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Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2150
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Natural disasters
Public utilities and utility rates
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 

Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to jointly establish a commission to study and make recommendations to improve federal policies relating to wildland fire prevention, mitigation, suppression, management, and rehabilitation.
 
The Department of Defense and other relevant federal departments and agencies must submit to the commission an inventory of surplus cargo and passenger aircraft and excess common-use aircraft parts that may be used for wildland firefighting purposes.

action_date: 2022-06-21
text: 

Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to jointly establish a commission to study and make recommendations to improve federal policies relating to wildland fire prevention, mitigation, suppression, management, and rehabilitation.
 
The Department of Defense and other relevant federal departments and agencies must submit to the commission an inventory of surplus cargo and passenger aircraft and excess common-use aircraft parts that may be used for wildland firefighting purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-121.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-121.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.

Bill: 117-s-2151
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 
This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used to provide training to recruits who agree to serve in law enforcement agencies in their communities.

action_date: 2022-06-14
text: 
This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used to provide training to officers and recruits who agree to serve in law enforcement agencies in their communities.

action_date: 2022-08-01
text: 
This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used to provide training to officers and recruits who agree to serve in law enforcement agencies in their communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-08-01
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3826; text: CR S3826)
action_date: 2022-08-01
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3826; text: CR S3826)
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-05-19
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-2152
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 

Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require certain online public inspection files to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, sorting, and analysis.
 
Online public inspection files (including political files that contain records of requests to purchase broadcast time by or on behalf of candidates for public office or to communicate a message relating to a political matter of national importance) are files that must be uploaded to the internet by certain television broadcast stations and television systems, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

Bill: 117-s-2153
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 

Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

 
This bill requires a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and has been repeatedly flooded, as specified by the bill, to (1) assess the continuing risks to community areas repeatedly damaged by floods; and (2) develop and implement a publicly available, community-specific plan for mitigating continuing flood risks to such areas.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must, upon request, provide a community with appropriate data to assist in preparation of the required plan.
 
In making decisions with respect to awarding flood risk mitigation grants, FEMA may consider the extent to which a community has complied with these requirements and is working to remedy problems with repeatedly flooded areas.
 
A community that does not comply with these requirements may be subject to appropriate sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to extend the Federal framework closing date for the hunting of ducks, mergansers, and coots, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2154
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Birds
Department of the Interior
Hunting and fishing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 
This bill allows the Department of the Interior to extend the hunting season for ducks, mergansers, and coots. Currently, the hunting season must end no later than January 31 each year. This bill allows the hunting season to end no later than March 10.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2155
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 

Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes certain federal criminal offenses related to voting and sets forth additional requirements for federal elections. 
 
The bill makes it a crime to (1) intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker (i.e., an election official, a poll worker, or an election volunteer) with the intent to interfere with the official duties of, or retaliate against, the worker; or (2) publicly disclose restricted personal information about an election worker or an immediate family member with the intent to threaten or cause harm to the worker or the family member.
 
In addition, the bill restricts the ability of a statewide election administrator to remove a local election administrator. A statewide election administrator may suspend, remove, or relieve the duties of a local election administrator only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance while in office.
 
 Further, the bill establishes certain requirements for challenging an individual's eligibility to register to vote or vote in federal elections.
 
The bill also sets a minimum distance for poll observers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act

Bill: 117-s-2156
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Equal Enforcement of Cocaine Laws Act

 
This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. 
 
Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.
 
Under the bill, the same threshold quantity of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams) triggers the same statutory criminal penalties. 
 
The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. However, the change does not apply retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2157
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes a grant program for emergency departments to increase access to follow-up psychiatric services for individuals who present for care of acute mental-health episodes. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award these grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-s-2158
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Massachusetts
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act

 
This bill extends the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission through September 25, 2029.

action_date: 2022-02-10
text: 

Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act

 
This bill extends the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission until September 26, 2029. 
 
The bill also repeals the prohibition barring the Department of the Interior from, without the advice of the commission, issuing a permit for commercial or industrial use of property located within the seashore or establishing a public use area for recreational activity within the seashore.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270.
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 117-71.
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 117-71.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
RECAL Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2160
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
General Services Administration
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Restored, Equitable, Coronavirus Adjusted Lodging Act of 2021 or the RECAL Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the General Services Administration (GSA), when determining the FY2022 and FY2023 per diem reimbursement rates for locations within the Continental United States (CONUS), from setting lodging allowances below the FY2020 levels.
 
 CONUS per diem reimbursement rates are the maximum allowances that federal employees are reimbursed for official travel expenses. The rates consist of lodging, meals, and incidental expense allowances; the GSA sets rates annually based on data from the prior 12-month period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Retain Skilled Veterans Act

Bill: 117-s-2161
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Retain Skilled Veterans Act

 
This bill modifies the restriction related to the appointment of retired members of the Armed Forces to certain civil service positions in the Department of Defense. Under the bill, the 180-day waiting period before a retired member may be appointed to a position only applies to those positions in the excepted or competitive service classified at or above GS-14 of the General Schedule (or equivalent).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
SBA Franchise Loan Default Disclosure Act

Bill: 117-s-2162
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

SBA Franchise Loan Default Disclosure Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to publish on its website and to regularly update the loan default rates by franchise brands during the preceding 10-year period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2163
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a plan for reducing its backlog of requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
 
The VA must request that the Office of Government Information Services of the National Archives and Records Administration conduct an assessment of the VA's compliance with FOIA.
 
Finally, the VA must submit an annual report on its FOIA compliance efforts and make such reports available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2164
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Inflation and prices
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medical research
Medicare
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Prescription drugs
Product development and innovation
Public participation and lobbying
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes and modifies several programs and requirements to address prescription drug prices, particularly in relation to Medicare and Medicaid. 
 
Among other changes, the bill
 
 
requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish certain information, as reported by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), relating to generic dispensing rates, drug discounts and rebates, and payments between PBMs, health plans, and pharmacies;
 
caps annual out-of-pocket spending under the Medicare prescription drug benefit;
 
allows prescription drug plan sponsors under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to offer additional plans in a region;
 
establishes requirements under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program for certain gene therapies for which prices are indexed to achieved outcomes; and
 
establishes the position of Chief Pharmaceutical Negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2165
Sponsor: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 

2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to provide children with parents on active duty in the uniformed services with funds to pay educational expenses.
 
Specifically, ED must establish a tax-exempt Military Education Savings Account for dependent children of parents in the uniformed services for the payment of the children's educational expenses. Funds in the savings account may be used for specified purposes, including the cost of attendance at a private elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education, private tutoring, or costs associated with an apprenticeship or other vocational training program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
RETAIN GPS and Satellite Communications Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2166
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Recognizing and Ensuring Taxpayer Access to Infrastructure Necessary for GPS and Satellite Communications Act of 2021 or the RETAIN GPS and Satellite Communications Act of 2021

 
This bill places conditions on entities that deploy commercial terrestrial operations in the 1525-1559 megahertz (MHz) band or the 1626.5-1660.6 MHz band of the electromagnetic spectrum. These frequency bands are traditionally used for satellite operations, including the global positioning system (GPS).
 
On April 19, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission approved an application for a low-power 5G wireless network in such bands despite concerns about the network interfering with GPS and other operations on adjacent bands. In its application, the entity committed to update, repair, or replace federal devices, platforms, or systems affected by its operations.
 
This bill requires an entity (including the previously approved entity) that deploys terrestrial operations in the designated bands to reimburse a federal agency or a person for certain costs if the entity's operations interfere with or otherwise affect the operations of the agency or person. These costs may include necessary upgrades, repairs, or replacements to satellite communication devices and related equipment, as well as expenses for engineering studies and labor. Reimbursable costs owed by the entity transfer to any assignee, successor, or purchaser of its license to deploy terrestrial operations in the designated bands.
 
The bill also expressly authorizes federal agencies to directly accept from the entity reimbursements for incurred costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate