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A bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 117-s-1408
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement officers
Libya
Middle East
Terrorism
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 
This bill provides for the award of Congressional Gold Medals posthumously to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith (four Americans who were killed in the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya) in recognition of their contributions to the nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1409
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Immigration status and procedures
Trade restrictions
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Stop Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2021 

 
This bill makes the misappropriation of trade secrets a ground for deporting or barring an alien from entry into the United States.
 
Specifically, an alien may be denied entry into the United States if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the alien has violated, is violating, or is seeking entry to violate any U.S. law relating to the misappropriation of trade secrets or economic espionage. 
 
Similarly, an alien may be deported if the alien has violated, is violating, or after admission into the United States violates any U.S. law relating to the misappropriation of trade secrets or economic espionage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Americans from Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1410
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Protecting Americans from Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2021

 
This bill permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
 
 The temporary scheduling order issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration to place fentanyl-related substances into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act expires on January 28, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Lander County Land Management and Conservation Act

Bill: 117-s-1411
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Land transfers
Nevada
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Lander County Land Management and Conservation Act

 
This bill conveys all interest in certain federal land to Lander County, Nevada, and designates wilderness areas in the county.
 
After Lander County selects certain parcels for conveyance, the Department of the Interior and Forest Service must convey the parcels to the county, for no consideration, for use by the county for watershed protection, recreation, and parks. 
 
Interior shall convey to Lander County parcels of federal land identified as Kingston Airport to improve the airport facility and related infrastructure. The only costs to the county of the conveyance shall be surveying costs.
 
Land conveyed by this bill reverts to federal land if it is not managed in accordance with the purpose of its conveyance.
 
The bill designates the Cain Mountain and Desatoya Mountains Wildernesses in Nevada as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
The bill releases the Augusta Mountain and Desatoya Wilderness Study Areas within Lander County from further study for designation as wilderness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Carson City Public Land Correction Act

Bill: 117-s-1412
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Nevada
Public utilities and utility rates
Roads and highways
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Carson City Public Land Correction Act

 
This bill provides for the conveyance of federal land in Carson City, Nevada.
 
The Department of the Interior must convey approximately 258 acres of identified federal land to Carson City.
 
The Department of Agriculture shall convey to Carson City, without consideration, a parcel of approximately 0.45 acres of identified Forest Service land for the expansion of a roadway in the city. 
 
Interior shall dispose of approximately 28 acres of federal land identified as the Prison Hills Property. On the disposal of such land, Carson City shall retain (1) a public utility easement, concurrent with Koontz Lane and Conti Drive in the city, that provides waterlines and access to the water tank and trailhead immediately east of such parcels of federal land; and (2) an existing drainage easement for a future detention basin.
 
If Carson City offers to convey to Interior the approximately 21 acres of land identified as Bennett Ave Properties and Pinion Hills Dr Property, Interior shall accept the offer and then dispose of the land conveyed to it.
 
Carson City may enter into an agreement to sell, lease, or otherwise convey all or a portion of the approximately 75 acres of identified city land in which the Bureau of Land Management has a reversionary interest to third parties for public purposes.
 
The bill provides for the disposition of the proceeds of the land sales conducted pursuant to this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing Seat Back Safety Act

Bill: 117-s-1413
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Modernizing Seat Back Safety Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule revising motor vehicle seating systems safety standards to reduce the potential for injury to all motor vehicle occupants due to seat back failure during all types of vehicle impact.
 
DOT must also establish a date for required compliance with the final rule of not later than two motor vehicle model years after the model year during which the effective date of the final rule occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1414
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to carry out a grant program for establishing consortia to enhance U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting domestic research and commercial application of clean technologies and advanced manufacturing processes. Clean technology means technologies, production processes, or methodologies that
 
 
produce energy from renewable energy sources; 
 
transmit, distribute, or store energy more efficiently; 
 
enhance energy efficiency for buildings and industry; 
 
enable the development of a Smart Grid; 
 
produce an advanced or sustainable material with energy or energy efficiency applications; 
 
improve energy efficiency for transportation; or 
 
enhance water security through improved water management, conservation, distribution, or end use applications.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
BAN Oil Exports Act

Bill: 117-s-1415
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Block All New Oil Exports Act or the
 
BAN Oil Exports Act

 
This bill requires the President to ban the exportation of crude oil and natural gas from the United States.
 
The President may provide an exemption to the ban in specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
PARTS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1416
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Performance measurement
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Promoting Auto Recalls Toward Safety Act of 2021 or the
 
PARTS Act of 202

1

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to provide grants and other assistance, including technical assistance, to states for use in notifying motor vehicle owners and lessees about open recalls on their motor vehicles.
 
Additionally, the bill (1) sets forth additional notice requirements for manufacturers regarding motor vehicle or equipment defects and noncompliance with safety standards, and (2) requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to publish an annual scorecard on how effectively manufacturers are completing recalls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
PANA Act

Bill: 117-s-1417
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government trust funds
Human rights
Latin America
News media and reporting
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Venezuela
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Preserving Accountability for National Assets Act of 2021 or the PANA Act

 
This bill establishes the Venezuela Restoration Fund to strengthen democratic governance and institutions, defend human rights, support independent media outlets, and combat corruption and improve transparency in Venezuela. 
 
Any funds or assets forfeited to the United States by an individual or entity connected to the regimes of Hugo Ch&aacute;vez and Nicol&aacute;s Maduro in Venezuela will be deposited into this fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1418
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Agricultural research
Alternative and renewable resources
Biological and life sciences
Cell biology and embryology
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Genetics
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Medical ethics
Medical research
Military education and training
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority education
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Research ethics
Science and engineering education
Small business
Space flight and exploration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to implement a National Engineering Biology Research and Development Initiative to advance societal well-being, national security, sustainability, and economic productivity and competitiveness. Among other activities, the initiative must include sustained support for research centers, individual investigators, technologies, and training.
 
The initiative shall include outreach to primarily undergraduate and minority-serving institutions about initiative opportunities, and shall encourage the development of research collaborations between research-intensive universities and such institutions. 
 
The OSTP shall designate an interagency committee to coordinate initiative activities as appropriate. 
 
The interagency committee shall submit triennial reports to Congress through FY2028 in support of the initiative.
 
The National Science Foundation (NSF) shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a review of, and make recommendations with respect to, the ethical, legal, environmental, safety, security, and other appropriate societal issues related to engineering biology research and development.
 
 The NSF, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Agriculture, and Department of Health and Human Services shall carry out related activities as part of the initiative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
PCBETTER Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1419
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Espionage and treason
Europe
Government trust funds
Iran
Manufacturing
Middle East
Military procurement, research, weapons development
North Korea
Public contracts and procurement
Russia
Subversive activities
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Protecting Critical Boards and Electronics Through Transparency and Enduring Reinvestment Act of 2021 or the PCBETTER Act of 2021

 
This bill provides funding for and otherwise addresses the electronics industry as it relates to national security and Department of Defense (DOD) programs.
 
The bill establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Electronics Supply Chain Fund to create a commercially competitive electronics industry in the United States that is capable of meeting national security needs. Among other activities, the fund must be available for DOD to (1) fund the construction, expansion, or modernization of facilities to develop or manufacture semiconductors, microelectronics, advanced electronic packaging, and printed circuit boards; and (2) carry out a program (established by this bill) to test DOD systems for vulnerabilities to foreign interference, sabotage, espionage, and attack.
 
Providers of certain electronic systems must provide DOD with a list of the printed circuit boards in their system that includes an attestation of whether (1) the printed circuit board was partially or fully manufactured and assembled in China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran; (2) the printed circuit board was fully manufactured outside of those nations; or (3) the provider cannot determine where the printed circuit board was manufactured and assembled.
 
DOD must designate a senior official to remediate any vulnerabilities discovered by the established testing program. 
 
DOD must promulgate regulations to require contractors selling goods or services to DOD (e.g., printed circuit boards) to undertake such due diligence as DOD considers appropriate to prevent the occurrence of vulnerabilities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Act

Bill: 117-s-1420
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Fishes
Indian lands and resources rights
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Scientific communication
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or the SAFE Act 

 
The bill requires the development of an integrated national approach to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group. The working group must adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants.
 
After the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences releases a periodic scientific assessment required under the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the working group must use sound science to review and revise the strategy to incorporate new information and advances in the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt. Each federal agency must integrate the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs.
 
The Department of the Interior must establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support the working group and other interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change. 
 
Interior must establish an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1421
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Horticulture and plants
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 202

1

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Pilot Program to award grants to local educational agencies for (1) projects that hire qualified, full-time food and nutrition educators to carry out programs in schools that have the goal of improving student health and nutrition; and (2) projects that fund school gardens or other evidence-based interventions relating to student health and nutrition, aligned with the latest school nutrition standards, to create hands-on learning opportunities for students.
 
In awarding grants under the program, USDA must prioritize projects that serve schools or districts (1) in which not less than 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, or (2) that include neighborhoods with high rates of childhood obesity or other diet-related diseases. Additionally, it must give priority to projects that provide programming in summer months and those that are joint partnership projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate