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BASIC Act

Bill: 117-s-2004
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Medicaid
Minority education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Research administration and funding
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Tax treatment of families
Transportation costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Basic Assistance for Students In College Act or the BASIC Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award planning and implementation grants to institutions of higher education in order to identify and meet the basic needs of students, including food, housing, transportation, and health care. ED must also implement an agreement to (1) share data with other federal agencies in order to identify students who may be eligible for certain federal benefits; and (2) coordinate efforts to enroll those students in federal benefits programs, including Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Hunger-Free Summer for Kids Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2005
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Hunger-Free Summer for Kids Act of 2021

 
This bill revises the Summer Food Service Program to direct the Department of Agriculture to permanently establish electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards and off-site consumption as two alternative delivery options for certain children through schools and service institutions in the program.
 
These options shall be available to a child only if (1) the child lives or attends school in a rural area or outside of an area in which poor economic conditions exist, and (2) the child is eligible for a free or reduced price lunch and breakfast. In the case of off-site consumption, the option is also available if the summer program is available to the child at a congregate feeding site but (1) the site is closed due to extreme weather conditions, (2) violence or other public safety concerns in the area prevent the child from traveling safely to the site, (3) the site is open not more than four days a week, or (4) the site provides only one meal per day. 
 
A state may not operate the EBT card option and the off-site consumption option simultaneously in the same area.
 
Each state desiring to participate in the summer food service program shall include in its annual management and administration plan the state's plans for using one or both of these alternative delivery options.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop COVID Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2006
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Civil actions and liability
Conflicts and wars
Government liability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International law and treaties
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Stop China-Originated Viral Infectious Diseases Act of 2021 or the Stop COVID Act of 2021

 
This bill limits the immunity of foreign states from suit in the United States.
 
Specifically, it bars immunity for a foreign state in cases where the foreign state allegedly, whether intentionally or unintentionally, discharges a biological agent that results in the bodily injury, death, or damage to property of a U.S. national.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Furthering Advanced and Inclusive Research for Crash Tests Act

Bill: 117-s-2007
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Technology assessment
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Furthering Advanced and Inclusive Research for Crash Tests Act or the FAIR Crash Tests Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's use of crash test dummies, including how the administration's practices compare to the European New Car Assessment Programme and other programs that test vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to strengthen the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Bill: 117-s-2008
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Interagency Council on Homelessness

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 
This bill permanently reauthorizes the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4046)
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2009
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2021

 
This bill makes Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplinary proceedings open to the public unless the board, on its own motion or after considering the motion of a party, orders otherwise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4046)
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2010
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Criminal justice information and records
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to publish and regularly update its website with an accounting of property that is forfeited to the United States as a result of foreign government corruption. It also expresses the sense of Congress that recovered assets shall be returned for the benefit of the people harmed by the corruption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Vaccine Developers Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-s-2011
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Science and engineering education
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

COVID-19 Vaccine Developers Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to recognize all those whose efforts led to the development of COVID-19 vaccines that received emergency use authorizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Downwinders Parity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2012
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government liability
Labor and Employment
Nevada
Nuclear weapons
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Downwinders Parity Act of 2021

 
This bill expands a program that compensates individuals who were exposed to radiation from atmospheric nuclear testing and subsequently developed specified cancers.
 
Under current law, the program compensates, among others, individuals who were present in a designated geographic area during a period of nuclear testing. The bill expands that area to include all parts of Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona. Current law restricts eligibility to certain parts of those counties.
 
The Department of Justice must report on efforts to inform individuals newly eligible for compensation about the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2013
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Child health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Food assistance and relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hereditary and development disorders
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 

2021

 
This bill expands coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, other specified federal health care programs, and private health insurance to include foods, vitamins, and individual amino acids that are medically necessary for the management of certain digestive and metabolic disorders and conditions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Refund Equality Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2014
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Refund Equality Act of 2021

 
This bill permits legally married same sex couples to amend their tax returns to file as married filing jointly for returns outside of the statute of limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
TOURISM Act

Bill: 117-s-2015
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Travel Optimization by Updating and Revitalizing Infrastructure to Support Mobilization Act or the TOURISM Act

 
This bill changes requirements for and contents of the National Travel and Tourism Infrastructure Strategic Plan. The changes include requiring the plan to address strategies to leverage infrastructure investments to support the travel and tourism economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Kenneth Meisel Public Servants’ Claimant Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-2017
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Kenneth Meisel Public Servants' Claimant Fairness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise regulations so as to allow at least 60 days (rather than at least 30 days) for a claimant to submit any additional evidence that is requested by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to support a federal workers' compensation claim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Digital Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2018
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Aging
Community life and organization
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Digital media
Disability and paralysis
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Digital Equity Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to establish grant programs for promoting digital equity, supporting digital inclusion activities, and building capacity for state-led efforts to increase adoption of broadband by their residents.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program to make distributions to states based on their populations, demographics, and availability and adoption of broadband. The bill also establishes the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program for supporting efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion, and stimulate adoption of broadband. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
HALT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2019
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
International law and treaties
Military command and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Russia
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Hastening Arms Limitations Talks Act of 2021 or the HALT Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to conduct an explosive nuclear weapons test that produces yield unless (1) the President details any change to the condition of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile from the previous year, and (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the test.
 
Further, the bill declares it to be U.S. policy to lead international negotiations on specific arms-reduction measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Terrorism Survivors Student Loan Deferment Act

Bill: 117-s-2020
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime victims
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Terrorism Survivors Student Loan Deferment Act

 
This bill allows a borrower who is a victim of a terrorist attack to defer payment of federal student loans for up to one year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Hospitals Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2021
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

State Accountability, Flexibility, and Equity for Hospitals Act of 2021 or the SAFE Hospitals Act of 

2021

 
This bill alters Medicaid requirements relating to payment for inpatient hospital services that are provided by disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs). (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
 
Among other changes, the bill requires state Medicaid programs to adopt a payment methodology that meets certain criteria, including by prioritizing payments based on the DSH tier for which the hospital qualifies; tiers are determined based on factors such as the hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate. 
 
The bill also incorporates state poverty ratios (i.e., the number of qualifying low-income individuals in a state compared to all states) into the formula for determining state DSH allotments under Medicaid. The bill phases in application of the revised formula over the course of 10 to 15 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2022
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Cell biology and embryology
Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Genetics
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Ending the Diagnostic Odyssey Act of 

2021

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover whole genome sequencing services for certain individuals. 
 
Specifically, states may cover such services for individuals under the age of 21 (or a lower age, if the state chooses) and for former foster youth under the age of 26 who (1) have been referred or admitted to an intensive care unit or seen by a medical specialist for a suspected genetic or undiagnosed disease, or (2) are suspected by a medical specialist to have a neonatal- or pediatric-onset genetic disease. 
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to assist states in developing plans to cover such services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4046-4047)
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Relief for America's Small Farmers Act

Bill: 117-s-2023
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Relief for America's Small Farmers Act

 
This bill provides loan forgiveness of up to $250,000 for certain borrowers who are actively engaged in farming, have an average annual adjusted gross income of $300,000 or less over the previous five years, and have certain Department of Agriculture farm loans. 
 
The loan forgiveness is subject to the condition that the applicable borrower must continue to be actively engaged in farming for at least two years after receiving such forgiveness.
 
The bill provides emergency funding for loan forgiveness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Filter Bubble Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-2024
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Filter Bubble Transparency Act

 
 This bill establishes requirements for large online platforms that use algorithms applying artificial intelligence or machine learning to user-specific data to determine the manner in which content is displayed to users. Specifically, if an online platform applies such techniques to user-specific data that is not expressly provided by the user, the platform must (1) notify users that the platform uses such data, and (2) make a version of the platform available that uses only user-specific data that has been expressly provided by the user and which enables users to switch between the two platforms.
 
These requirements do not apply to search engines operated by downstream providers with fewer than 1,000 employees and that have an agreement to access an index of web pages from an upstream provider. However, the bill requires such upstream providers to make their algorithm available to downstream providers as part of such an agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate