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Hydrogen Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act

Bill: 117-s-3118
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Motor carriers
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Research and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: 

Hydrogen Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a hydrogen infrastructure finance and innovation pilot program. Under the program, DOE must provide grants and low-interest loans to certain entities for hydrogen infrastructure, including projects for hydrogen transportation, storage, or delivery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
CRUCIAL Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3119
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Australia
Congressional oversight
Europe
India
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Japan
Military operations and strategy
Oceania
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: 

Circumspectly Reducing Unintended Consequences Impairing Alliances and Leadership Act of 2021 or the CRUCIAL Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes requirements relating to the President's ability to impose sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in a significant transaction with the defense or intelligence sectors of Russia's government if the transaction involves a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. (The dialogue is a coalition comprised of the governments of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia.)
 
Specifically, before imposing such sanctions for a transaction involving a member of the dialogue, the President must certify to Congress that the government in question is not participating in the dialogue on security matters that are critical to U.S. strategic interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3120
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: 

Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill addresses the productivity and energy efficiency of the manufacturing sector as well as the development of smart manufacturing technologies (certain advanced technologies in information, automation, monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and networking).
 
Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) may make grants to states for supporting the implementation of smart manufacturing technologies. States must use those grants to (1) provide access to shared supercomputing facilities to small- and medium-sized manufacturers, (2) fund research and development of transformational manufacturing processes and materials technology that advance smart manufacturing, and (3) provide tools and training to aid the adoption of energy management systems and implement smart manufacturing technologies in the manufacturers' facilities.
 
In addition, DOE must expand the scope of technologies covered by its Industrial Assessment Centers to (1) include smart manufacturing technologies and practices, and (2) equip the centers' directors with the training and tools necessary to provide technical assistance in smart manufacturing technologies and practices.
 
 DOE must also (1) study how it can increase access to existing high-performance computing resources in its National Laboratories, and (2) facilitate access to the laboratories by small- and medium-sized manufacturers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting American Energy Jobs Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3121
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: 

Promoting American Energy Jobs Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish an Energy Jobs Council to (1) conduct a survey of employers in the energy, energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the U.S. economy; (2) preform an analysis of the employment figures and demographics in those sectors; and (3) publish a U.S. Energy and Employment Report that is based on the survey and analysis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Further Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3122
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Pollution liability
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: 

Further Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021 

 
This bill extends and revises provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, rail, and other surface transportation programs of the Department of Transportation.
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
extends FY2021 enacted levels of funding through December 3, 2021, for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs; and 
 
extends expenditure authority through December 4, 2021, for the Highway Trust Fund, Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: See also H.R. 5763.
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-3123
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-11-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: 
This bill provides a process by which the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Oregon may negotiate to amend or replace the existing agreement defining the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights.
 
The current agreement, which was made effective by a May 2, 1980, consent decree by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, serves as the exclusive and final determination of the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering rights. This bill instead allows an April 22, 1980, agreement between the United States, Oregon, and the tribe (known as the Siletz Agreement) to define the tribe's rights until and unless it is amended or replaced upon mutual agreement of the tribe and Oregon.
 
The bill allows the tribe and Oregon to return to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to request the modification or termination of the May 2, 1980, consent decree.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-518.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in Senate
National Patient ID Repeal Act

Bill: 117-s-3124
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-11-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: 

National Patient ID Repeal Act

 
This bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services adopt a standard unique health identifier for each individual, employer, health plan, and health care provider.
 
The provision has not been implemented to date because language included in annual appropriations acts has prohibited the use of federal funds for developing a unique identifier. However, some appropriations bills introduced in recent years have not included this funding restriction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Aviation Emissions Reduction Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-s-3125
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-11-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: 

Aviation Emissions Reduction Opportunity Act or the AERO Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to award competitive grants for projects in the United States that support the production and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel or the development of low-emission aviation technologies. Eligible grantees include, among others, state or local governments, air carriers, and research institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-3126
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-11-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: 
This bill provides a process by which the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and Oregon may negotiate to amend or replace the existing agreement defining the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights.
 
The current agreement, which was made effective by a January 12, 1987, consent decree by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, serves as the exclusive and final determination of the tribe's hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering rights. This bill instead allows a December 2, 1986, agreement between the United States, Oregon, and the tribe (known as the Grand Ronde Hunting and Fishing Agreement) to define the tribe's rights until and unless it is amended or replaced upon mutual agreement of the tribe and Oregon.
 
The bill allows the tribe and Oregon to return to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to request the modification or termination of the January 12, 1987, consent decree.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-518.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in Senate
SERVE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3127
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-11-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: 

Service Education Reallocation for Vacant Elected offices Act of 2021 or the SERVE Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the authority to make nominations for cadets or midshipmen to the military service academies in situations where a Member of Congress has not submitted a nomination due to death, resignation from office, or expulsion from office and no successor member has been sworn in to office.
 
Specifically, in the event a Senator does not make a nomination for one of the specified reasons, the nominations must be made by the other Senator from the state concerned. In the event a Representative does not make a nomination for one of the specified reasons, the Senators from the state of the congressional district concerned must make the nomination, with nominations divided equally among Senators and any remainder going to the senior Senator from the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Sensitive Personal Data Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3130
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Protecting Sensitive Personal Data Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the covered transactions that are subject to the review of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which analyzes the national security implications of foreign investment in the United States. Specifically, CFIUS may require declarations for foreign investments in U.S. businesses that maintain or collect sensitive personal data of U.S. citizens that may be exploited to threaten national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Arm Taiwan Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3131
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Arm Taiwan Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish the Taiwan Security Assistance Initiative to accelerate Taiwan's deployment of asymmetric defense capabilities to the level required to deter or defeat an invasion by China.
 
From FY2023 through FY2027, the bill requires DOD to use appropriations provided for the initiative to provide assistance to accelerate Taiwan's asymmetric defense capabilities so that Taiwan, with limited initial U.S. Armed Forces support, is able to (1) delay, degrade, and deny attempts by China's army to enter or transit the Taiwan Strait (and adjoining seas) or seize control of key territory in Taiwan; and (2) prevent China from neutralizing or rendering ineffective Taiwan's government. 
 
The bill imposes certain requirements related to such assistance, such as periodic certifications by DOD to Congress that Taiwan's government has committed to (and has made progress toward) spending at least 3% of Taiwan's national gross domestic product on defense on an annual basis by the end of FY2027.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3132
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes and modifies certain requirements relating to Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) requires the payment system for ASC services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revises quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), when excluding requested procedures from the list of those approved to be performed in ASCs, to cite specified reasons for doing so.
 
With respect to excluding procedures from the approved list for ASCs, the CMS may not cite as a basis for exclusion that a procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code. (Physicians sometimes use unlisted codes when performing new procedures or services if no existing code is adequately descriptive.)
 
The bill also limits the copayment amount for ASC services under Medicare to that of the inpatient hospital deductible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Honest Census Communications Act

Bill: 117-s-3133
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Honest Census Communications Act

 
This bill prohibits certain deceptive practices in relation to a census.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits communicating census-related information, or producing census-related information for communication, knowing the information to be materially false and with the intent to impede or prevent another person from participating in any census.
 
The bill sets criminal and civil penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3134
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

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.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure the maintenance of critical supply lines within the defense industrial base.

Bill: 117-s-3135
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 
This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment within the Department of Defense (DOD) to review unmanned aerial systems to determine and develop appropriate actions related to sourcing and industrial capacity.
 
The bill also requires designated senior DOD officials to conduct annual assessments of workforce, infrastructure, and industrial base capabilities and capacity to support a strategy to support domestic manufacturing and industrial base capabilities to support future defense requirements.
 
The Government Accountability Office must brief Congress and report on, among other topics, its findings related to the strategy, effectiveness, and responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text: CR S7604-7605)
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Measures Act

Bill: 117-s-3136
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Measures Act

 
This bill prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

Bill: 117-s-3137
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

 
This bill establishes a federal criminal offense involving bribery by foreign officials. 
 
Specifically, the bill makes it a crime for foreign officials to demand or accept anything of value personally or for another person or a nongovernmental entity to influence the performance of an official act or otherwise confer an improper advantage.
 
The bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over the offense. 
 
A violation is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to 15 years, or both. 
 
Finally, the bill establishes a Victims of Kleptocracy Fund in the Treasury and directs fines and penalties for violations to be deposited into the fund for anti-corruption initiatives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Covered Farm Vehicle Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3138
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Covered Farm Vehicle Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill exempts farm vehicles from specified registration requirements that otherwise apply to commercial motor vehicles, such as those under the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement and the International Fuel Tax Agreement. The bill also increases the maximum permitted gross weight for farm vehicles from 26,001 pounds to 36,001 pounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Bill: 117-s-3139
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

 
This bill generally prohibits agreements between health insurance plans and provider networks that (1) restrict an insurance plan from offering incentives for enrollees to use specific providers, (2) require a plan to enter into additional agreements with an affiliate of the provider network, or (3) require a plan to agree to certain payment rates or other terms with entities that are not a party to the contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in Senate