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Outdoor Restoration Partnership Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1248
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Coal
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Economic development
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Outdoor Restoration Partnership Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes and provides funding for the Restoration and Resilience Grant Program and the Restoration and Resilience Partnership Program.
 
The bill establishes a Restoration Fund Advisory Council to provide advice to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) respecting the grant program.
 
The grant program shall provide grants to eligible entities (e.g., a state agency, a unit of local government, or a tribal government) for purposes such as (1) increasing the capacity for planning, coordinating, and monitoring restoration and resilience projects on federal land and nonfederal land; or (2) restoration and resilience projects on nonfederal land.
 
Under the Restoration and Resilience Partnership Program, USDA shall carry out restoration and resilience projects that reduce wildfire potential, improve community resilience in the wildland-urban interface, or restore wildlife habitat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
PPP Flexibility for Farmers, Ranchers, and the Self-Employed Act

Bill: 117-s-1249
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food industry and services
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Self-employed
Small business
Travel and tourism
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

PPP Flexibility for Farmers, Ranchers, and the Self-Employed Act

 
This bill makes various changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) with respect to certain loans, loan applicants, and loan recipients.
 
First, the bill permits farming partnerships with gross farming income from self-employment to request a recalculation of the amount of their PPP loans based on the partners' distributive shares of gross income from the partnership. The recalculation is available retroactively for loans made on or before the date of enactment of this bill.
 
 Additionally, applicants for PPP loans may calculate their maximum loan amount based on the applicant's Internal Revenue Service Form 1040, Schedule C (i.e., profit or loss from a business). This applies retroactively to PPP loans made or approved on or before December 27, 2020.
 
 The bill also increases the maximum amount of a second draw PPP loan for individuals who received PPP loan forgiveness. The maximum second draw PPP loan amount for an eligible individual includes the increased PPP loan amount the individual would have received under the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act had the individual not already received loan forgiveness. This applies retroactively to second draw loans made on for before the date of enactment of this bill.
 
The bill changes from a quarterly period to any contiguous 90-day period the calculation of revenue loss in determining eligibility for a second draw PPP loan.
 
The bill also extends certain dates with respect to the administration of the PPP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
REVIEW Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1250
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2021 or the REVIEW Act of 2021
 
 
This bill prohibits a final agency rule from taking effect until (1) the agency submits the rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), and (2) OIRA makes a determination as to whether the rule is a high-impact rule that may impose an annual cost on the economy of at least $1 billion.
 
In addition, an agency must postpone the effective date of a high-impact rule until the final disposition of all actions seeking judicial review of the rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
RED Tape Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1252
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Regulations Endanger Democracy Act of 2021 or the RED Tape Act of 20

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This bill prohibits, with certain exceptions, a federal agency from issuing a rule that causes a new financial or administrative burden on businesses or people in the United States unless the agency has repealed or amended two or more existing rules causing such a burden and the cost of the rule to be issued is less than or equal to that of the rules repealed or amended.
 
In determining whether to repeal such a rule, an agency must consider (1) whether the rule has achieved its purpose, has become obsolete, or overlaps with a rule to be issued; (2) any adverse effects that could materialize if the rule is repealed; and (3) whether the costs of the rule outweigh its benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Maximizing America’s Prosperity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1253
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Economic performance and conditions
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Maximizing America's Prosperity Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes annual spending limits that are equal to specified percentages of potential gross domestic product (GDP). Potential GDP generally refers to the GDP that would occur if the economy were at full employment without inflation. The spending limits apply to all budget authority and outlays of the federal government excluding net interest.
 
The bill establishes procedures for enforcing the spending limits, including requirements for sequestration (i.e., automatic spending cuts) and for the President's budget and congressional budget resolutions to comply with the limits. 
 
The bill also requires at least 1% of total discretionary spending for each year to be reserved for emergencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Rebuild America Now Act

Bill: 117-s-1254
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Alternative and renewable resources
Civil actions and liability
Coal
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive Office of the President
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pedestrians and bicycling
Pipelines
Public transit
Public utilities and utility rates
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Rebuild America Now Act 

 
This bill generally expedites the environmental review and permitting process of certain infrastructure projects and projects undertaken or funded by the federal government that could have significant environmental consequences.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes deadlines for federal agencies to complete environmental assessments and environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The bill makes additional revisions to NEPA, including revisions to 
 
 
categorically exclude from environmental review certain projects to repair infrastructure for communities that are imminently threatened from flooding or erosion,
 
limit the number of assessment documents for proposed federal actions, 
 
allow agencies to reuse certain documents and to adopt environmental documents prepared by states or other entities as specified by the bill, and 
 
limit the judicial review of NEPA cases.
 
 
The bill also establishes a permittee bill of rights, which creates a presumption of approval for permits under specified environmental and energy laws.
 
In addition, the bill establishes requirements to expedite certain permits for natural gas or oil pipelines as well as agreements relating to transportation projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1255
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business education
Business investment and capital
Community life and organization
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2021

 
This bill permanently authorizes the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and requires the MBDA to promote and administer programs that assist the development of minority business enterprises (MBEs).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the MBDA to (1) provide assistance to MBEs in domestic and foreign markets by making available specified resources, (2) promote the position of MBEs in local economies, and (3) collect data on the causes of MBE success or failure and research how economic conditions affect the development of MBEs.
 
The bill establishes formal processes for the MBDA Business Center Program and the MBDA Rural Business Center Program through which business centers provide programs and services to support MBEs.
 
The bill also establishes new initiatives to promote economic resiliency for minority businesses, including (1) an annual forum to review problems and programs relating to capital formation by MBEs, (2) a study and report on alternative financing solutions for MBEs, and (3) entrepreneurship education grants for certain institutions of higher education to develop and implement entrepreneurship curricula.
 
Further, the bill establishes grants for (1) certain nonprofit organizations that provide services to MBEs as one of their primary activities, and (2) MBEs for the purpose of supporting MBEs or helping MBEs remain in business.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the programs carried out pursuant to the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Providing Real Opportunities for Growth to Rising Entrepreneurs for Sustained Success (PROGRESS) Act

Bill: 117-s-1256
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Providing Real Opportunities for Growth to Rising Entrepreneurs for Sustained Success (PROGRESS) Act

 
This bill provides for a new small business investor tax credit to promote investment in start-up businesses and a first employee tax credit equal to 25% of employee wages, up to $10,000 in a taxable year. An employer may elect to apply the amount of the first employee tax credit to payroll tax liability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
AI Scholarship-for-Service Act

Bill: 117-s-1257
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

AI Scholarship-for-Service Act

 
This bill establishes a federal artificial intelligence (AI) scholarship-for-service program to recruit and train AI professionals to lead and support AI in federal, state, local, and tribal governments.
 
Specifically, the National Science Foundation must establish criteria to designate qualified institutions of higher education (IHEs) as eligible to participate in the program. Such criteria must include (1) measures of an IHE's demonstrated excellence in the education of students in AI; and (2) measures of an IHE's ability to attract and retain a diverse and nontraditional student population in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
 
Further, the program must (1) provide scholarships through qualified IHEs to students who are enrolled in programs of study related to AI, (2) provide scholarship recipients with internship opportunities, (3) prioritize the employment placement of scholarship recipients in executive agencies, (4) identify opportunities to promote multidisciplinary programs of study that integrate basic or advanced AI training with other fields of study, and (5) support education research programs to train AI researchers and practitioners.
 
Additionally, the post-award employment obligations of a scholarship recipient must include three years of work for an executive agency; Congress; an interstate agency; a state, local, or tribal government; or a government-affiliated nonprofit that is considered to be critical infrastructure. A scholarship recipient who completes less than the required three years of service must repay the scholarship, or the scholarship must be treated as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan that is subject to repayment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the authorization of each of the National Coal Heritage Area and the Wheeling National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1258
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
California
Coal
Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Maryland
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Pennsylvania
Washington State
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 
This bill extends through FY2036 the authority of the Department of the Interior to make any grants or provide any assistance for the National Coal Heritage Area and the Wheeling National Heritage Area in West Virginia.
 
The bill extends by one year the deadline for completion of proposed management plans for
 
 
the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area in West Virginia and Maryland,
 
the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in Washington.
 
the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in Washington,
 
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area in California,
 
the Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in Arizona, and 
 
the Susquehanna National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Cribs Act

Bill: 117-s-1259
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Consumer affairs
Product safety and quality
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Safe Cribs Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute crib bumpers. Crib bumpers generally are padded materials inserted around the inside of a crib and intended to prevent the crib occupant from becoming trapped in any part of the crib's openings; they do not include unpadded, mesh crib liners. 

action_date: 2021-12-17
text: 

Safe Cribs Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute crib bumpers. Crib bumpers generally are padded materials inserted around the inside of a crib and intended to prevent the crib occupant from becoming trapped in any part of the crib's openings; they do not include unpadded, mesh crib liners.

action_date: 2022-03-23
text: 

Safe Cribs Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute crib bumpers. Crib bumpers generally are padded materials inserted around the inside of a crib and intended to prevent the crib occupant from becoming trapped in any part of the crib's openings; they do not include unpadded, mesh crib liners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-03-23
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1753; text: CR S1753)
action_date: 2022-03-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S1753; text: CR S1753)
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: By Senator Cantwell from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 117-62.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: By Senator Cantwell from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 117-62.
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 226.
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act

Bill: 117-s-1261
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act

 
This bill requires the national instant criminal background check system to automatically notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and relevant state and local law enforcement agencies when the system indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Future Logging Careers Act

Bill: 117-s-1262
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Forests, forestry, trees
Labor standards
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Future Logging Careers Act 

 
This bill allows individuals who are 16 or 17 years old to work at certain logging operations that are owned or operated by at least one parent or a person standing in place of a parent. Thus, the bill exempts such employees from child labor laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate