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I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1611
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Military command and structure
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

I am Vanessa Guill&eacute;n Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses the policies and procedures of the Department of Defense (DOD) for cases or allegations of sex-related offenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2525)
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Bridges Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1612
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2021 or the SAFE Bridges Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to assist states to rehabilitate or replace bridges found to be structurally deficient. 
 
States shall use program funds for projects to rehabilitate and replace such bridges and to maintain their surface coating and corrosion protection systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
GYMS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1613
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Public utilities and utility rates
Small business
Sports and recreation facilities
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Gym Mitigation and Survival Act of 2021 or the GYMS Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a grant program to provide economic support to eligible fitness facilities in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Small Business Administration to make initial and supplemental grants to privately owned fitness facilities that primarily provide health or fitness services and that do not offer golf, hunting, sailing, or riding facilities. The total amount of grant funds for a recipient may not exceed $25 million, and the recipient must use these funds for payroll costs, rent or mortgage obligations, and other ordinary and necessary business expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Yes In My Backyard Act

Bill: 117-s-1614
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Historic sites and heritage areas
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Property tax
Public transit
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Yes In My Backyard Act

 
This bill requires certain Community Development Block Grant program recipients to submit to the Department of Housing and Urban Development information regarding their implementation of certain land-use policies, such as policies for expanding high-density single-family and multifamily zoning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
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
Limiting CDC to Disease Control Act

Bill: 117-s-1615
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health and Human Services
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Limiting CDC to Disease Control Act

 
This bill modifies and limits the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue regulations to control communicable diseases.
 
Current law authorizes HHS to make and enforce regulations to prevent the introduction or spread of communicable diseases. In particular, current law provides that HHS may make and enforce regulations addressing (1) isolation and quarantine of infected individuals (subject to certain restrictions); and (2) inspection, fumigation, disinfection, sanitation, pest extermination, destruction of infected animals or articles, and other measures that the department determines may be necessary. HHS has delegated this authority to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 
This bill eliminates the authority of the CDC to make and enforce regulations that provide for other measures it determines may be necessary to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, thereby limiting the scope of its regulations to the other specific purposes set out in current law.

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
FILM Act

Bill: 117-s-1616
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Photography and imaging
Sound recording
Television and film
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Federal Interior Land Media Act or the FILM Act

 
This bill bars requiring a permit or assessing a fee for certain commercial or noncommercial photography or content creation on lands administered by the Departments of the Interior or Agriculture. The content creation must meet specified requirements, such as taking place in an area where the public is allowed and not intruding on the experience of others. The departments may not require advance notification for the content creation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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
Putting First Responders First Act

Bill: 117-s-1618
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Putting First Responders First Act 

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to allow first responders to exclude from gross income certain service-connected disability payments received as part of a pension or annuity after reaching the age of retirement. The bill applies to law enforcement officers, employees in fire protection activities, and individuals who provide out-of-hospital emergency medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Reduce Bureaucracy Act

Bill: 117-s-1619
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Reduce Bureaucracy Act

 
This bill prohibits certain political appointees from serving in career positions in federal agencies.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits current and former presidential appointees, cabinet officials, and other senior officials from serving in career-appointment (i.e., permanent) positions in executive agencies without the approval of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Agencies must certify that the appointment is necessary in order for the agency to meet its mission and the OPM must determine that the appointment process was fair, open, and free from political influence in order to approve a request. OPM must also transmit approved requests to specified congressional committees before issuing final approval to agencies.
 
The bill also prohibits political appointees from serving in career positions for two years after their departure, and directs the OPM and the Office of Management and Budget to take any actions necessary so as to limit the number of political appointees to 2,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1620
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Louisiana
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for a land conveyance to the city of Eunice, Louisiana.
 
The Department of the Interior shall convey to the city, by quitclaim deed and without consideration, specified parcels of the original townsite of Eunice.
 
Upon the conveyance of such land to the city, the boundary of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, shall be adjusted to exclude the conveyed land and other specified parcels of the original townsite.

action_date: 2022-02-28
text: 

Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for a land conveyance to the city of Eunice, Louisiana.
 
The Department of the Interior shall convey to the city, by quitclaim deed and without consideration, specified parcels of the original townsite of Eunice.
 
Upon the conveyance of such land to the city, the boundary of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, shall be adjusted to exclude the conveyed land and other specified parcels of the original townsite.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 287.
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-86.
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-86.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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
PREPARE Act

Bill: 117-s-1621
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Providing Resources for Emergency Preparedness And Resilient Enterprises Act or the PREPARE Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 a pre-disaster mitigation program, administered by the Small Business Administration, for disbursing economic injury disaster loans to small businesses for protection of real estate, equipment, inventory, supplies, and materials. The bill also increases the amount for loans to take mitigating actions to protect damaged or destroyed property from possible future disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
HEALTH for MOM Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1622
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Harnessing Effective and Appropriate Long-Term Health for Moms On Medicaid Act of 2021 or the HEALTH for MOM Act of 

2021

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover services that are provided by maternity health homes (designated providers or health teams that provide pregnancy and postpartum coordinated care services).
 
Participating maternity health homes must meet standards set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including the ability to coordinate prompt access to services, develop individualized care plans, provide supportive services, and coordinate with pediatric care providers. States must conduct outreach to providers, pregnant women, and other relevant stakeholders on the availability of such health homes and must report specified information relating to the implementation and outcomes of such services.
 
The CMS must award grants to states to develop plans for implementation. The bill also temporarily increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for maternity health home services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
SAVE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1623
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges Act of 2021 or the SAVE Act

 of 2021

 
This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the establishment of state-based health insurance exchanges in those states that have not already elected to do so. A state that receives a grant must ensure that the resulting exchange is self-sustaining by 2026. 


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
National Laboratory Biotechnology Research Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1624
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Biological and life sciences
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Chemical and biological weapons
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Genetics
Government information and archives
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Medical research
Minority education
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Student aid and college costs
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

National Laboratory Biotechnology Research Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a National Laboratory Biotechnology Program to integrate the resources of DOE, including the Office of Science, the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, and the National Nuclear Security Administration, to provide research and development and response capabilities to respond to 
 
 
long-term biotechnology threats facing the United States, and
 
any remaining threats posed by COVID-19. 
 
 
The Office of Science shall support research that harnesses the capabilities of the national laboratories to address advanced biological threats of national security significance. 
 
The Office of Science shall promote cooperative research and development activities under the program, including collaboration between appropriate industry and academic institutions to promote innovation and the creation of knowledge.
 
No less frequently than biennially, DOE shall develop a strategic research plan under the 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
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1625
Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Evidence and witnesses
Federal preemption
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

 
 
 

 

 

Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021 

 
This bill allows a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and perform notarizations for remotely located individuals. The bill provides technical requirements for such notarizations, including the creation and retention of video and audio recordings and the use of communication technologies (i.e., video chat). 
 
Additionally, the bill requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations&#8212;including remote notarizations of electronic records and notarizations of remotely-located individuals&#8212;that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states. 
 
The bill also allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain 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
21st Century Workforce Partnerships Act

Bill: 117-s-1626
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

21st Century Workforce Partnerships Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish grant programs for educational or career training programs for students.
 
First, ED must establish a career pathways innovation grant program. Under the program, ED must award grants to address the specialized skill needs of business and industry by carrying out programs that support career pathways in high school or career exploration in the middle grades. 
 
Second, ED must award grants for partnerships&#8212;between certain educational entities and employers&#8212;that provide educational or career training programs leading to recognized postsecondary credentials. 


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
Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act

Bill: 117-s-1627
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act 

 
This bill reduces the rate for the tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers to 20%. (Under current law, the highest rate is 40%.) 
 
The bill also exempts the budgetary effects of the tax reduction from the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules established by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
COMMUTE Act

Bill: 117-s-1629
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Connecting Opportunities through Mobility Metrics and Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies Act or the COMMUTE Act
 
 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish an accessibility data pilot program. 
 
The purpose of the pilot program is to develop or procure an accessibility data set and make such data available for states and metropolitan or rural planning organizations to improve their transportation planning by 
 
 
measuring the level of access to important destinations such as jobs, health care facilities, child care services, educational and workforce training facilities, affordable housing, and food sources;
 
disaggregating the level of access by multiple transportation modes by a variety of population categories, including minority populations;
 
assessing the change in accessibility that would result from new transportation investments; and
 
providing data necessary to prioritize transportation investments that will improve access by all modes of travel.
 


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