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Safe Social Media Act

Bill: 117-s-1630
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Safe Social Media Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to report on the use of social media platforms among individuals under age 18. The report must include information such as frequency of usage, mental health effects linked to such usage, and any policy recommendations. A 
social media platform
 is a public-facing website, internet application, or mobile internet application (e.g., social network, search engine, or email service) with at least 30 million active monthly users in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Arizona Experiment Station Land Conveyance Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-1631
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Forests, forestry, trees
Higher education
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Arizona Experiment Station Land Conveyance Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if the Arizona Board of Regents, acting on behalf of the University of Arizona Experiment Station, submits a written request to USDA for the conveyance of approximately 13.3 acres of National Forest System land within the Coconino National Forest in Arizona, to convey to the university such land, including related infrastructure, improvements, and easements on that land.
 
The land must be maintained by the university and used for university purposes or the land shall revert to the United States, at the discretion of USDA.

action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Arizona Experiment Station Land Conveyance Act of 2022

 

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the University of Arizona approximately 13.3 acres of National Forest System land within the Coconino National Forest in Arizona for market value if the Arizona Board of Regents, acting on behalf of the University of Arizona Experiment Station, submits a written request to USDA to acquire such land. 
 
The market value of the land must be determined by an appraisal to be conducted in accordance with this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 498.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-155.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-155.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Energy Savings Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1632
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Community Energy Savings Program Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a grant program for states and Indian tribes to provide loans to consumers and communities that want to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1633
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2021

 
This bill expands and otherwise revises a program to support state procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables under the National School Lunch Program. 
 
Specifically, the bill expands the number of participating states from a maximum of 8 to a maximum of 14 and establishes additional requirements with respect to priorities, reporting, and evaluations, including with respect to socially disadvantaged populations and the program's economic impact.
 
The bill provides funds for the program through FY2026.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
FREED of Opioids Act

Bill: 117-s-1634
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government studies and investigations
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

FDA Review of Efficacy of EERW Double-Blinds of Opioids Act or the FREED of Opioids Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take certain actions to determine whether to permit the use of a certain methodology for drug clinical trials.
 
Specifically, the FDA must seek to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for the NAS to conduct a study on the effectiveness of using enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal methodology in demonstrating the efficacy of opioid drugs in treating chronic pain. 
 
The FDA must also convene a meeting of two specified FDA advisory committees to review the NAS study and vote on whether to permit the use of this methodology in drug clinical trials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Temporary Family Visitation Act

Bill: 117-s-1635
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Temporary Family Visitation Act

 
This bill establishes a new nonimmigrant visa classification for an alien temporarily entering the United States to visit a relative who is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.
 
The maximum period of stay for a family visitor visa shall be 90 days. An alien seeking such a visa must have health insurance for the duration of the stay.
 
An alien who holds such a visa may not change to another nonimmigrant visa classification except in certain limited instances.
 
If an alien has been approved for a family-based immigrant visa and is waiting for one to become available, the alien may obtain a family visitor visa if the alien meets the eligibility requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Save Local Business Act

Bill: 117-s-1636
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Save Local Business
 

Act

 
This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Hizballah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1637
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human rights
Lebanon
Middle East
Sanctions
Syria
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Hizballah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes measures to deter money laundering by Hizballah in Lebanon.
 
Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must prohibit or place conditions on the opening or maintaining of certain correspondent or payable-through accounts by the Central Bank of Syria if Treasury determines that certain jurisdictions in Lebanon are jurisdictions of primary money laundering concern.
 
Further, the President must sanction certain senior foreign political figures or foreign persons that the President determines have knowingly provided material support to or engaged in a significant transaction with Hizballah.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Immigrant Families Act

Bill: 117-s-1638
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Foreign labor
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Labor-management relations
Lawyers and legal services
Marketing and advertising
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Fairness for Immigrant Families Act
 
 
This bill modifies provisions barring certain aliens from admission and addresses other immigration-related issues.
 
The bill repeals various admissions bars against aliens who were unlawfully present in the United States for certain amounts of time. 
 
The bill also modifies a provision that generally makes inadmissible aliens who had been ordered removed and who attempt to reenter the United States without being admitted. Specifically, the bill exempts from that provision minors, asylum seekers, aliens who received a stay of removal under a family unity program, victims of severe trafficking, and certain aliens who entered the United States as children. 
 
An alien who entered the United States without inspection may apply for lawful permanent residence during the five-year period starting from this bill's enactment if the alien is the beneficiary of a family-based petition or labor certification. 
 
The bill also prohibits removing an alien with certain pending immigration-related applications, such as an application for a family-based immigrant visa, if the application is not obviously deficient. 
 
Before removing a parent or legal guardian of an individual who is less than 21 years old and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must review and approve the removal. 
 
Furthermore, the bill makes it a crime to fraudulently provide immigration services. The Department of Justice must make grants to support enforcement of such laws and to assist victims. 
 
The bill establishes the National Office of New Americans to support the integration of immigrants and refugees. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the energy efficiency and conservation block grant program.

Bill: 117-s-1639
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the energy efficiency and conservation block grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Access to American Products Act

Bill: 117-s-1640
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Protecting Access to American Products Act

 
This bill revises coastwise laws, commonly known as the Jones Act, that govern domestic transportation of merchandise or passengers by vessels. The Jones Act requires vessels transporting merchandise or passengers between Puerto Rico and other U.S. ports to be built in the Unites States, at least 75% owned by U.S. citizens, and mostly crewed by U.S. citizens.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the head of a federal agency to
 
 
temporarily waive Jones Act requirements upon request if there is no product carrier that meets such requirements and a good faith effort was made to locate a product carrier that complies with such requirements, 
 
approve or deny a waiver within 60 days after receiving a request, and 
 
notify Congress of any request it receives for a temporary waiver. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
ISRA

Bill: 117-s-1641
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Syria

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Israel Sovereignty Reassurance Act of 2021
 
or ISRA

 
This bill prohibits using funds made available to the Department of State for FY2022 to implement, administer, or enforce any policy that rescinds the U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Women's and Girls’ Rights in Afghanistan Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1642
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care coverage and access
Human rights
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Violent crime
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Protect Women's and Girls' Rights in Afghanistan Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of State to periodically report to Congress on the conditions of women and girls in Afghan civil society following the departure of U.S. and NATO forces. The reports shall also assess the status of assurances made by the Taliban related to preserving the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 117-s-1643
Sponsor: Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 
 
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act 

 
This bill establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama, consisting of land in Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Washington, and Wilcox Counties. 
 
The Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama shall prepare and submit a management plan for the heritage area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Promising Pathway Act

Bill: 117-s-1644
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Promising Pathway Act

 
This bill establishes a provisional approval pathway for medicines intended for serious or life-threatening diseases, including illnesses posing a threat of epidemic or pandemic. The period of the provisional approval is for two years and is potentially renewable.
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must establish a priority review system to evaluate completed provisional approval applications within 90 days of receipt. A provisional approval application may be approved if the FDA determines that (1) there is substantial evidence of safety for the drug; and (2) there is relevant early evidence of efficacy, based on adequate and well-controlled investigations.
 
During the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, or another epidemic or pandemic, the FDA must accept and review various portions of a provisional approval application on a rolling basis.
 
The manufacturer of a provisionally approved drug must require patients to participate in an observational registry. A manufacturer that fails to comply with registry requirements is subject to civil penalties.
 
A provisionally approved drug must be labeled as such.
 
If a drug that receives provisional approval status is not brought to market within 180 days of the approval, the approval must be rescinded.
 
The bill also limits the liability of a manufacturer of a provisionally approved drug with respect to any claim under state law alleging that the drug is unsafe or ineffective.
 
Private health insurers and federal health care programs shall not deny coverage of a provisionally approved drug on the basis of it being experimental.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
ADAPT Act

Bill: 117-s-1645
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Accelerated Drug Approval for Prescription Therapies Act or the
 
ADAPT Act

 
This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)to create an expedited drug approval process specifically for drugs that are currently approved for sale in certain countries (i.e., a European Economic Area member country, Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, or Switzerland) and meet certain criteria. Such criteria shall include establishing that (1) the drug is safe and effective, (2) all relevant U.S. patents or legal exclusivities have expired, and (3) the United States has a public health or unmet medical need for the drug. 
 
The FDA must process and review an application under this bill within 180 days of submission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Open America's Waters Act

Bill: 117-s-1646
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Open America's Waters Act

 
This bill repeals certain limitations on the types of vessels that may engage in coastwise trade, which is the domestic transportation of merchandise or passengers by vessels. 
 
The bill directs the U.S. Coast Guard to issue regulations that require all vessels permitted to engage in coastwise trade to meet all appropriate safety and security requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate