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Title: Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act
This bill extends the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission through September 25, 2029.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2158

To extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory 
                              Commission.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2021

Mr. Markey (for himself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory 
                              Commission.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory 
Commission Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE ADVISORY COMMISSION.

    Effective September 26, 2018, section 8(a) of Public Law 87-126 (16 
U.S.C. 459b-7(a)) is amended in the second sentence by striking 
``2018'' and inserting ``2029''.
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Title: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the "James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office".
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the "James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office."

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3319

 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers 
                           Jr. Post Office''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 7, 2021

  Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers 
                           Jr. Post Office''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. JAMES A. ROGERS JR. POST OFFICE.

    (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, shall be known 
and designated as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to 
in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``James A. 
Rogers Jr. Post Office''.
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Title: Stopping Doctor Shortages Act
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Stopping Doctor Shortages Act
This bill makes certain full-time health care practitioners eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Specifically, the bill extends program eligibility to health care practitioners who work at a nonprofit or public hospital or facility but are prohibited under state law from being directly employed by the hospital or facility.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 311 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 311

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment 
   as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan 
                  forgiveness, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2021

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment 
   as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan 
                  forgiveness, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Doctor Shortages Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN 
              FORGIVENESS.

    Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(m)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Full-time professionals engaged in health 
                care practitioner occupations.--The term `full-time 
                professionals engaged in health care practitioner 
                occupations' includes an individual who--
                            ``(i) has a full-time job as a health care 
                        practitioner;
                            ``(ii) provides medical services in such 
                        full-time job at a nonprofit hospital or public 
                        hospital or other nonprofit or public health 
                        care facility; and
                            ``(iii) is prohibited from being employed 
                        directly by such hospital or other health care 
                        facility by State law.''.
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Title: No Free TRIPS Act
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
No Free TRIPS Act
This bill prohibits the U.S. government from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal from or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) without explicit authorization from Congress.
The TRIPS Agreement is one of several international agreements that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In October 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several WTO members proposed a waiver of some TRIPS obligations, including obligations related to national patent laws.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4063 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4063

     To prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any 
  withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on 
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit 
                      authorization from Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 7, 2022

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Cramer, 
    Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Lee) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit the President from negotiating or concluding any 
  withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the Agreement on 
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights without explicit 
                      authorization from Congress.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Free TRIPS Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED 
              ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--The President, and any official, employee, or 
agent of the United States, may not negotiate or conclude any 
withdrawal, suspension, waiver, or modification to the TRIPS Agreement 
without obtaining explicit authorization from Congress before beginning 
negotiations with respect to that withdrawal, suspension, or 
modification.
    (b) TRIPS Agreement Defined.--In this section, the term ``TRIPS 
Agreement'' means the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15)).
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Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
This bill requires the national instant criminal background check system to automatically notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and relevant state and local law enforcement agencies when the system indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1261

  To require the national instant criminal background check system to 
notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State 
 and local law enforcement agencies whenever information contained in 
 the system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in 
           the United States attempted to receive a firearm.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 21, 2021

Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. 
    Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To require the national instant criminal background check system to 
notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State 
 and local law enforcement agencies whenever information contained in 
 the system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully in 
           the United States attempted to receive a firearm.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION BY NICS TO ICE AND STATE AND LOCAL LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF ATTEMPTED RECEIPT OF FIREARM BY 
              ALIEN WHO IS ILLEGALLY OR UNLAWFULLY IN THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    Section 103(e) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 
U.S.C. 40901(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Notification to ice and state and local law 
        enforcement agencies of attempted receipt of firearm by person 
        illegally or unlawfully in the united states.--Whenever 
        information contained in the system established under this 
        section indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is 
        illegally or unlawfully in the United States, the system shall 
        automatically notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
        and relevant State and local law enforcement agencies that an 
        alien may have attempted to receive a firearm in violation of 
        section 922(g)(5)(A) of title 18, United States Code, and 
        include all relevant information contained in the system.''.
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Title: Keeping Our Commitment to Overseas Veterans Act of 2022
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Keeping Our Commitment to Overseas Veterans Act of 2022
This bill reauthorizes the operation of the Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in the Philippines through September 30, 2023.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4960 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4960

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for 
   operation of a Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in 
    Manila, the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 27, 2022

  Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for 
   operation of a Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in 
    Manila, the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Our Commitment to Overseas 
Veterans Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA, THE REPUBLIC OF THE 
              PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

    Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2022'' and inserting ``September 30, 2023''.
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Title: A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations for the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
This bill authorizes appropriations for the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund for each fiscal year to promote and support agricultural research and development activities that are of mutual benefit to the United States and Israel.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1518 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1518

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
 Policy Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations for the United States-
     Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2021

Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
 Policy Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations for the United States-
     Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL BINATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND 
              DEVELOPMENT FUND.

    Section 1458(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``entered into'' and 
        inserting ``as entered into in 1977''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the BARD Fund such sums as are 
        necessary to carry out activities under this subsection for 
        each fiscal year.''.
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Title: SAME Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Second Amendment Mandates Equality Act or the SAME Act
This bill reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1373 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1373

To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at 
 which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2021

 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
 Braun, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; which 
     was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at 
 which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Second Amendment Mandates Equality 
Act'' or the ``SAME Act''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM AGE FOR OBTAINING A HANDGUN FROM A FEDERAL FIREARMS 
              LICENSEE.

    (a) In General.--Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other 
than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any 
individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is 
less than twenty-one years of age''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 922(c)(1) of such title is 
amended by striking ``, in the case of any firearm other than a shotgun 
or a rifle, I am twenty-one years or more of age, or that, in the case 
of a shotgun or a rifle,''.
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Title: Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act
This bill prohibits any federal agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of Russia's sovereignty over any internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, including its airspace and territorial waters.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4937 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4937

 To prohibit the United States Government from recognizing the Russian 
  Federation's claim of sovereignty over any portion of the sovereign 
             territory of Ukraine, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2022

    Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
Portman, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cardin, 
 Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Coons, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Casey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
   King, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
   Merkley, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
 Markey, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Warnock, and Mr. Padilla) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the United States Government from recognizing the Russian 
  Federation's claim of sovereignty over any portion of the sovereign 
             territory of Ukraine, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Non-Recognition of Russian 
Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES RECOGNITION OF THE RUSSIAN 
              FEDERATION'S CLAIM OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER ANY PORTION OF 
              UKRAINE.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States not 
to recognize the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty over any 
portion of the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, 
including its airspace and its territorial waters.
    (b) Prohibition.--In accordance with subsection (a), no Federal 
department or agency may take any action or extend any assistance that 
implies recognition of the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty 
over any portion of the internationally recognized territory of 
Ukraine, including its airspace and its territorial waters.
                                 <all>
Title: Hammers' Law
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Hammers' Law
This bill makes additional compensation recoverable for nonpecuniary damages (but not punitive damages) for deaths resulting from a passenger cruise ship voyage accident occurring on the high seas beyond 12 nautical miles from the U.S. shore.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4034 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4034

    To provide authorization for nonpecuniary damages in an action 
    resulting from a cruise ship voyage occurring on the high seas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 7, 2022

Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To provide authorization for nonpecuniary damages in an action 
    resulting from a cruise ship voyage occurring on the high seas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hammers' Law''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS IN CERTAIN CASES.

    (a) In General.--Section 30307 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``Commercial 
        aviation accidents'' and inserting ``Limitations in certain 
        cases'';
            (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Cruise ship.--The term `cruise ship' means a 
        passenger vessel, other than a vessel of the United States 
        operated by the Federal Government or a vessel owned and 
        operated by a State, that--
                    ``(A) is authorized to carry at least 250 
                passengers;
                    ``(B) has onboard sleeping facilities for each 
                passenger;
                    ``(C) is on a voyage that embarks or disembarks 
                passengers in the United States; and
                    ``(D) is not engaged on a coastwise voyage.
            ``(2) Nonpecuniary damages.--The term `nonpecuniary 
        damages' means damages for loss of care, comfort, and 
        companionship.'';
            (3) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or cruise ship 
        voyage'' after ``commercial aviation''; and
            (4) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or cruise ship 
        voyage'' after ``commercial aviation''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 303 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 30307 and inserting the following:

``30307. Limitations in certain cases.''.
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Title: United States Enrichment Corporation Fund Termination and Transfer Act
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
United States Enrichment Corporation Fund Termination and Transfer Act
This bill terminates the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) Fund and rescinds all amounts currently in the fund. The fund was established to assist the USEC, a government corporation, with providing uranium enrichment services for the federal government and utilities that operate nuclear power plants. USEC was privatized in 1998, thus eliminating the need for the fund.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2733 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2733

To terminate the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund and transfer 
                   remaining amounts to the Treasury.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 14, 2021

 Ms. Hassan (for herself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To terminate the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund and transfer 
                   remaining amounts to the Treasury.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States Enrichment Corporation 
Fund Termination and Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION FUND.

    (a) Definition of Fund.--In this section, the term ``Fund'' means 
the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund established by section 
1308 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 921, chapter 1073; 106 
Stat. 2929) (repealed by section 3116(a)(1) of the Omnibus Consolidated 
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 
Stat. 1321-349)).
    (b) Rescission of Amounts.--All amounts in the Fund as of the date 
of enactment of this Act are rescinded.
    (c) Transfer of Amounts.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer all amounts in the Fund to the general fund of the Treasury.
    (d) Termination of Fund.--The Fund shall terminate on completion of 
the transfer under subsection (c).
    (e) Deposit of Amounts.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act, any amounts required to be deposited in the Fund under any other 
law shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
                                 <all>
Title: COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Consolidation Act of 2021
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Consolidation Act of 2021
This bill extends through March 27, 2022, bankruptcy protections that currently expire December 27, 2021, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic. These provisions include those that (1) provide for discharge of certain debts, (2) prohibit denying a party COVID-related mortgage or eviction relief due to a party being a debtor in bankruptcy, and (3) protect against termination of utility services in certain circumstances.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3437 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3437

 To extend certain COVID-19 bankruptcy relief provisions through March 
                               27, 2022.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 18 (legislative day, December 17), 2021

  Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To extend certain COVID-19 bankruptcy relief provisions through March 
                               27, 2022.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension 
Consolidation Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSIONS.

    Section 1001 of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116-260; 124 Stat. 3216) is amended by striking ``the 
date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act'' each 
place the term appears and inserting ``March 27, 2022''.
                                 <all>
Title: Keeping Your Retirement Act of 2021
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
Keeping Your Retirement Act of 2021
This bill increases from 72 to 75 the age for mandatory distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1959 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1959

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age for 
  required mandatory distributions from retirement accounts, and for 
                            other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2021

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age for 
  required mandatory distributions from retirement accounts, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Your Retirement Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGE FOR REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE FOR MANDATORY 
              DISTRIBUTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 401(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``age 72'' and inserting ``age 
75''.
    (b) Spouse Beneficiaries; Special Rule for Owners.--Subparagraphs 
(B)(iv)(I) and (C)(ii)(I) of section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 are each amended by striking ``age 72'' and inserting 
``age 75''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The last sentence of section 408(b) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``age 72'' and 
inserting ``age 75''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to distributions required to be made after December 31, 2021, 
with respect to individuals who attain age 72 after such date.
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Title: A bill to authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States from 1941 to 1945.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This bill authorizes Hershel Woodrow Williams, who is the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor for acts performed during World War II, to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda upon his death.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3358 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3358

  To authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in 
state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War 
    II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 
 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United 
                       States from 1941 to 1945.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2021

Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Romney, Mr. 
   Cotton, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Tester, Mr. Cruz, and Ms. Duckworth) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in 
state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War 
    II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 
 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United 
                       States from 1941 to 1945.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HONORING HERSHEL WOODROW ``WOODY'' WILLIAMS AS THE LAST 
              SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT OF WORLD WAR II.

    (a) Use of Rotunda.--Upon his death, Hershel Woodrow ``Woody'' 
Williams, who is the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor for 
acts performed during World War II, shall be permitted to lie in state 
in the rotunda of the United States Capitol if he or his next of kin so 
elects.
    (b) Implementation.--The Architect of the Capitol, under the 
direction of the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, shall take the necessary steps to 
implement subsection (a).
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Title: Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
This bill freezes the minimum wage for H-2A (temporary agricultural workers) in certain states through December 31, 2022.
Specifically, the bill prohibits an increase to the adverse effect wage rate for H-2A workers in any state (1) that had an unemployment rate of not more than 5% in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' August 2021 report; or (2) where the food price index, according to bureau reports, increased by more than 3% between December 2020 and September 2021 and the governor requests a freeze to the adverse effect wage rate.
(Generally, the minimum wage for an H-2A worker is the highest of the adverse effect wage rate, the prevailing hourly wage or piece rate, the federal minimum wage, or the applicable state minimum wage.)

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3134 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3134

To maintain 2021 H-2A adverse effect wage rates for calendar year 2022 
                to stabilize United States food prices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2021

   Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Graham) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To maintain 2021 H-2A adverse effect wage rates for calendar year 2022 
                to stabilize United States food prices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Food Local and Affordable Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. STAY OF ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE RATE INCREASES.

    (a) Prohibition of Modification.--The adverse effect wage rate 
required to be paid under section 655.1308 of title 20, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to nonimmigrants admitted under 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)), 
as in effect on October 1, 2021, shall remain the adverse effect wage 
rate for such employees through December 31, 2022, in any State--
            (1) that had an unemployment rate of not more than 5 
        percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' August 
        2021 report; or
            (2)(A) in which the Food Price Index, according to the 
        relevant Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index 
        reports, increased by more than 3 percent between December 2020 
        and September 2021; and
            (B) whose governor submits a request to the Secretary of 
        Labor not later than December 15, 2021, to freeze such adverse 
        effect wage rate with respect to such employees.
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Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the carbon oxide sequestration credit.
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
This bill increases the applicable dollar amount of the carbon oxide sequestration tax credit for taxable years after 2021.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2230 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2230

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the carbon oxide 
                         sequestration credit.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2021

 Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
Smith, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Hoeven) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the carbon oxide 
                         sequestration credit.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ENHANCEMENT OF CARBON OXIDE SEQUESTRATION CREDIT.

    (a) Increase in Applicable Dollar Amount.--Subparagraph (A) of 
section 45Q(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to 
read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--For any taxable year beginning 
                in a calendar year after 2021, the applicable dollar 
                amount shall be an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) for purposes of paragraph (3) of 
                        subsection (a), an amount equal to the product 
                        of $85 and the inflation adjustment factor for 
                        such calendar year determined under section 
                        43(b)(3)(B) for such calendar year, determined 
                        by substituting `2020' for `1990', and
                            ``(ii) for purposes of paragraph (4) of 
                        such subsection, an amount equal to the product 
                        of $60 and the inflation adjustment factor for 
                        such calendar year determined under section 
                        43(b)(3)(B) for such calendar year, determined 
                        by substituting `2025' for `1990.'''.
    (b) Definition of Qualified Facility.--Paragraph (2) of section 
45Q(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(2) at which carbon capture equipment installed at such 
        facility captures qualified carbon oxide during the taxable 
        year.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.
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Title: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2022
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2022
This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that limit, for purposes of Medicare participation, self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4130 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4130

   To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare 
    exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for 
                   hospitals, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 3, 2022

Mr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
 Young, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
 Cassidy, and Mr. Paul) introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare 
    exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for 
                   hospitals, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Access to Higher Quality 
Health Care Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF HEALTH CARE REFORM PROVISIONS LIMITING MEDICARE 
              EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PHYSICIAN 
              REFERRALS FOR HOSPITALS.

    Sections 6001 and 10601 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 684, 1005) and section 1106 of 
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-152; 124 Stat. 1049) are repealed and the provisions of law amended 
by such sections are restored as if such sections had never been 
enacted.
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Title: A bill to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
This bill repeals a provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that requires the Department of Homeland Security to promulgate regulations to minimize the excessive use by contractors of subcontractors or tiers of subcontractors to perform the principal work of any contract for facilitating response to or recovery from a natural or man-made disaster.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3499 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3499

 To amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to 
     repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 13 (legislative day, January 10), 2022

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to 
     repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE DHS CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS.

    The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 1394) is amended by striking section 692 (6 
U.S.C. 792).
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Title: A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration make a technical correction to the Restaurant Revitalization program to allow distilleries that are prohibited by State law from meeting the onsite sales requirements under the program to participate in the program.
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to revise the rules for the Restaurant Revitalization program to enable certain distilleries that are prohibited from meeting on-site sales requirements to participate in the program. The program provides support to eligible food and beverage purveyors to cover specified costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2355 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2355

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration make 
  a technical correction to the Restaurant Revitalization program to 
 allow distilleries that are prohibited by State law from meeting the 
   onsite sales requirements under the program to participate in the 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 15, 2021

 Ms. Cantwell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration make 
  a technical correction to the Restaurant Revitalization program to 
 allow distilleries that are prohibited by State law from meeting the 
   onsite sales requirements under the program to participate in the 
                                program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION.

    The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall amend 
the rules relating to the Restaurant Revitalization program under 
section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2; 
135 Stat. 85; 15 U.S.C. 9009c) to allow a distillery that is located in 
a State the law of which sets a limit on the percentage of the gross 
receipts of a distillery that may come from onsite sales that is less 
than 33 percent to qualify as an eligible entity under such section if 
the combined total of the gross receipts of the distillery from onsite 
sales and sales to retailers for onsite sale is not less than 33 
percent.
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