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Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-660
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

 
 This bill requires private health insurance plans that cover in-person mental health or substance use disorder services to cover such services on equal terms via telehealth (i.e., information technology used to aid treatment and diagnosis at a physical distance) during and shortly after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, this bill requires plans to, among other things, cover these services at the same rate as in-person services, exclude charges for facility fees, and provide information about how to access these services. Additionally, providers of these services may not charge facility fees to plan enrollees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Capture Modernization Act

Bill: 117-s-661
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental technology
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Carbon Capture Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies sequestration and other requirements for the qualifying advanced coal project tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
ATTAIN Mental Health Act

Bill: 117-s-662
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Achieving Thorough Transparency and Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act of 2021 or the ATTAIN Mental Health Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a public-facing, online dashboard to publicize federally funded mental health grants.
 
The dashboard must contain, for example, program names and opening and closing dates for applications. In addition, HHS must establish a process to include information voluntarily provided by states about their federally supported mental health grants on the dashboard.
 
In developing the dashboard, HHS must consult with appropriate federal departments and agencies and other stakeholders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library, in accordance with section 1831 of the Revised Statutes, to accept a statue depicting Harriet Tubman from the Harriet Tubman Statue Commission of Maryland and display the statue in a prominent location in the Capitol.

Bill: 117-s-663
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Maryland
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 
This bill directs the Joint Committee on the Library to accept from the Harriet Tubman Statue Commission of Maryland the donation of a statue of Harriet Tubman, which the Architect of the Capitol shall place in a prominent, permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Duplication Scoring Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-664
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Duplication Scoring Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to analyze legislation reported by a congressional committee and report on whether the legislation would create a risk of a new duplicative or overlapping program, office, or initiative in an area previously identified as an area of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation.

action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 

Duplication Scoring Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to analyze legislation reported by a congressional committee and report on whether the legislation would create a risk of a new duplicative or overlapping program, office, or initiative in an area previously identified as an area of duplication, overlap, or fragmentation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 308.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with amendments. With written report No. 117-94.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with amendments. With written report No. 117-94.
action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SCHOOL Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-665
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Special education
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning Act of 2021 or the SCHOOL Act of 

2021

 
This bill allows certain federal funds for elementary and secondary education to follow the student to the school that they attend (i.e., public, private, or home school), regardless of whether the student is learning in person or remotely. These funds may be used for educational and instructional materials, tutoring, tuition for private school, and extracurricular activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports.

Bill: 117-s-666
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 
This bill sets a minimum tonnage requirement for the Army Corps of Engineers to use when considering whether to dredge small ports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-667
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2021

 
This bill revises requirements governing the use of alternative fuels in vehicles.
 
Among other things, the bill revises requirements on aftermarket vehicle conversions that enable older vehicles to use alternative fuels. Under current law, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must certify such conversions. This bill removes such certification requirements.
 
The bill also bans the EPA from prohibiting or controlling biomass fuel.
 
In addition, the bill revises the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for certain vehicles that are able to operate on something other than petroleum-based fuel, such as electric vehicles.
 
Finally, the bill revises the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements to provide for the year-round sale of ethanol-gasoline fuel blends that contain more than 10% denatured anhydrous ethanol. RVP is a metric of gasoline volatility (i.e., how quickly fuel evaporates into the atmosphere). Current law prohibits the sale of gasoline that exceed certain RVP limits during the high ozone season (i.e., the summer months). However, current law provides waivers from this requirement, including a waiver that gives certain ethanol-gasoline fuel blends containing 10% denatured anhydrous ethanol a higher RVP limit under certain conditions. This bill expands the waiver to include ethanol-gasoline fuel blends containing more than 10% of such ethanol, thus allowing year-round sales of such fuel blends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act

Bill: 117-s-668
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Birds
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Electric power generation and transmission
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Legal fees and court costs
Legislative rules and procedure
Property rights
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act

 
This bill revises requirements governing the management of endangered or threatened species, establishes a process to compensate land owners under certain circumstances, and removes protections for black vultures and ravens.
 
The Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce must obtain the consent of each state for adding species to the list of threatened or endangered species when the species is present in the state. 
 
A state may regulate endangered or threatened species that are only present within the state. If a state elects to regulate them, it is given exclusive authority to manage them. State action with respect to such species is not subject to judicial review. 
 
Species are taken off the federal list after five years, but Interior may petition for the species to be relisted. The bill requires congressional approval before a species may be listed as endangered or threatened.
 
The bill eliminates awards of attorney fees in citizen suits concerning endangered or threatened species.
 
Owners or lessees of property may apply to Interior for a determination of whether a proposed property use will violate requirements governing endangered or threatened species. The use is deemed compliant if Interior fails to respond within 90 days. The owners and lessees may seek monetary compensation for unfavorable determinations.
 
The bill removes migratory bird protections provided to black vultures and ravens in certain circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Expeditionary Diplomacy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-669
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employee performance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Expeditionary Diplomacy Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies oversight and accountability procedures for diplomatic personnel and actions by revising the structure and scope of review for certain diplomatic activities.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of State to provide quarterly briefings (currently held monthly) on progress towards opening or reopening high-risk, high-threat posts, as well as risks to national security from their continued closure and any barriers to opening those posts.
 
The bill also recasts and revises the responsibilities of Accountability Review Boards (i.e., the mechanism through which the State Department currently investigates any event that causes serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a U.S. government mission abroad). The bill renames these boards Security Review Committees, and it requires these committees to take into account specified contextual and mitigating factors when evaluating diplomatic actions that led to such outcomes, as well as the diplomatic value of operations relating to the incident in question.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Speeding Therapy Access Today Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-670
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Speeding Therapy Access Today Act of 2021

 
This bill requires and authorizes various actions to accelerate the development of therapies for rare diseases. 
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shall establish the Intercenter Institute on Rare Diseases and Conditions. The institute shall (1) coordinate engagement with relevant stakeholders, (2) build the FDA's expertise in the review of medical products to treat rare diseases, (3) coordinate regulatory science initiatives related to rare diseases, (4) establish and implement a program to make recommendations to address challenges associated with developing medical products to treat rare diseases in an individual or in very small populations, (5) convene a stakeholder meeting to consider potential amendments to labels for medical products to treat rare diseases, and (6) establish and carry out a program to facilitate voluntary communication between the sponsors of such medical products and third-party payers (e.g., insurance companies). 
 
The bill also authorizes the FDA to make grants to assist in developing practices related to the development and production of individualized therapies or therapies to treat very small populations. 
 
The bill also establishes an advisory committee to advise the FDA on issues related to the development of therapies to treat rare diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-672
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Currency
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Metals

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Coin Metal Modification Authorization and Cost Savings Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the United States Mint to modify the metallic composition of circulating coins (including by prescribing reasonable manufacturing tolerances with respect to those coins) if a study and analysis conducted by the Mint indicates that the modification will
 
 
 reduce costs incurred by the taxpayers;
 
 be seamless, which shall be determined by verifying that the coins will work interchangeably in most coin acceptors using electromagnetic signature technology; and 
 
have as minimal an adverse impact as possible on the public and stakeholders.
 
 
The Mint must notify Congress before making the modification and provide a justification for the modification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act

Bill: 117-s-674
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Performance measurement
Scientific communication
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act

 
This bill provides annual funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen core public health infrastructure. Core public health infrastructure includes the elements and workforce capabilities that enable health departments to perform critical functions such as disease surveillance and emergency response.
 
Specifically, the CDC must award grants to health departments for their core infrastructure needs. In addition, the CDC must support the development of accreditation standards for health departments that emphasize core public health infrastructure. Health departments must meet those (or similar) standards as a condition of receiving grants beginning in FY2025.
 
The CDC must also take steps to expand and improve its own public health infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-675
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to notify state and local law enforcement authorities following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-676
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Espionage and treason
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Research administration and funding
Smuggling and trafficking
Terrorism
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes a process for designating foreign actors as foreign intelligence threats to higher education.
 
Specifically, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) must designate a foreign actor as a foreign intelligence threat to higher education if the foreign actor has committed, attempted to commit, or conspired to commit certain actions in connection with an institution of higher education (IHE), such as espionage, misuse of visas, or theft of trade secrets. Prior to making such a designation, the FBI must submit notice to Congress and the Department of Justice. 
 
Upon the designation of a foreign actor as a threat, the Department of State must revoke the nonimmigrant visa issued to the foreign actor present in the United States, and the Department of Homeland Security must initiate removal proceedings against the foreign actor. 
 
Additionally, the bill provides for judicial review and a process for revoking a foreign actor's designation as a threat.
 
Finally, the bill also requires an IHE to disclose to the Department of Education any gift or contract with a foreign intelligence threat, including the fair market value of the gift or contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-677
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Argentina
Asia
Australia
Bahamas
Brazil
Caribbean area
Chile
Collective security
Colombia
Congressional oversight
Costa Rica
Defense spending
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Europe
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
International organizations and cooperation
Japan
Latin America
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
New Zealand
Oceania
Panama
Paraguay
Persian Gulf States
Peru
Philippines
South Korea
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: 

Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress on the contributions of allies to the common defense.
 
Specifically, DOD must report on (1) the defense spending and military activities of certain countries with cooperative defense agreements with the United States, (2) whether a country places limits on the use of funds contributed to the common defense, and (3) any U.S. actions to minimize such limitations. 
 
The report shall cover each North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member state, each Gulf Cooperation Council member state, each country party to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), and other specified countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate