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Keep Americans Safe Act

Bill: 117-s-1108
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Keep Americans Safe Act

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD).
 
The bill does not prohibit certain conduct with respect to an LCAFD, including the following:
 
 
 importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments;
 
importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and
 
 possession by a retired law enforcement officer.
 
 
The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD.
 
Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification and the date of manufacture.
 
 Additionally, the bill allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender an LCAFD under a buy-back program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Minority Entrepreneurship Grant Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1109
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business education
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Minority Entrepreneurship Grant Program Act of 2021

 
 This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to award grants to create or expand programs at minority-serving institutions and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that foster, promote, and increase opportunities for minority business ownership. The SBA must also establish a Minority Entrepreneurship Advisory Board to develop recommendations regarding how these institutions and HBCUs can better serve minority businesses and entrepreneurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
MATCH Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1110
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Natural disasters
State and local government operations
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Making Access To Cleanup Happen Act of 2021 or the
 
MATCH Act of 202

1

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to (1) identify a list of emergency watershed protection measures the cost of which may be incurred by a state, local government, or Indian tribe prior to entering into an agreement with USDA under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program; and (2) develop procedures, including appropriate deadlines, to be implemented at the state level, through which such entities may request and incur the cost for additional emergency watershed protection measures.
 
USDA must consider any applicable pre-agreement costs incurred by a state, local government, or Indian tribe for undertaking emergency watershed protection measures as meeting part of its contribution towards the project costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Competition in Professional Baseball Act

Bill: 117-s-1111
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Competition in Professional Baseball Act

 
This bill removes the limited exemption from the antitrust laws for professional baseball clubs. For purposes of this bill, the term 
antitrust laws
 means laws to protect against unlawful restraints and monopolies (Clayton Act) and to protect against unfair methods of competition (Federal Trade Commission Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Chisholm National Historic Trail and Western National Historic Trail Designation Act

Bill: 117-s-1112
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Chisholm National Historic Trail and Western National Historic Trail Designation Act

 
This bill designates (1) the Chisholm National Historic Trail, and (2) the Western National Historic Trail.
 
The Department of the Interior shall administer any portion of these trails that is located on nonfederal land only (1) with the voluntary consent of the owner of the nonfederal land, and (2) if the portion qualifies for certification as a component of the applicable trail. The approval by an owner of applicable nonfederal land of a certification agreement shall satisfy the voluntary consent requirement. A certification agreement may be terminated at any time.
 
The establishment of these trails does not authorize any person to enter private property without the consent of the private property's owner. 
 
 Interior may accept a donation of land or an interest in land for these trails, with specified exceptions.
 
Land or an interest in land may not be acquired for these trails by eminent domain or condemnation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act

Bill: 117-s-1113
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Accelerating Rural Broadband Deployment Act

 
This bill authorizes the granting of an occupancy license to any person who requests access to a right-of-way that is owned by the federal government in order to place, construct, modify, or operate facilities for the provision of broadband service.
 
Specifically, an executive agency with control over such a right-of-way may grant an occupancy license for the expansion of broadband service. An occupancy license may not have a duration of more than 30 years and may be automatically renewed. The granting agency must establish an annual license fee and make a decision regarding the issuance of the occupancy license within 60 days of receiving an application for a license. If the agency does not act on a request within 60 days, the application shall be considered granted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Maternal Immunization Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-s-1114
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Maternal Immunization Enhancement Act

 
This bill establishes several administrative requirements relating to vaccination rates among pregnant and postpartum women enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 
 
Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must (1) issue guidance to states with best practices for increasing vaccination rates for certain vaccines that are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and (2) consider adding a quality measure regarding prenatal immunization status for pregnant women under Medicaid and CHIP. 
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on vaccination rates among pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP, including barriers and demographic data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep It in the Ground Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1115
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Gulf of Mexico
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Pacific Ocean

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Keep It in the Ground Act of 

2021

 
This bill eliminates new fossil fuel production projects on federal public land and waters. 
Specifically, it prohibits the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) from issuing, renewing, reinstating, or extending any nonproducing lease, or issuing any authorization for the exploration or production of fossil fuel on the Outer Continental Shelf. BOEM must also cancel any lease issued in the Beaufort Sea, Cook Inlet, or Chukchi Sea (three of the five bodies of water that encompass the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf).
 
Further, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may not issue, renew, reinstate, or extend any nonproducing lease for the exploration or production of any onshore fossil fuels on land subject to the Mineral Leasing Act.
 
The bill provides for exceptions if there is an imminent national security threat that would be significantly reduced by granting an exception. In addition, BOEM and the BLM may allow a nonproducing lease to be renewed or extended if (1) the lease contract was signed before enactment of this bill, and (2) it is determined that giving effect to any provision of this bill is likely to lead to a judicial ruling that there was a material breach of the nonproducing lease contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Maternal Immunization Coverage Act

Bill: 117-s-1117
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Maternal Immunization Coverage Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover, without cost-sharing, certain vaccines that are recommended for pregnant women by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Aviation Empowerment Act

Bill: 117-s-1118
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Licensing and registrations
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Aviation Empowerment Act

 
This bill modifies regulations for pilots within the aviation sector, including pilots who wish to share certain expenses or receive compensation for specified flights.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the the Department of Transportation to issue regulations authorizing (1) a pilot who wants to share aircraft operating expenses to communicate with the public regarding an aircraft flight; and (2) a pilot who has a private pilot certificate to receive compensation for flying persons or property, and not be subject to certain common carrier or commercial airliner regulations as long as the private pilot flies an aircraft with eight or fewer seats.
 
It also sets forth definitions for the terms 
common carrier
 and 
personal operato
r as they relate to the aviation industry. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Lending Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-1119
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business ethics
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Small Business Lending Fairness Act 

 
This bill prohibits as a condition to a loan or extension of credit a confession of judgment or similar agreement. (A confession of judgment is an agreement to a judgment of liability without notice and opportunity to be heard in court in the event of the default of a borrower.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1120
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Government lending and loan guarantees
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2021

 
This bill requires a franchisor seeking guaranteed lending from the Small Business Administration to disclose historical revenue and store-closure information to any prospective franchisee before the loan will be approved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
PFAS Registry Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1121
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

PFAS Registry Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a registry for current or past members of the Armed Forces who may have been exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances due to the environmental release of aqueous film-forming foam at a military installation or other Department of Defense (DOD) location. Additionally, the VA must consult with DOD and the Environmental Protection Agency to make recommendations for additional chemicals that should be included in the registry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Survivors Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1122
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Human trafficking
Real estate business
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2021

 
 This bill prohibits discrimination against survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or sex trafficking in the sale or rental of housing and other related real estate activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
PING Act

Bill: 117-s-1123
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Preserving Innovation for the Next Generation Act or the PING Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of the Senate that the current restrictions prohibiting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from negotiating the prices or establishing a formulary for drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit should not be repealed. The bill also prohibits the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation from testing any model that would repeal or require a waiver of such restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Flight Sharing Freedom Act

Bill: 117-s-1124
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Licensing and registrations
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Flight Sharing Freedom Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue or revise regulations to ensure that a pilot who holds a pilot certificate may communicate with the public, in any manner, to facilitate an aircraft flight for which the pilot and passengers share aircraft operating expenses.
 
Additionally, the bill excludes from common carrier regulations pilots who wish to coordinate flights and share aircraft operating expenses with passengers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act

Bill: 117-s-1125
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer's Act

 
This bill allows the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a Dementia Care Management Model that provides comprehensive care to Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.
 
Under the model, participating health care providers receive payment under Medicare for comprehensive care management services that are provided to individuals with diagnosed dementia, excluding Medicare Advantage enrollees, hospice care recipients, and nursing home residents. Required services include medication management, care coordination, and health, financial, and environmental monitoring, as well as trainings and other support services for unpaid caregivers. Providers must furnish services through interdisciplinary teams and must ensure access to a team member or primary care provider 24-7. The CMMI must set payments and determine quality measures for the model in accordance with specified requirements. 
 
The bill also allows the CMMI to design a similar model under Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act

Bill: 117-s-1126
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Computers and information technology
Department of Education
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act

 
This bill requires the Institute of Education Sciences and the National Center for Education Research to collect data and carry out research on (1) successful state and local adult education and literacy activities that result in increased literacy and numeracy and educational attainment for adult learners, (2) the characteristics and academic achievements of adult learners, and (3) access to, and opportunity for, adult education, including digital literacy skills development.
 
The bill also requires the institute to draw on the expertise of adult educators when developing policies and priorities relating to adult education.
 
Finally, the bill requires that at least one research center focuses on adult education and literacy activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1943)
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act

Bill: 117-s-1129
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Transportation employees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act 

 
This bill revises the hiring process for air traffic control specialists.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to
 
 
consider for the interview stage of the hiring process candidates who score at or above the passing score on the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (AT-SA) and meet minimum qualifications established by the FAA, and 
 
revise the AT-SA to ensure that all questions are supported by a peer reviewed job analysis and that it does not incorporate any biographical questionnaire or other questions of a biographical nature. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Election Integrity by Proving Voter Identity Act

Bill: 117-s-1130
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: 

Promoting Election Integrity by Proving Voter Identity Act

 
This bill addresses the casting of ballots in federal elections. Specifically, the bill requires individuals to provide proof of identification for absentee and in-person voting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate