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Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

Bill: 117-s-1813
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

 
This bill establishes grant programs to address neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and contains other related provisions.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall award grants to eligible entities to facilitate patients' access to investigational drugs that diagnose or treat ALS. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shall award grants to public and private entities to cover the costs of research and development of drugs that diagnose or treat ALS and other severely debilitating neurodegenerative diseases.
 
HHS shall also establish the Public-Private Partnership for Neurodegenerative Diseases between the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, and at least one eligible entity (generally, an institution of higher education or a nonprofit organization). The partnership shall support the development and regulatory review of drugs that address ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases.
 
The FDA shall publish on its website a five-year action plan for fostering the development of drugs that improve or extend the lives of people living with rare neurodegenerative diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act

Bill: 117-s-1814
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
U.S. history
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act

 
This bill authorizes the Women Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia in commemoration of the commitment and service represented by women who worked on the home front during World War II. 
 
The foundation shall be solely responsible for the acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, establishing the commemorative work.
 
The establishment of the commemorative work shall be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act.
 
The bill prohibits federal funds from being used to pay any expense for the establishment of the commemorative work.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Workforce Investment Disclosure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1815
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Contracts and agency
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Labor market
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Minority employment
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Self-employed
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Workforce Investment Disclosure Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires publicly traded companies to disclose information annually regarding workforce management policies, practices, and performance. This includes 
 
 
demographic information; 
 
data on temporary and contract workers; 
 
employee turnover rate; 
 
employee skills and capabilities; 
 
workforce health, safety, and well-being, including findings of harassment or discrimination; and 
 
employee compensation, benefits, and incentives. 
 
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission may exempt emerging growth companies from certain disclosures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1816
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Aquaculture
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Chesapeake Bay
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Delaware
Department of Commerce
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Executive agency funding and structure
Fishes
Geography and mapping
Historic sites and heritage areas
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Virginia
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chesapeake Bay Office and revises requirements concerning the office and its activities. It also authorizes the office to establish a Chesapeake Bay watershed education and training program as well as a program to support coordinated management, protection, characterization, and restoration of priority habitats and living resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Bridge Investment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1817
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Natural disasters
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Bridge Investment Act of 20

21

 
This bill establishes a bridge investment program to award competitive grants to certain governmental entities for projects that improve (1) the condition of bridges; and (2) the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and freight over bridges.
 
Among other things, the bill 
 
 
requires grant awards for large projects (projects with total costs of greater than $100 million) to be at least $50 million, and for any other projects not less than $2.5 million;
 
directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider a number of factors in awarding grants, including the extent to which a project demonstrates cost savings by bundling multiple bridge projects;
 
requires DOT to prioritize projects that are located within states for which at least two project applications were submitted in the current fiscal year and an average of two were submitted in prior fiscal years, and fewer than two grants have been awarded for projects within the state; and
 
limits funding for projects that consist solely of culvert replacement or rehabilitation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Equity Act

Bill: 117-s-1818
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Equity Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to refund credit risk premiums under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan program upon the satisfaction of a loan's obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1819
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Disability and health-based discrimination
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Due process and equal protection
Employment and training programs
Federal-Indian relations
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Intergovernmental relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Retail and wholesale trades
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Violent crime
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes grants to support the implementation of extreme risk protection order laws at the state and local levels, extends federal firearms restrictions to individuals who are subject to extreme risk protection orders, and expands related data collection. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. 
 
Among its provisions, the bill
 
 
directs the Department of Justice to establish a grant program to help states, local governments, Indian tribes, and other entities implement extreme risk protection order laws;
 
extends federal restrictions on the receipt, possession, shipment, and transportation of firearms and ammunition to individuals who are subject to extreme risk protection orders; and
 
requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to compile records from federal, tribal, and state courts and other agencies that identify individuals who are subject to extreme risk protection orders.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1820
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Indian social and development programs
Landlord and tenant
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2021

 
 This bill establishes programs and grants to incentivize landlord participation in the Housing Choice Voucher program (i.e., Section 8 tenant-based housing assistance). 
 
The bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide one-time incentive payments to landlords, security deposit payments, bonuses to public housing agencies that employ landlord liaisons, and amounts for other recruitment purposes. 
 
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2026 the Tribal Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program. 
 
Additionally, the bill allows dwelling units to meet Housing Choice Voucher program inspection requirements by satisfactory inspection through participation in other housing programs. 
 
Landlords not yet participating in a low-income housing assistance program may request inspection by a public housing agency to determine whether the dwelling meets requirements prior to selection by a tenant. 
 
Finally, HUD must expand the use of an alternative method of calculating fair market rent for purposes of the Housing Choice Voucher program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Humane Correctional Health Care Act

Bill: 117-s-1821
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Humane Correctional Health Care Act

 
This bill allows states to cover inmates of public institutions under Medicaid. The Government Accountability Office must report on specified information relating to the health of inmates and the effects of Medicaid coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce a China Economic Data Coordination Center.

Bill: 117-s-1822
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Budget deficits and national debt
China
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Economic performance and conditions
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign loans and debt
Government studies and investigations
Interest, dividends, interest rates
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Research and development
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a China Economic Data Coordination Center within the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
 
The center must collect, synthesize, and report on specified Chinese economic data regarding developments in China's financial markets and U.S. exposure to risks and vulnerabilities in China's financial system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1823
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Consumer credit
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Voters on the Move Registration Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to develop, and specified agencies to distribute, a statement providing individuals with information on how to register to vote and their voting rights. This information must be provided to individuals upon their participation in certain rental assistance programs or application for certain residential mortgages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the development and implementation of economic defense response teams.

Bill: 117-s-1824
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic performance and conditions
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign aid and international relief
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 
This bill establishes a pilot program for deploying economic response teams that provide emergency technical assistance and support to a partner country subjected to the threat or use of coercive economic measures by a U.S. adversary. These teams also play a liaison role between the legitimate government of a partner country and the U.S. government.
 
To carry out the program, the Department of State must identify U.S. government personnel across multiple departments who have relevant expertise to serve on teams and provide logistical and institutional support for the program and its teams.
 
To deploy a team, the President must declare, and notify Congress of, a coercive economic emergency (i.e., an unusual and extraordinary economic coercive threat to a partner country made by a U.S. adversary). The initial deployment may last for up to 180 days; the President may extend a deployment by submitting to Congress a justification for the extension in the interest of national security.
 
The State Department must provide to Congress an initial report following the establishment of the program and a subsequent report about its first year of operation. Authority for the program terminates on December 1, 2026.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1825
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Firearms and explosives
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Safe Gun Storage Act of 20

21

This bill requires safety standards for firearm locks and safes. Under such standards, firearm locks must be reasonably designed to (1) prevent the firearm from discharging while the lock is activated, and (2) prevent unauthorized access to the firearm. Further, firearm safes must be reasonably designed to (1) secure firearms, and (2) prevent unauthorized access to the safe through physical manipulation or damage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Lead Poisoning Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1826
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Child health
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Preventing Lead Poisoning Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) of screening blood lead tests. Specifically, CHIP must cover a child's test once at the age of 12 months and once at the age of 24 months, or once between the ages of 24 months and 72 months if the child has never been assessed, as well as testing at such other times as recommended by a child's health care provider. The bill also provides statutory authority for these requirements (regarding testing intervals) for state Medicaid programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1829
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Income tax exclusion
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Carbon Capture Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for the financing of qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities.
 
A 
qualified carbon dioxide capture facility
 is any equipment installed in an industrial carbon dioxide facility that satisfies specified capture and storage requirements and (1) is used for the capture, treatment and purification, compression, transportation, or on-site storage of carbon dioxide produced by the industrial carbon dioxide facility; or (2) is integral or functionally related and subordinate to a gasification process that converts a product from coal, petroleum residue, biomass, or other materials that are recovered for their energy or feedstock value into a synthesis gas composed primarily of carbon dioxide and hydrogen for direct use or subsequent chemical or physical conversion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe School Meals for Kids Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1830
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Safe School Meals for Kids Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to ban from the school meal programs all food that has been treated with chlorpyrifos or has a chlorpyrifos residue greater than 0.001 micrograms per kilogram of food. Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that some studies have linked to developmental disabilities in children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate