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Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1893
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2021

 
This bill allows certain hospitals to receive additional payment under Medicare for full-time equivalent residents who receive training in rural areas. 
 
Specifically, hospitals, critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals may elect to receive payment for time spent by a resident in a rural training location if the resident trains for at least eight weeks in the location and the hospital pays the salary and benefits of the resident during this time. Additionally, hospitals may receive payment for all time spent by residents in a residency program in which 50% of all training is in rural locations, regardless of where the training occurs or specialty. 
 
Payments are based on the difference between the total amount of eligible payments (as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and the amount of graduate medical education payments received (if applicable).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1895
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Environmental health
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Solid waste and recycling
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award additional FY2022 funds to the Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program. This program provides American Indian and Alaska Native homes and communities with water supply, sewage disposal, and solid waste disposal facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-71.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-1896
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Criminal justice information and records
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Marriage and family status
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
Student records
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act

 
This bill establishes requirements for certain commercial online platforms (e.g., social media sites) that withhold or promote content through algorithms and related computational processes that use personal information.
 
The platforms must
 
 
make disclosures about their collection and use of personal information and their content moderation practices;
 
retain specified records that describe how the algorithms use personal information and assess whether the algorithms produce disparate outcomes based on race and other demographic factors in terms of access to housing, employment, financial services, and related matters;
 
employ algorithms safely and effectively; and
 
allow users to access and transfer their personal information.
 
 
If a platform uses algorithms to publish or sell advertising, it must maintain a library of the advertisements. The Federal Trade Commission must also adopt rules concerning deceptive advertising.
 
A platform's chief executive officer or other senior officer must certify compliance with disclosure requirements.
 
Additionally, platforms may not (1) employ algorithms or other design features that result in discrimination or similar harms based on demographic or biometric factors, or (2) process information such that it impairs voting rights. Further, users of a platform may not violate civil rights laws using the platform's algorithms.
 
The bill prohibits waivers or other methods that limit rights under the bill; provides whistleblower protections for individuals who report violations; and authorizes enforcement by specified federal agencies, states, and private individuals.
 
The bill also provides funding for an interagency task force to study the discriminatory use of personal information by platforms' algorithms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act

Bill: 117-s-1897
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Federal-Indian relations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after consultation with Indian tribes, to report on unfair or deceptive practices that target tribes or tribal members. The FTC must submit the report to Congress and make it publicly available. Further, the FTC must update its website to include information for consumers and businesses on identifying and avoiding unfair or deceptive practices that target tribes or tribal members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Medications Act

Bill: 117-s-1898
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Canada
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Marketing and advertising
Medicaid
Medical research
Medicare
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
Trade restrictions
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Affordable Medications Act

 
This bill revises and expands various requirements relating to prescription drug pricing and affordability. 
 
Specifically, the bill expands financial reporting requirements for drug manufacturers and establishes corresponding civil penalties for noncompliance; it also adds reporting requirements for certain nonprofit patient-assistance programs.
 
Further, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate prices for certain prescription drugs under Medicare and requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within the CMS to test specified models for negotiating drug prices. It also establishes reporting requirements, and corresponding civil penalties for noncompliance, for pharmaceutical companies with respect to spikes in prescription drug prices. 
 
The bill establishes an excise tax on prescription drugs subject to price spikes, lessens prescription drug cost-sharing requirements under qualified health plans and group health plans, and modifies requirements for the importation of prescription drugs.
 
It also requires drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to certain low-income individuals under the Medicare program and limits the time frame that trade agreements are required to provide market exclusivity for biological products.
 
Additionally, the bill (1) requires the Food and Drug Administration to establish a database of generic drugs; (2) modifies other provisions related to generic drugs, prescription drug advertising, disclosure of wholesale acquisition prices, and patent-infringement proceedings; and (3) revises certain time frames and conditions related to drug exclusivity.
 
Finally, it establishes an innovation incentive fund for new or more effective treatments of bacterial infections and establishes the Center for Clinical Research within the National Institutes of Health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act

Bill: 117-s-1899
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Gaza Strip
Israel
Middle East
Palestinians
Religion
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act

 
This bill prohibits obligating or expending U.S. funds in Gaza unless the President makes certain certifications.
 
Specifically, it prohibits such expenditures unless the President certifies that the funds will not benefit Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, other foreign terrorist organizations, or their members. The bill also prohibits obligating or expending funds in Gaza through any United Nations entity or office unless the President certifies that the entity or office is not encouraging or teaching anti-Israel or anti-Semitic ideas or propaganda.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Women’s Economic Empowerment in Trade Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1900
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Due process and equal protection
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Human rights
Labor standards
Marriage and family status
Property rights
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Tariffs
Wages and earnings
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Women's Economic Empowerment in Trade Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies eligibility requirements for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), requires the President to collect specified information on beneficiary developing countries that receive preferential trade treatment under the GSP, and requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to review the laws of each country that receives such preferential trade treatment.
 
Specifically, the bill makes ineligible for designation as a beneficiary developing country any country that (1) does not substantially afford equal rights and protection under the law, regardless of gender; or (2) engages in gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.
 
The President must take into account the extent to which a country engages in such practices when determining whether to designate any country as a beneficiary developing country. The President must also collect and publish information on the extent to which a country meets these eligibility criteria, and the USTR must publish a notice of, and the rationale for, any determination with respect to a petition for review of a country's eligibility for designation. 
 
The USTR must annually review the laws of each beneficiary developing country relating to their compliance with internationally recognized worker rights and the affording of equal rights and protection under the law, regardless of gender. If a country fails to meet these eligibility criteria for five consecutive years, the benefits provided to that country shall be commensurately reduced. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1901
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes.
 
Specifically, the bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted in 1934.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act

Bill: 117-s-1902
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act

 
This bill establishes requirements, expands health insurance coverage, and directs other activities to support the provision of behavioral health crisis services along a continuum of care.
 
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish standards for a behavioral health crisis continuum of care that health care providers and communities may use in responding to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. This continuum of care must include 24-7 crisis hotlines, emergency treatment, stabilization services, and other specified components.
 
In addition, the bill expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health crisis services. It also expands the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant to assist states and territories with developing the infrastructure to provide crisis response services.
 
Furthermore, HHS, in consultation with the Department of Justice, must convene an expert panel to make recommendations concerning training for emergency services dispatchers and crisis call center personnel to respond appropriately to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1903
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Cancer
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to amend its regulations to revise the standards for the emission of ethylene oxide. Specifically, regulations must be revised based on results from the National Center for Environmental Assessment report titled 
Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide
.
 
The bill also requires revisions to apply maximum achievable control technology requirements to chamber exhaust vents. Maximum achievable control technology standards are established for sources of hazardous air pollutants to limit or control emissions. Additionally, the revisions must apply to area sources and major sources of ethylene oxide.
 
The EPA must carry out a residual risk assessment with respect to the revised standards.
 
Finally, the EPA must notify the public of violations under the revised standards, and failure to do so will result in an investigation to assess the health risks and prevent a future failure of notification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S3899)
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1904
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gaza Strip
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Multilateral development programs
Palestinians
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes sanctions targeting Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and any affiliate or successor groups.
 
The President shall periodically report to Congress a list of each foreign person or instrumentality that knowingly assists, provides significant support or services to, or is involved in a significant transaction with a senior member or supporter of any of the targeted groups. 
 
The President shall impose two or more sanctions on the named persons. Specifically, the person may be (1) denied credit and services from the Export-Import Bank, (2) barred from purchasing certain controlled defense articles, (3) denied exports of items on the U.S. Munitions List, (4) prevented from receiving exports of certain goods or technology controlled for national security reasons, (5) prohibited from receiving financing of more than $10 million from any U.S. financial institution, or (6) subject to property-blocking restrictions. 
 
The President shall periodically report to Congress a list of foreign governments that have repeatedly provided material support for the targeted groups' terrorist activities. The President shall bar these governments from receiving for one year (1) U.S. assistance, or (2) exports of controlled munitions. The Department of Treasury shall instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions to oppose the provision of assistance to an identified government for one year.
 
The bill provides for certain exceptions and waivers, such as for transactions that would serve U.S. national interests. 
 
The President shall report to Congress and periodically provide briefings on other specified topics related to the targeted groups, such as where these groups secure financing and surveillance equipment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom To Fly Act

Bill: 117-s-1905
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

Freedom to Fly Act

 
This bill prohibits regulations or policies that allow employees of the Transportation Security Administration to ask passengers flying domestically about vaccinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate
San Francisco Bay Restoration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1906
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-05-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Budget process
California
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: 

San Francisco Bay Restoration Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill provides support for the protection and restoration of the San Francisco Bay estuary and the recovery of certain species in the estuary.
 
Specifically, it establishes a San Francisco Bay Program Office in the Environmental Protection Agency.
 
The program must annually compile a list of funding priorities for projects or studies that advance the goals and objectives of the comprehensive conservation and management plan approved under the National Estuary Program for the San Francisco Bay estuary. The list must include projects or studies for 
 
 
water quality improvement; 
 
wetland, riverine, and estuary restoration and protection; 
 
nearshore and endangered species recovery; and
 
adaptation to climate change.
 
 
The program must review such plan at least once every five years and revise the plan as appropriate.
 
The program may provide funding through grants or other means for studies or projects on the priority list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3899)
action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Introduced in Senate