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Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-2042
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise Act of 2021

 
This bill revises the duties, membership, and reporting requirements of the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise.
 
These changes include striking a requirement that the committee develop and promote new public sector programs and plans to foster women's business enterprise and, instead, requiring it to monitor the plans, programs, and operations of federal government departments and agencies to identify barriers to new business formation by women entrepreneurs.

action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise Act of 202

2

 
This bill revises the duties, membership, and reporting requirements of the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise.
 
These changes include striking a requirement that the committee develop and promote new public sector programs and plans to foster women's business enterprise and, instead, requiring it to monitor the plans, programs, and operations of federal government departments and agencies to identify barriers to new business formation by women entrepreneurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: By Senator Cardin from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 117-104. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: By Senator Cardin from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 117-104. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-10-27
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on the premises of any facility of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2043
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 
This bill prohibits smoking on the premises of any Veterans Health Administration facility. The bill defines smoking as the use of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes (i.e., the heating or combustion of tobacco), as well as the use of any electronic nicotine delivery system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S4521)
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Bill: 117-s-2044
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

 
This bill prohibits as a form of oppressive child labor the employment of any employee under age 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4521)
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Paya Way".

Bill: 117-s-2045
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional tributes
Cuba
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Human rights
Latin America
Protest and dissent
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 
This bill designates the area between the intersections of 16th Street, NW and Fuller Street, NW and 16th Street, NW and Euclid Street, NW in the District of Columbia as 

 Oswaldo Paya Way. 

action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 
This bill designates the area between the intersections of 16th Street, NW and Fuller Street, NW and 16th Street, NW and Euclid Street, NW in the District of Columbia as 

 Oswaldo Paya Way.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2021-08-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5224-5225)
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5224-5225)
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5224-5225)
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5224-5225)
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Community-Based Response Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2046
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Aging
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency communications systems
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Immigrant health and welfare
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

Community-Based Response Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a program to assist communities with implementing alternative emergency response models in vulnerable populations to resolve crisis situations that may not require a law enforcement response or situations in which a law enforcement response may increase the risk of harm.
 
Specifically, Administration for Community Living, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice, must award grants to eligible partnerships to establish or expand these models. The partnerships must consist of a unit of local or tribal government that is independent of law enforcement agencies and a nonprofit, community-based organization or consortium of such organizations. The partnerships may also include other entities, such as nonprofit or public institutions of higher education and behavioral health organizations.
 
A partnership may use grant funds for a variety of purposes, such as triaging 9-1-1 calls to refer certain emergencies to entities other than law enforcement. In awarding these grants, the administration must prioritize partnerships that include community-based organizations that have a record of effectively serving, and are led by members of, vulnerable populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
No PFAS in Cosmetics Act

Bill: 117-s-2047
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2021-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cosmetics and personal care
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: 

No PFAS in Cosmetics Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue and finalize a rule to ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4521)
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2048
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 

2021

 
This bill deems an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital as an inpatient for purposes of satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital-stay requirement with respect to Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Trafficking Survivors Housing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2049
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Government studies and investigations
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing supply and affordability
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Trafficking Survivors Housing Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Interagency Council on Homelessness to study and report on the availability of housing and related services for human trafficking victims and individuals vulnerable to becoming human trafficking victims.
 
Specifically, the study must assess the availability and accessibility of housing and services for such individuals who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability and must identify best practices in meeting the housing and service needs of those individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Hearing Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-2050
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Hearing Protection Act 

 
This bill removes silencers from the definition of
 firearms
 for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act.
 
The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer.
 
The bill also revises the definitions of
 firearm silencer 
and
 firearm muffler 
under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2051
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following the surgical removal of the breast (i.e., a mastectomy), including replacements of such prostheses. Currently, Medicare covers surgically implanted breast prostheses, as well as some external breast prostheses (e.g., post-surgical bras).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2052
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Due process and equal protection
Evidence and witnesses
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes limits on the use of biometric surveillance systems, such as facial recognition systems, by federal and state government entities.
 
A federal agency or official may not in an official capacity acquire, possess, or use in the United States any such system or information obtained by such a system unless Congress passes an act that specifically authorizes such a use. Such an act of Congress must contain certain provisions, such as provisions naming the specific authorized entity and auditing requirements relating to the system.
 
Information obtained in violation of this bill shall not be admissible by the federal government in any proceeding or investigation, except in a proceeding alleging a violation of this bill.
 
An individual aggrieved by a violation of these restrictions shall have the right to sue. Any state officer authorized to sue on behalf of the state's residents shall also have the right to sue on behalf of the state's aggrieved residents.
 
A state or local government unit shall not receive certain federal law enforcement grants unless the government unit complies with a law or policy that is substantially similar to this bill's restrictions on acquiring and using biometric surveillance systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2053
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Public contracts and procurement
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021

 
This bill makes incentive payments incurred for expedited completion of certain federally financed airport development projects an allowable project cost standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Partnerships for Affordability and Student Success Act

Bill: 117-s-2054
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Consumer affairs
Economic development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
International exchange and broadcasting
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Partnerships for Affordability and Student Success Act

 
This bill commits states to maintaining support for affordable higher education, and it authorizes federal-state partnerships to provide for higher education access, affordability, and completion.
 
Specifically, the bill requires states to maintain support for institutions of higher education (IHEs) and for student financial aid at levels that are equal to or greater than the average levels of such support for the three most recent academic years.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Education, after entering into an agreement with states, to award incentive grants to states to (1) provide grants to eligible students attending IHEs or participating in accredited study abroad programs, (2) reduce the cost of attendance at public IHEs, and (3) provide subgrants to eligible IHEs to reduce student costs and improve outcomes for students and graduates.
 
Each state that receives such grant funds shall report annually on its progress in meeting its public postsecondary education goals and comprehensive plan for public higher education.
 
Private, nonprofit IHEs may voluntarily elect to participate in a state's efforts under its comprehensive plan for postsecondary education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4547)
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2055
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs
Right of privacy
Specialized courts
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to whistleblower protections. Specifically, the bill
 
 
revises the standard for review of whistleblower awards in the Tax Court to require a
 de novo
 review standard (currently, the standard is abuse of discretion); 
 
exempts whistleblower awards from reductions due to budget sequestration; 
 
establishes a rebuttable presumption that whistleblowers would suffer harm if their identities were disclosed in a Tax Court proceeding; 
 
modifies the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower report to require inclusion of a list and description of the top 10 tax avoidance schemes disclosed by whistleblowers;
 
requires the IRS to pay interest on whistleblower awards if not paid within one year of receipt of proceeds collected from whistleblower disclosures, 
 
allows the IRS to retain 3% of whistleblower proceeds (up to $10 million) to pay administrative costs of the whistleblower program; and
 
allows payment of the attorney fees of whistleblowers regardless of whether the whistleblower award was paid through the mandatory or the discretionary whistleblower award program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop the Outlay of Payments Act

Bill: 117-s-2056
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Stop the Outlay of Payments Act

 
This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to entities that have had prior awards suspended or terminated due to certain legal violations and that have failed to take necessary remedial action.
 
Specifically, the bill requires federal agencies to notify the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within 120 days of suspending or terminating any portion of a federal award to a recipient for failure to comply with (1) the terms and conditions of the award, (2) a federal law or regulation, or (3) a request by the agency making the award for information or materials relating to that award.
 
The OMB must maintain an up-to-date list of suspended entities on its website.
 
An agency may not make a federal award or disburse funds under an award to a suspended entity until that entity remedies the reason for the suspension or termination, with specified exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Metropolitan Statistical Area Preservation Act

Bill: 117-s-2057
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Metropolitan Statistical Area Preservation Act

 
This bill prohibits the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from establishing, for purposes of designating areas as metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), a minimum population for the urban area of such MSA that is more than 50,000. 
 
The OMB may, for statistical purposes only, establish other statistical area designations with higher minimum population requirements for such urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S4547-4548)
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate