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America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2836
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Animal and plant health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Forests, forestry, trees
Horticulture and plants
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Mining
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Technology transfer and commercialization
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

America's Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses climate change through efforts to sequester, mitigate, or store carbon dioxide, such as salvage logging, revegetation, or reforestation efforts, on National Forest System land and other land as specified by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
340B Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2837
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

340B Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill requires participants in the 340B drug pricing program to allow the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to audit their records to determine how they use the net income from the discounted drug prices under the program. Participants also must retain records and reports as necessary for HRSA to perform the audits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide an additional $1,000,000,000 for the Government of Israel to procure the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2839
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 
This bill provides FY2022 funding to the Department of Defense for the government of Israel for procuring the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system. This funding is available until September 30, 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Don't Jab Me Act

Bill: 117-s-2840
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Don't Jab Me Act

 
This bills allows a civil action to be brought against the United States by a federal employee for injuries sustained as a result of a COVID-19 vaccination mandate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency in COVID–19 Vaccination Act

Bill: 117-s-2841
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccination Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to publicly disclose information about all adverse events that have arisen from COVID-19 vaccines, the statistical occurrence of such events, and adverse effects from clinical trials or other studies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Respecting Our Ser­vice­mem­bers Act

Bill: 117-s-2842
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Respecting Our Servicemembers Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense from requiring a member of the Armed Forces to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
No Taxation Without Congressional Consent Act

Bill: 117-s-2843
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
User charges and fees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

No Taxation Without Congressional Consent Act

 
This bill prohibits assessing a fine, fee, or tax against any person who violates a COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or other executive agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency in COVID–19 Research Act

Bill: 117-s-2844
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Transparency in COVID-19 Research Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish, within 14 days of the bill's enactment, all the COVID-19 studies it carried out and their related findings. In publishing this information, HHS must maintain the privacy of study participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Indo-Pacific Strategic Energy Initiative Act

Bill: 117-s-2845
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Alliances
Alternative and renewable resources
Asia
Australia
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
India
Indonesia
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
Motor fuels
Multilateral development programs
Oceania
Oil and gas
Philippines
Russia
Singapore
South Korea
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Thailand
U.S. and foreign investments
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Indo-Pacific Strategic Energy Initiative Act

 
This bill requires and authorizes actions related to supporting energy projects in other countries, including projects to increase energy security in the Indo-Pacific region.
 
The Department of State must prioritize U.S. government effort in helping the governments of Japan, India, and other like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific region to increase their energy security and reduce energy emissions, including through providing diplomatic and political support as necessary. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency must provide early-stage support for energy infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific region that promote the reduction of greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions. The State Department, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Energy must identify projects appropriate for such support. 
 
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (1) may provide support for projects related to the importation of liquefied natural gas and the generation of low-emission energy, including projects owned by foreign government entities; and (2) may not prohibit or restrict support for a project on the basis of the type of energy involved.
 
The Export-Import Bank must establish a strategic energy portfolio focused on financing projects that may increase U.S. energy exports and are related to the development or construction of (1) liquefied natural gas import terminals, (2) carbon capture and storage, (3) blue hydrogen infrastructure, or (4) other low-emission energy infrastructure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural Immunity Is Real Act

Bill: 117-s-2846
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Natural Immunity Is Real Act

 
This bill requires all federal agencies to acknowledge and consider natural immunity to COVID-19 when promulgating any regulation related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Let Me Travel America Act

Bill: 117-s-2847
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor carriers
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Let Me Travel America Act

 
This bill prohibits operators of trains, buses, planes, and other common carriers that transport passengers interstate from denying service based on individuals' COVID-19 vaccination status. The bill also prohibits federal agencies from making COVID-19 vaccination a prerequisite for interstate travel.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Your Health Comes First Act

Bill: 117-s-2848
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Your Health Comes First Act

 
This bill requires any COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by Congress or an executive agency to contain an exemption based on an individual's personal health concern.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Prohibiting Forced Vaccination for COVID–19 Act

Bill: 117-s-2849
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Prohibiting Forced Vaccination for COVID-19 Act

 
This bill specifies that no federal law provides a federal agency with the authority to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Biden Can't Force Me Act

Bill: 117-s-2850
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Biden Can't Force Me Act

 
This bill requires any COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by Congress or an executive agency to contain an exemption based on an individual's sincerely held belief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency in COVID–19 Expenditures Act

Bill: 117-s-2851
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: 

Transparency in COVID-19 Expenditures Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to audit certain funding that was provided to address COVID-19.
 
Specifically, the GAO must audit and report on the use of funding provided by
 
 
the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020;
 
the Families First Coronavirus Response Act;
 
 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act); 
 
the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; 
 
Divisions M and N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; and 
 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Bill: 117-s-2852
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to pay for specified veterans (i.e., certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and require nursing home care) to be placed in medical foster homes at their request. A
 medical foster home
 is a home designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting.
 
Veterans receiving such care must agree, as a condition of payment for their care, to accept home health services furnished by the VA.
 
Under the bill, no more than a daily average of 900 veterans may have their care in a medical foster home covered by the VA. 
 
The VA must create a monitoring system to assess its workload in carrying out the medical foster home payments. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress reports that assess the implementation of this program and provide recommendations for improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
POWER Act

Bill: 117-s-2853
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act

 
This bill authorizes the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and interpret data collected by, such device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Unclaimed Savings Bond Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2854
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Unclaimed Savings Bond Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes requirements and procedures for the Department of the Treasury to transfer ownership of certain matured, unredeemed savings bonds and related records to states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend authorization for livestock mandatory reporting.

Bill: 117-s-2855
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Business records
Government information and archives
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 
This bill extends through December 31, 2021, authorization for the livestock mandatory reporting program of the Department of Agriculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to regulate tax return preparers and refund anticipation payment arrangements.

Bill: 117-s-2856
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to certify or decertify (for incompetence or willful misrepresentation) the practice of tax return preparers and impose fees on such preparers. It also authorizes Treasury to require tax return preparers to provide disclosures to person receiving tax return preparation services and regarding refund anticipation payment arrangements. 
 
Treasury may impose a penalty on tax return preparers who fail to make required disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Financial Privacy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2857
Sponsor: Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Protecting Financial Privacy Act of 2021 

 
This bill prohibits a federal agency from creating, implementing, or administering a program that requires financial institutions or individuals to report on the balances of, transactions involving, or transfers into and out of financial accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6705-6707)
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Creative Economy Revitalization Act

Bill: 117-s-2858
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Music
Performing arts
Photography and imaging
Television and film
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Creative Economy Revitalization Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to government and nonprofit agencies to provide programs that employ individuals and provide public access to art or arts programming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
State and Local General Sales Tax Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-2859
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

State and Local General Sales Tax Protection Act

 
This bill restricts the source of revenue for airport spending to local fuel excise taxes. Under current Federal Aviation Administration policy, state and local governments must also use general sales taxes collected on aviation fuel for airport spending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act

Bill: 117-s-2860
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act 

 
This bill prohibits mandatory or compulsory checkoff programs and requires producer participation in the programs to be voluntary at the point of sale. A checkoff program is a program to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. The Department of Agriculture oversees the programs, which are requested and funded by industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate