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ACCESS to Careers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1847
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation programs funding
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Assisting Community Colleges in Educating Skilled Students to Careers Act of 2021 or the ACCESS to Careers Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to community and technical colleges and to states for education and career training programs and related activities.
 
Specifically, the bill requires ED to award grants to community and technical colleges and consortia of such colleges to (1) carry out student support services, such as child care, transportation, direct financial assistance, and case management services; and (2) carry out certain program activities, such as developing programs that accelerate learning, expand career pathways to postsecondary credentials, or expand dual or concurrent enrollment programs.
 
Additionally, ED must award grants to states to establish statewide systemic reforms that support education and career training programs. States receiving these grants must (1) use funds to implement statewide policies, such as policies to support the expansion of education and career training programs for in-demand industry sectors or occupations, and (2) provide subgrants to community college partnerships to carry out program activities and student support services.
 
Further, ED must (1) contract with an independent third party to perform an evaluation of the grants awarded under the bill, (2) provide technical assistance, and (3) submit an annual report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3505)
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Bill: 117-s-1848
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Marriage and family status
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

 
This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or religion in the provision of child welfare programs and services by entities receiving federal funding. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must provide technical assistance to help states follow this requirement, including (1) guidance for bringing state laws into compliance, (2) developing training to increase cultural competency related to social identity, and (3) training for judges and attorneys involved in child welfare cases, among other supports.
 
Additionally, HHS must establish the National Resource Center on Safety, Well-Being, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ Children and Youth Involved with Child Welfare Services to provide training, technical assistance, and guidance to applicable state and local agencies and service providers.
 
Further, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act may not be the basis for challenging the application or enforcement of this bill. The Government Accountability Office must study and report on states' compliance with the requirements of the bill no later than three years after enactment. 


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
Leadership in Global Tech Standards Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1849
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
International organizations and cooperation
Public-private cooperation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Leadership in Global Tech Standards Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program that supports the participation of U.S. small businesses in meetings and proceedings of standards development organizations to develop voluntary technical standards.
 
To carry out this program, the SBA must award grants to small businesses for the reasonable costs of participation in standards development organizations.
 
These grants may only be awarded to small businesses that (1) demonstrate technical expertise in key emerging technologies and technical standards (e.g., artificial intelligence), (2) commit personnel with such expertise to regular participation in international bodies responsible for developing standards for those technologies, and (3) agree to coordinate between the public and private sectors to ensure protection of national security interests in the setting of international standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Chaplains Memorial Preservation Act

Bill: 117-s-1850
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Monuments and memorials
Religion
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Chaplains Memorial Preservation Act

 
This bill authorizes the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF) to update and make corrections to certain memorials in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
 
Specifically, NCMAF may
 
 
update the memorial to Protestant chaplains with a granite, marble or other stone base to host the bronze plaque of the memorial;
 
add another plaque to such base that includes the name of each chaplain who died while on active duty since the original memorial was placed;
 
make updates and corrections to the memorials to Catholic chaplains and Jewish chaplains as needed; and
 
make other updates as needed.
 
 
Additionally, NCMAF is authorized to verify the names of chaplains with their respective military branch for memorialization in Arlington National Cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Bill: 117-s-1851
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Clean Ocean And Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from authorizing the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in specified planning areas of the Outer Continental Shelf along the Atlantic Coast, including the Straits of Florida.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
BRAIN TRAIN Act

Bill: 117-s-1852
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Building Rail Across Intercity Networks To Ride Around Interior of the Nation Act or the
 
BRAIN TRAIN Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish an intercity passenger rail service investment program to promote high-performance rail transportation options.
 
DOT may award competitive grants under the program to finance capital projects for high-performance rail, including grants awarded in installments for projects lasting longer than one year.
 
In awarding grants, DOT must select high-performance rail projects (1) that are anticipated to result in significant improvements to intercity rail passenger service, (2) for which there is a high degree of confidence that the proposed projects are feasible and will result in the anticipated benefits, and (3) for which the level of the anticipated benefits compares favorably to the amount of federal funding requested.
 
The federal share of the cost of a capital project shall not exceed 90% of the project's net capital cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Motorcyclist Advisory Council Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1853
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Motorcyclist Advisory Council Act of 2021 

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the establishment or designation of a Motorcyclist Advisory Council whose duties are to advise the Department of Transportation, the National Highway Safety Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration on transportation safety issues of concern to motorcyclists, including (1) motorcycle safety; (2) barrier and road design, construction, and maintenance practices; and (3) the architecture and implementation of intelligent transportation system technologies.
 
The bill also sets forth the membership of the council, member terms, and reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1854
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Industrial policy and productivity
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Trade agreements and negotiations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes the Committee on National Critical Capabilities to review certain transactions by U.S. businesses, including those transactions that could result in an unacceptable risk to national critical capabilities. Further, the bill authorizes the President to suspend or prohibit transactions that pose an unacceptable risk to national critical capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1855
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Economic development
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Health facilities and institutions
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Photography and imaging
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Roads and highways
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for programs and activities in support of forest restoration, wildfire mitigation, and energy resilience. 
 
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall select landscape-scale forest restoration projects to implement on National Forest System land and on land adjoining National Forest System land. USDA shall establish a pilot program under which USDA may enter into conservation finance agreements with public or private persons to implement and monitor such projects.
 
The Department of Energy shall establish a program to support critical infrastructure and microgrids, including by improving the energy resilience and power needs of critical facilities (e.g., hospitals) through the use of microgrids, renewable energy, energy efficiency, reduced electricity demand, and on-site storage.
 
 USDA and the Department of the Interior shall establish one or more centers in western states to train individuals in methods relevant to the mitigation of wildfire risk. 
 
 USDA shall establish a competitive grant program to support workforce development in forestry and fire management.


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
Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1856
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act of 2021 or the Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the workplace rights, protections, and benefits applicable to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel.
 
 Specifically, the bill 
 
 
within 180 days, eliminates personnel authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation governing the conditions of employment for TSA employees, thus making TSA employees subject to the personnel management system applicable to other federal employees;
 
sets forth transition rules that protect the pay rates, leave rights, and other rights of TSA and Federal Air Marshal Service employees; and
 
requires DHS to consult with the labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority to carry out the conversion of such positions.
 
 
The bill also
 
 
directs the TSA to implement in-person or remote mental health programs at each field office of the Federal Air Marshal Service and consult with labor associations to address concerns regarding federal air marshals, including mental health and suicide rates;
 
requires DHS to prioritize the hiring of veterans, including disabled veterans; and
 
directs the TSA to ensure its employees are provided proper guidance regarding prevention and protections against the coronavirus.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop CHEATERS Act

Bill: 117-s-1857
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business records
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Income tax rates
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Performance measurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Stop Corporations and High Earners from Avoiding Taxes and Enforce the Rules Strictly Act or the Stop CHEATERS Act

 
This bill provides additional appropriations through FY2031 for the enforcement activities of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and for taxpayer services and operations support. It establishes enforcement goals of annual audits of certain high-income tax returns, beginning in 2025, and each year thereafter. 
 
The bill establishes new reporting requirements for certain banks or other financial institutions and increases enforcement penalties for accuracy-related underpayments of tax up to a maximum of 40% of the underpayment for taxpayers with taxable incomes greater than $5 million.
 
The IRS must report to Congress biennially on plans to shift more of its enforcement assets toward high-income tax filers and on an estimate of revenue losses from offshore tax evasion.


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
Keeping All Students Safe Act

Bill: 117-s-1858
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Interior
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Prescription drugs
School administration
Special education
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Keeping All Students Safe Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of seclusion, which is the involuntary confinement of a student alone in a room or area from which the student is physically prevented from leaving. The term does not include a time out, which may involve separating the student from others in a non-locked setting.
 
The bill prohibits the use of mechanical or chemical restraints or physical restraints that restrict breathing or are life threatening.
 
The bill outlines the requirements for the use of physical restraint, including that the student's behavior must pose an imminent danger of serious physical injury to the student or other individual. Each state must ensure that a sufficient number of program personnel are trained and certified by a state-approved crisis intervention training program. Additionally, each program must establish procedures to follow after an incident involving physical restraint.
 
Further, the bill establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint. The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services must withhold payments from a program for unlawful seclusion or restraint.
 
Finally, the bill requires each state educational agency (SEA) to establish, implement, and enforce policies and procedures required by the bill. It also creates a grant program to assist SEAs with these activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
National Guard and Reserve Incentive Pay Parity Act

Bill: 117-s-1859
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

National Guard and Reserve Incentive Pay Parity Act

 
This bill requires the military department concerned to pay members of the reserve components a special bonus or incentive pay in the same monthly amount that is paid to members in the regular component of the service for performing comparable work requiring comparable skills.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate