Global Media to provide an open platform for representatives of the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any entity owned or controlled by the Chinese government or by the CCP.
To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.

To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes. 1. Eligibility of certain areas to receive Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power Section 5(a) of Public Law 89–108 (6) Eligibility of certain irrigation districts to receive pumping power (A) Definition of eligible irrigation district In this paragraph, the term eligible irrigation district (i) the test area referred to in paragraph (1); or (ii) an area within the 28,000-acre area described in paragraph (3) that is analyzed by the Secretary but not developed under that paragraph. (B) Eligibility An eligible irrigation district shall be eligible to receive Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power— (i) subject to any terms and at any rates established by the Secretary; and (ii) in accordance with a contract entered into under subparagraph (C). (C) Contract (i) In general Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary may enter into a contract with an eligible irrigation district to provide Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power to the eligible irrigation district. (ii) Requirement No Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power may be delivered to an eligible irrigation district under this paragraph until the date on which a contract authorizing the delivery to the irrigation district is executed under clause (i). .

Summary: This bill makes certain irrigation districts in North Dakota eligible to receive pumping power (i.e., hydropower) from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, subject to the terms and rates established by the Bureau of Reclamation. Under this bill, an irrigation district must enter into a contract with Reclamation to receive such pumping power.
National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2021

To amend the FAST Act to add activities relating to the extraction, recovery, or processing of certain materials to the definition of a critical project, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2021 2. Permit process for projects relating to extraction, recovery, or processing of critical materials (a) Definition of covered project Section 41001(6)(A) of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A) (1) in clause (i)(III), by striking ; or (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following: (iii) is related to the extraction, recovery, or processing from coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, pre-or post-combustion coal byproducts, or acid mine drainage from coal mines of one of the following materials: (I) Critical minerals (as such term is defined in section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020). (II) Rare earth elements. (III) Microfine carbon or carbon from coal. . (b) Report Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report evaluating the timeliness of implementation of reforms of the permitting process required as a result of the amendments made by this Act on the following: (1) The economic and national security of the United States. (2) Domestic production and supply of critical minerals, rare earths, and microfine carbon or carbon from coal.

Summary: National Security Through America's Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2021 This bill revises and expedites the environmental review process for projects that extract, recover, or process critical minerals, rare-earth elements, or carbon from coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, pre-or post-combustion coal byproducts, or acid mine drainage from coal mines.
Pipeline and Compressor Safety Verification Act of 2021

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to revoke a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act as such certificate applies to the Weymouth Compressor Station, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pipeline and Compressor Safety Verification Act of 2021 2. Revocations (a) Weymouth Compressor Station (1) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue an order revoking the certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and operation of the Atlantic Bridge Project and issued under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717f (2) Future actions After issuing an order under paragraph (1), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not, with respect to the proposed Weymouth Compressor Station in Weymouth, Massachusetts, issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717f (A) The Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security for Massachusetts. (B) The State Fire Marshal for Massachusetts. (C) The Director of the Massachusetts Pipeline Safety Division. (b) West Roxbury Lateral (1) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue an order revoking the certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and operation of the Algonquin Incremental Market Project and issued under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717f West Roxbury Lateral (2) Future actions After issuing an order under paragraph (1), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not, with respect to the West Roxbury Lateral, issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717f (A) The Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security for Massachusetts. (B) The State Fire Marshal for Massachusetts. (C) The Director of the Massachusetts Pipeline Safety Division.

Summary: Pipeline and Compressor Safety Verification Act of 2021 This bill prohibits the construction and operation of specified natural gas projects until certain Massachusetts state agencies certify that such projects do not pose a danger to surrounding residential communities and the general public. Specifically, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must revoke the certificates of public convenience and necessity it issued authorizing the construction and operation of the Weymouth Compressor Station (Atlantic Bridge Project)in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline (Algonquin Incremental Market Project)in Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts, until it receives written certification from the state agencies.
Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021

To adjust the applicability of certain amendments to the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021 2. Applicability of certain amendments to the Truth in Lending Act (a) In general Effective on the date of enactment of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act ( Public Law 115–174 (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to private education loan agreements entered into before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act. . (b) Treasury loan purchase program (1) In general The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall purchase and retire outstanding private education loans— (A) where the borrower on such loan is deceased; (B) where there remains a cosigner on the loan; (C) that were entered into before the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act; and (D) only upon an application from a holder of such loan pursuant to paragraph (2) that demonstrates the holder has suffered financial injury as a result of the amendment made by subsection (a). (2) Application The holder of a loan described under paragraph (1) may apply to the Secretary of the Treasury to have the Secretary purchase and retire such loan by submitting an application in such form and manner as the Secretary may require. (3) Authorization of appropriation There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury $5,000,000 to carry out this subsection. (4) Truth in Lending Act terms In this subsection, the terms cosigner private education loan 15 U.S.C. 1650

Summary: Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021 This bill retroactively applies certain borrower protections related to cosigners of private student loans. Specifically, all private student loan agreements must (1) prohibit creditors from declaring a default or accelerating the debt of a private student loan on the sole basis of the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner to such a loan, and (2) require loan holders to release a cosigner from any obligation upon the death of the student borrower. Under current law, these protections apply only to private student loan agreements entered into on or after November 20, 2018. Additionally, the Department of the Treasury must establish a program to purchase and retire such private student loans from loan holders suffering financial injury as a result of this bill.
Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act

To allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act 2. Purchase of retired handguns by Federal law enforcement officers (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall establish a program under which a Federal law enforcement officer may purchase a retired handgun from the Federal agency that issued the handgun to such officer. (b) Limitations A Federal law enforcement officer may purchase a retired handgun under subsection (a) if— (1) the purchase is made during the 6-month period beginning on the date the handgun was so retired; (2) with respect to such purchase, the officer has passed a background check within 30 days of purchase under the national instant criminal background check system established under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; and (3) with respect to such purchase, the officer is in good standing with the Federal agency that employs such officer. (c) Cost A handgun purchased under this section shall be sold at the fair market value for such handgun taking into account the age and condition of the handgun. (d) Sense of Congress on use of funds It is the sense of Congress that any amounts received by the Government from the sale of a handgun under this section should be transferred and used to fund evidence-based gun violence prevention or gun safety education and training programs. (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the term Federal law enforcement officer (2) the term handgun (3) the term retired handgun

Summary: Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act This bill directs the General Services Administration to establish a program under which a federal law enforcement officer may purchase a retired handgun from the agency that issued the handgun to the officer. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that amounts received from the sale of handguns should be used for evidence-based gun violence prevention or gun safety education and training programs.
RIFLE Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act RIFLE Act 2. Repeal of certain taxes relating to firearms (a) Firearm transfer tax repealed Section 5811 (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 4182(a) of such Code is hereby repealed. (2) Section 5846 of such Code is amended by striking , 5811, (3) Section 5852 of such Code is amended by striking section 5811 section 5811 (as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act (4) Section 5853 of such Code is amended by striking section 5811 section 5811 (as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act (5) Section 5854 of such Code is amended by striking section 5811 section 5811 (as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to transfers after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to place any firearms regulated under Chapter 53

Summary: Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises Act or the RIFLE Act This bill repeals the excise tax on the transfer of firearms. The bill shall not be construed as placing any regulated firearms under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
TRICARE Retiree Protection Act

To allow certain retiree beneficiaries to reenroll in, and establish monthly enrollment fee payment for, TRICARE Select at any time during 2021, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TRICARE Retiree Protection Act 2. Reenrollment and establishment of monthly enrollment fee payment for TRICARE Select by certain retiree beneficiaries (a) In general If the Secretary of Defense determines, based on an assertion submitted pursuant to subsection (b)(3), that a covered beneficiary described in subsection (b) has not received covered notice, such covered beneficiary may, at any time during 2021, reenroll in TRICARE Select. (b) Covered beneficiaries A covered beneficiary described in this subsection is any covered beneficiary in the retired category who— (1) is enrolled in TRICARE Select as of December 31, 2020; (2) during the 2020 TRICARE Open Season, did not establish monthly enrollment fee payment for TRICARE Select for 2021; and (3) submits to the Secretary an assertion that the covered beneficiary has not received covered notice. (c) Reenrollment requirements (1) In general A covered beneficiary who reenrolls in TRICARE Select pursuant to subsection (a) shall, at the time of reenrollment— (A) pay a portion of the annual enrollment fee for TRICARE Select for 2021 equal to— (i) the monthly enrollment fee payment for TRICARE Select during 2021 applicable to the covered beneficiary; multiplied by (ii) the number of months in 2021 that have elapsed as of the date of reenrollment; and (B) establish monthly enrollment fee payment for TRICARE Select during 2021 for the remaining months of 2021. (2) Partial month For purposes of paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the month in which a covered beneficiary reenrolls in TRICARE Select shall be treated as a full month. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) The terms covered beneficiary TRICARE program (2) The term covered beneficiary in the retired category (3) The term covered notice (4) The term TRICARE Select (5) The term 2020 TRICARE Open Season

Summary: TRICARE Retiree Protection Act This bill authorizes a covered beneficiary who is enrolled in TRICARE Select to reenroll in TRICARE Select at any time during 2021. Covered beneficiaries are those in the retired category who (1) enrolled in TRICARE Select as of December 31, 2020, (2) did not establish a monthly enrollment fee payment during the 2020 TRICARE Open Season, and (3) submit an assertion that they did not receive notice regarding the process to enroll in and establish a monthly enrollment fee payment for TRICARE Select for 2021. A covered beneficiary who reenrolls in TRICARE Select must, at the time of enrollment, pay a portion of the annual enrollment fee and establish a monthly enrollment fee payment for the remaining months of 2021.