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DO NOT Call Act of 2021

To modify the penalties for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1993. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious, and Outrageous Telephone Calls Act of 2021 DO NOT Call Act of 2021 2. Penalties for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1993 (a) Criminal penalties (1) In general Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227 (k) Criminal penalties (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person who willfully and knowingly violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than 1 year, fined under title 18, United States Code, or both. (2) Aggravated offense Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than 3 years, fined under title 18, United States Code, or both if— (A) the person has previously been convicted under this subsection; (B) the offense involved initiating more than— (i) 100,000 calls in a 24-hour period; (ii) 1,000,000 calls in a 30-day period; or (iii) 10,000,000 calls in a 1-year period; (C) the person committed the offense with the intent to use the calls in furtherance of a felony or conspiracy to commit a felony; or (D) the offense caused loss to 1 or more persons aggregating $5,000 or more in value during any 1-year period. (3) Definitions For purposes of this subsection— (A) the term call (B) the term initiate . (2) Technical and conforming amendment Section 227(e)(5)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(5)(B) section 501 subsection (k) (b) Increased penalties for provision of inaccurate caller identification information Section 227(e)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(5) (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking $10,000 $20,000 (2) in subparagraph (B), in the first sentence, by striking $10,000 $20,000

Summary: Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious, and Outrageous Telephone Calls Act of 2021 or the DO NOT Call Act of 2021 This bill increases and establishes criminal penalties, which include imprisonment for up to one year, for an intentional violation of the prohibition on automated telephone marketing and messaging. In addition, a person may be imprisoned for up to three years for an aggravated violation of such prohibition if the person (1) previously has been convicted of such an offense, (2) initiates a certain high volume of such calls during specified periods of time, (3) commits the offense in the furtherance of a felony, or (4) causes losses of at least $5,000 during any one year period to one or more persons. The bill also increases from $10,000 to $20,000 the fine for intentionally transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.
Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act 2. Permanent authority to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing Paragraph (1) of section 2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (I) The amounts that are appropriated to carry out such subsections for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter. .

Summary: Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act This bill permanently extends the authorization for the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing.
APPRISE Act

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure representatives of aviation roundtables may participate in the NextGen performance-based navigation implementation process of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the All Participating in Process Reaching Informed Solutions for Everyone Act APPRISE Act 2. Performance-based navigation implementation process (a) In general In carrying out the implementation process for NextGen performance-based navigation (as described in FAA Order JO7100.41A, or any subsequent similar order), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall ensure that any covered aviation roundtable may appoint a technical representative or consultant to participate as member of the core working group or the full working group of such process on the same terms and conditions as a representative of the industry, an airport, or a participating proponent of a procedure. (b) Covered aviation roundtable defined The term covered aviation roundtable (1) that is the actual or de facto proponent of a proposed new or modified performance-based navigation flight procedure; or (2) for which the modified procedure path to be implemented in the process described in subsection (a) is within 5 miles of the jurisdictional area of the aviation roundtable. (c) Report to Congress Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the progress made toward implementing the requirements under subsection (a).

Summary: All Participating in Process Reaching Informed Solutions for Everyone Act or the APPRISE Act This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that an aviation roundtable technical representative or consultant is allowed to participate in the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) performance-based navigation implementation process for new or modified flight procedures affecting their communities. NextGen performance-based navigation is an advanced, satellite-enabled form of air navigation that creates 3-D flight paths.
Equal Pay for Equal Work Act

To establish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act 2. National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force (a) In general There is established the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, consisting of representatives from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and the Office of Personnel Management. (b) Mission In order to improve compliance, public education, and enforcement of equal pay laws, the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force will ensure that the agencies in subsection (a) are coordinating efforts and limiting potential gaps in enforcement. (c) Duties The National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force shall investigate challenges related to pay inequity pursuant to its mission in subsection (b), advance recommendations to address those challenges, and create action plans to implement the recommendations.

Summary: Equal Pay for Equal Work Act This bill establishes the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force to improve enforcement of equal pay laws.
For the relief of Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia.

For the relief of Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia. 1. Permanent resident status for Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia (a) In General Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (b) Adjustment of Status If Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia enters the United States before the filing deadline specified in subsection (c), she shall be considered to have entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (c) Waiver of grounds for removal or denial of admission (1) In general Notwithstanding sections 212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia may not be removed from the United States, denied admission to the United States, or considered ineligible for lawful permanent residence in the United States by reason of any ground for removal or denial of admission that is reflected in the records of the Department of Homeland Security or the Visa Office of the Department of State on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Rescission of outstanding order of removal The Secretary of Homeland Security shall rescind any outstanding order of removal or deportation, or any finding of inadmissibility or deportability, that has been entered against Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia by reason of any ground described in paragraph (1). (d) Deadline for Application and Payment of Fees Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the application for issuance of an immigrant visa or the application for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) Reduction of Immigrant Visa Number Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent residence to Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current or next following fiscal year, the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (f) Denial of Preferential Immigration Treatment for Certain Relatives The natural parents, brothers, and sisters of Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia shall not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act

Summary: Provides for the relief of Rosa Aurora Sabido-Valdivia.
Children’s Mental Health Infrastructure Act of 2021

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to children’s hospitals for increasing their capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Children’s Mental Health Infrastructure Act of 2021 2. Increasing Federal investment in pediatric behavioral health services Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b et seq. VI Increasing Investment in Pediatric Behavioral Health Services 340A–1. Grants to children’s hospitals (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of improving their ability to provide pediatric behavioral health services, including by— (1) constructing or modernizing sites of care for pediatric behavioral health services; (2) expanding capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services, including enhancements to digital infrastructure, telehealth capabilities, or other improvements to patient care infrastructure; and (3) supporting the reallocation of existing resources to accommodate pediatric behavioral health patients, including by— (A) converting or adding a sufficient number of beds to establish or increase the hospital’s inventory of licensed and operational, short-term psychiatric and substance use inpatient beds; and (B) ensuring compliance with safety standards. (b) Eligibility To be eligible to seek a grant under this section, an entity shall be a hospital that predominantly treats individuals under the age of 21, including any hospital that receives funds under section 340E. (c) Funding To carry out this section, there is hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise obligated, $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. .

Summary: Children's Mental Health Infrastructure Act of 2021 This bill provides funding through FY2026 to the Health Resources and Services Administration for grants to improve the capacity of children's hospitals to provide pediatric behavioral health services, including by modernizing sites of care and enhancing telehealth capabilities.
Manatee Protection Act of 2021

To designate the West Indian manatee as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Manatee Protection Act of 2021 2. West Indian manatee designated endangered species (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the species known as the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. (b) Listing of West Indian manatee Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall include the species known as the West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)

Summary: Manatee Protection Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to include the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in the endangered species list and give the species protections provided to endangered species.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts. 1. Prohibition on lobbying contacts by former Members of Congress (a) In general Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (1) is amended to read as follows: (1) Members of Congress (A) In general Any person who is a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives and who, after that person leaves office, knowingly makes any lobbying contact to a covered executive branch official, or to any Member, officer, or employee of either House of Congress, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title. (B) Definitions In this paragraph, the terms lobbying contact covered executive branch official 2 U.S.C. 1602 . (2) Paragraph (2) is amended— (A) by striking (2) Any person (2) Officers and certain staff (A) Officers and staff of the Senate Any person ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (B) Officers of the House of Representatives (i) Any person who is an elected officer of the House of Representatives and who, within 1 year after that person leaves office, knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, any communication to or appearance before any of the persons described in clause (ii), on behalf of any other person (except the United States) in connection with any matter on which such elected officer seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee of either House of Congress, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title. (ii) The persons referred to in clause (i) with respect to appearances or communications by a former elected officer are any Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to individuals who leave office or employment to which such amendments apply on or after the date of adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress sine die or December 31, 2021, whichever date is earlier.

Summary: This bill revises post-employment lobbying restrictions on former Members of Congress. Specifically, it makes permanent the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).
National Firearms Amendments Act of 2021

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to subject to the requirements of the National Firearms Act any semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Firearms Amendments Act of 2021 2. Semiautomatic rifle with capacity to accept detachable magazine treated as firearm under National Firearms Act (a) In general Section 5845(a) (1) by striking ; and (8) a destructive device. ; (8) a destructive device; and (9) a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun that has the capacity to accept a detachable ammunition feeding device. (2) by adding at the end the following: The term detachable ammunition feeding device ammunition feeding device semiautomatic rifle or shotgun (b) Applicability Any person who, on the date of the enactment of this Act, lawfully owns or possesses a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun (as defined in section 5845(a) of such Code, as amended by this Act) that has the capacity to accept a detachable ammunition feeding device (as defined in such section) shall, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, register the semiautomatic rifle or shotgun in accordance with section 5841 of such Code. Such registration shall become a part of the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record required to be maintained by such section. The prohibition on possession of an unregistered firearm under section 5861 of such Code shall not apply to possession of such a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun that has the capacity to accept such a detachable ammunition feeding device on any date that is 120 days or less after the enactment of this Act. (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.

Summary: National Firearms Amendments Act of 2021 This bill includes within the definition of firearm under the National Firearms Act a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun that has the capacity to accept a detachable ammunition feeding device.
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require the announcement of the penalty for interference with cabin or flight crew, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require the announcement of the penalty for interference with cabin or flight crew, and for other purposes. 1. Rulemaking for flight announcement requirements Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall issue such regulations as are necessary to require the automated announcement of the penalty for interference with cabin or flight crew under section 46318 of title 49, United States Code, through an intercommunication system in an airport terminal.

Summary: This bill requires airports to broadcast in terminals automated announcements about the penalty for interfering with cabin or flight crews.
POST Act

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to raise public awareness for skilled trade programs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Opportunities in Skilled Trades Act POST Act 2. Innovation and modernization Sec. 114(e)(7) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2324(e)(7) (M) Raising public awareness and conducting public service announcements about career and technical education programs and community-based and youth services organizations, including through social media campaigns, elementary and secondary school showcases and school visits, and other endeavors focused on programs such as skilled trade and other programs that prepare students (especially students in underrepresented geographic areas) for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or occupations in current or emerging professions and in non-traditional fields. . 3. Local uses of funds Section 135(b) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2355(b) (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting before the semicolon the following: , including to support career and technical education faculty, academic advisors, and guidance counselors in providing guidance and career options in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or occupations in current or emerging professions and in non-traditional fields (including skilled trade) (2) in paragraph (5)(K), by inserting before the semicolon the following: , guidance and counseling on postsecondary education and career options in nontraditional fields (including skilled trade), and professional development that ensures guidance counselors in academic counseling programs have the skills to inform students of the value of career and technical education programs and pathways in geographical areas relevant to the students

Summary: Promoting Opportunities in Skilled Trades Act or the POST Act This bill allows recipients of existing federal career and technical education funds to use those funds to raise awareness for skilled trade programs and other programs that prepare students for in-demand occupations.
Stop COVID Bonuses for Elected Officials Act

To prohibit certain elected officials from receiving premium pay as eligible workers through the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop COVID Bonuses for Elected Officials Act 2. Workers eligible for Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds (a) Ineligibility of elected public officials Section 602(g)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 802(g)(2) The term eligible workers (A) In general The term eligible workers (B) Exception An elected public official with authority to designate who is eligible to receive premium pay under this section shall not be an eligible worker, except that such an elected official who performs other work during the COVID–19 public health emergency that is unrelated to the elected official’s duties may be considered an eligible worker for such other work so long as individuals performing such work who are not elected public officials are designated as eligible workers. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to funds provided under a payment made under section 602 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 802

Summary: Stop COVID Bonuses for Elected Officials Act This bill prohibits certain elected officials from receiving premium pay as eligible workers through the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. Eligible workers means those workers needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors and additional sectors as each governor of a state or territory, or each tribal government, may designate as critical to protect the health and well-being of the residents of their state, territory, or tribal government. The bill makes an exception for an elected official who performs other work during the COVID-19 public health emergency that is unrelated to the elected official's duties.