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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II.

Bill: 117-s-1040
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to include veterans of World War II who are not already covered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Kira Johnson Act

Bill: 117-s-1042
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Air quality
Census and government statistics
Child care and development
Disability and health-based discrimination
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical research
Mental health
Minority education
Minority health
Nutrition and diet
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex and reproductive health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs
Water quality
Women in business
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Kira Johnson Act

 
This bill establishes grants to improve maternal health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups and other underserved populations.
 
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must award grants for 
 
 
community-based programs to improve maternal health outcomes for Black pregnant and postpartum individuals, as well as individuals in other underserved groups;
 
training for health care providers and others who work in maternity care settings on reducing and preventing racism, bias, and discrimination; and
 
respectful maternity care compliance programs in specified health care facilities.
 
 
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine must study issues related to the training programs, and the Government Accountability Office must study issues related to the compliance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Forest Incentives Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1043
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Materials
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Forest Incentives Program Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish two programs to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions. Specifically, USDA must establish (1) a forest incentives program to achieve emission reductions and carbon sequestration on private forest land through carbon incentives contracts and conservation easement agreements, and (2) an incentives program to achieve emission reductions from material choices in buildings.
 
USDA shall pay owners of forest land under a contract or agreement for (1) certain forestry practices that measurably increase carbon sequestration and storage over a designated period on such land, with appropriate crediting for the carbon benefits of harvested wood products; or (2) conservation easements on such land.
 
USDA shall pay owners of nonresidential buildings used for commercial or state or local government for using less energy-intensive commercial or industrial products in new construction or building renovation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
National Manufacturing Advisory Council for the 21st Century Act

Bill: 117-s-1044
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Small business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

National Manufacturing Advisory Council for the 21st Century Act

 
This bill establishes through September 30, 2025, the National Manufacturing Advisory Council within the Department of Commerce to support the U.S. manufacturing sector.
 
The duties of the council shall include (1) providing advice and recommendations to Commerce regarding issues that involve U.S. manufacturing; (2) conveying input from key industry, labor, academic, defense, governmental, and other stakeholders to aid in the development of a national strategic plan for U.S. manufacturing; (3) monitoring global manufacturing trends and global threats to the U.S. manufacturing sector; and (4) providing input and improvements to the
 manufacturing.gov
 website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Terrorist Deportation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1045
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Judicial review and appeals
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Terrorist Deportation Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes that aliens identified in the terrorist screening database, except for permanent residents, shall be deportable and inadmissible into the United States.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may temporarily waive the inadmissibility of such an alien if it is in the national security interests of the United States. DHS shall grant such a waiver only with the unanimous concurrence of the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Department of State. 
 
An alien identified in the terrorist screening database shall be ineligible for various immigration benefits, including asylum, withholding or cancellation of removal, voluntary departure, or adjustment of status.
 
DHS shall determine on an expedited basis the removal of an alien identified in the terrorist screening database, if the alien has not received a waiver and does not have permanent residence status. The alien shall be entitled to various protections, including the privilege of representation by counsel and judicial review.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1046
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act of 2021

 
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2026 grants for residential substance use disorder treatment programs at state and local correctional and detention facilities.
 
Among the revisions, the bill
 
 
replaces statutory references to 
substance abuse
 with 
substance use disorder
,
 
specifies that the term 
residential substance use disorder treatment program
 includes a medication-assisted treatment program, 
 
requires the chief medical officer or other staff overseeing a program to complete training on the science of addiction and the latest research and clinical guidance on treating substance use disorders in criminal justice settings, and
 
allows people who are awaiting trial or in pretrial detention to participate in the programs.
 
 

action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act of 2021

 
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2026 grants for residential substance use disorder treatment programs at state and local correctional and detention facilities.
 
Among the revisions, the bill
 
 
replaces statutory references to 
substance abuse
 with 
substance use disorder
,
 
specifies that the term 
residential substance use disorder treatment program
 includes a medication-assisted treatment program, 
 
requires the chief medical officer or other staff overseeing a program to complete training on the science of addiction and the latest research and clinical guidance on treating substance use disorders in criminal justice settings, and
 
allows people who are awaiting trial or in pretrial detention to participate in the programs.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2021-08-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5223-5224)
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5223-5224)
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5223-5224)
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5223-5224)
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
PPP Flexibility for Farmers and Ranchers Act

Bill: 117-s-1047
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

PPP Flexibility for Farmers and Ranchers Act

 
 This bill expands eligibility for agricultural producers under the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to include certain agricultural producers organized as partnerships. Currently, only certain agricultural producers that are sole proprietorships, independent contractors, or self-employed individuals may receive support under the program.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Acquisition and Contracting Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1048
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Foreign and international corporations
General Services Administration
Government information and archives
Political parties and affiliation
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Federal Acquisition and Contracting Transparency Act of 2021 or FACT Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require that a contractor, as a condition for being awarded a contract for the procurement of goods or services, disclose recent or current contracts or commercial ties with certain Chinese entities.
 
The General Services Administration must establish and maintain a public database containing information about disclosed contracts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
ACCESS Act

Bill: 117-s-1049
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Department of Commerce
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Affordable Child Care for Economic Strategies and Success Act or the
 
ACCESS Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to provide grants for public works and economic development projects that will directly or indirectly increase the accessibility of child care, including grants for planning, training, research, and technical assistance related to such projects.
 
Commerce must issue regulations to establish criteria for whether a project directly or indirectly increases the accessibility of child care. Such criteria shall consider (1) the availability, validity, and accessibility of timely data; (2) the extent to which a project contributes to a family's financial security; and (3) the extent to which a project addresses child care needs in areas recognized as experiencing a child care shortage. 
 
Commerce must also issue guidance on how to include the accessibility of child care in a comprehensive economic development strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Cormorant Relief Act

Bill: 117-s-1050
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquaculture
Birds
Department of the Interior
Government information and archives
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Cormorant Relief Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for certain regulations that allow for the taking of double-crested cormorants (birds) to protect fish at aquaculture facilities and to protect public resources (e.g., fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering Immigration Courts Act

Bill: 117-s-1051
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Empowering Immigration Courts Act

 
This bill authorizes immigration judges to impose a fine for contempt in accordance with the criminal code. Currently, the Department of Justice is authorized to prescribe regulations providing immigration judges with such authority, but has not done so. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Poverty Measurement Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-1052
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Poverty Measurement Improvement Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of the Census to determine income and poverty levels in the United States in a manner that accounts for the receipt of federal benefits.
 
Specifically, beginning in FY2021, the bureau must collect, in addition to the data collected under the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, data from administering agencies related to
 
 
participation in any federal benefit program and the monetary or cash equivalent value of such benefit for an individual, where possible, and otherwise for resource units or households;
 
the total amount of market income for individuals;
 
the total amount of entitlement and other income for individuals;
 
payment of income taxes and payroll taxes for individuals;
 
total resource unit income; and
 
total earned resource unit income.
 
 
The bill requires each administering agency to make available to the bureau such data as the bureau shall require for the purpose of carrying out this bill.
 
The bureau shall (1) submit to Congress, by January 1, 2023, a report detailing the implementation of this bill; and (2) for 2024 and subsequent years, adjust the poverty thresholds used for determining poverty rates by using the personal consumption expenditure price index (as published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis).
 
The bill (1) establishes within the bureau the Commission on Valuation of Federal Benefits, and (2) requires the Government Accountability Office to periodically report to Congress regarding poverty rates and related measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act

Bill: 117-s-1053
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Insects
Livestock
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a working group to (1) identify obstacles to safe, humane, and market-efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities; and (2) develop guidelines and recommended regulatory or legislative actions to improve the safe, humane, and efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Taiwan Relations Reinforcement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1054
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
China
Computer security and identity theft
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Defense spending
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Free trade and trade barriers
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Higher education
Human rights
International exchange and broadcasting
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor standards
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Military readiness
News media and reporting
Political parties and affiliation
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Subversive activities
Taiwan
Tibet
Trade agreements and negotiations
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Taiwan Relations Reinforcement Act of 2021 

 
This bill contains provisions pertaining to the U.S.-Taiwan relationship.
 
The director of the American Institute in Taiwan's Taipei office shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. (In 1979, the United States established diplomatic relations with China and ended formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan. The American Institute in Taiwan is a private organization that represents U.S. interests in Taiwan and provides consular services.)
 
U.S. government departments and agencies (1) may not formally or informally recognize China's claims of sovereignty over Taiwan without the assent of Taiwan's people, as expressed through the democratic process; (2) shall treat Taiwan's elected government as the legitimate representative of Taiwan's people; and (3) shall end the practice of referring to Taiwan's government as 
authorities.

 
The Department of State shall establish the U.S.-Taiwan Cultural Exchange Foundation, which shall work with schools to send U.S. high school and university students to Taiwan to study the Chinese language, politics, and other subjects. 
 
In addition, the State Department shall develop and implement a strategy to respond to Chinese government attempts to use misinformation, media manipulation, economic coercion, and other strategies against Taiwan or persons in Taiwan. 
 
The bill also directs the President to establish an interagency Taiwan policy task force, which shall annually report to Congress a plan for enhancing U.S.-Taiwan relations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1055
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2021 

 
This bill subjects to deportation an alien who at any time after admission has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors under state or federal law. Currently, an alien is subject to deportation for a single conviction for certain felonies (such as an aggravated felony), two or more convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude, or being a drug addict. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate