hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2861
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research
Business records
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 20

21

 
This bill establishes restrictions and requirements for checkoff programs, which are programs overseen by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. 
 
The bill prohibits boards established to carry out a checkoff program or a USDA order issued under a checkoff program from entering into a contract or agreement to carry out program activities with a party that engages in activities to influence any government policy or action that relates to agriculture.
 
 A board or its employees or agents acting in their official capacity may not engage in any
 
 
 act that may involve a conflict of interest; 
 
anticompetitive activity;
 
unfair or deceptive act or practice; or
 
act that may be disparaging to, or in any way negatively portray, another agricultural commodity or product. 
 
 
Upon approval of USDA, a board may enter directly into contracts and agreements to carry out generic promotion, research, or other activities authorized by law if the agreement or contract requires records accounting for the funds received to be submitted to the board. 
 
The board must meet specified requirements regarding the publication of budgets and disbursements of funds. 
 
The USDA Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office must conduct specified audits regarding checkoff programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
National Treasures Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2862
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

National Treasures Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the National Archives and Records Administration from including content warnings alongside items associated with the founding fathers of the United States.
 

Content warning
 is defined as any message preceding or attached to the document labeling it as dangerous, harmful, anachronistic, or any other terms implying harm associated with the documents; disparaging the documents; assuming malicious intent on the part of the authors; or discouraging potential readers from reading the documents.
 

Founding father 
means any individual who signed the Declaration of Independence, served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, attended the Second Continental Congress, attended the Constitutional Convention, or was granted a charter for one of the original 13 colonies of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress a report on virtual currencies and global competitiveness.

Bill: 117-s-2864
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to submit a report to Congress on virtual currencies and their global use. The report must (1) assess how foreign countries use and mine virtual currencies; (2) identify, to the greatest extent practicable, the types and dollar value of virtual currency mined for FY2016-FY2022 within the United States and globally; and (3) identify vulnerabilities and opportunities with respect to virtual currency mining operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-2865
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: 

Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act

 
This bill expands the list of requirements a state unemployment compensation system must follow to be compliant under federal law.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the maximum benefit period available to an individual be at least 26 weeks. The base period used to determine unemployment eligibility must consist of at least four completed calendar quarters preceding the claim and must include the most recently completed calendar quarter. Further, compensation must not be denied to an otherwise eligible individual who earns at least $1,000 during the highest quarter and at least $1,500 during the entire base period. Finally, compensation must not be denied under an ability to work, active search for work, or refusal to accept work provision solely on the basis of the number of hours of work the individual is seeking, so long as the individual is seeking at least 20 hours of work or half the hours the individual typically worked. 
 
Employers that pay unemployment taxes to a noncompliant state system cannot claim amounts paid into the state system as a credit against federal unemployment tax due.
 
The bill also requires states to meet specified online claim system accessibility requirements and to ensure that offline means of filing are available. A state that does not comply cannot receive federal funds for administration of its state unemployment system.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
TREAT Act

Bill: 117-s-2866
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Treatment Restoration for Emergency Antibody Therapeutics Act or the TREAT Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing any policy that restricts health care facilities from ordering and receiving COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapies directly from manufacturers and distributors. In addition, the bill expressly nullifies a policy announced on September 13, 2021, under which HHS allocated supplies of these therapies through state or territorial governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2867
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Labor-management relations
Minority employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 

2021

 
This bill excludes Indian tribes and tribal enterprises and institutions on tribal land from requirements for employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). (Currently under the NLRA, employers may not engage in unfair labor practices and must allow employees to form unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily extend the public debt limit until December 16, 2022.

Bill: 117-s-2868
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 
This bill suspends the public debt limit through December 16, 2022. The bill also requires the limit to be adjusted on December 17, 2022, to accommodate obligations issued during the suspension period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text: CR S6743)
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
NFIP Risk Rating 2.0 Delay Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2869
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

NFIP Risk Rating 2.0 Delay Act of 2021 

 
This bill freezes premium rates for flood insurance provided through the National Flood Insurance Program through September 30, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
PRIA Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2870
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Portable Retirement and Investment Account Act of 2021 or the PRIA Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for the establishment of portable retirement and investment accounts, which are tax-exempt retirement savings accounts that will be established for each individual who has been issued a Social Security number.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Nuclear Waste Task Force Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2871
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Nuclear Waste Task Force Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a task force that must evaluate the implications of amending the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove exemptions from environmental laws for spent nuclear waste and high-level radioactive waste in order to enable consent-based siting of disposal and storage solutions for such waste. The task force must provide a clear explanation of what constitutes 
consent-based siting
. In addition, the task force may provide participation grants to help environmental justice communities on issues relating to the storage and disposal of such waste.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2872
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the tax deduction for the expenses of performing artists (including commissions paid to managers or agents) to provide for a phaseout of such deduction for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $100,000 ($200,000 for joint return filers). The $100,000 phaseout threshold is adjusted for inflation annually for taxable years beginning after 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
PATHS Act

Bill: 117-s-2873
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Preventing and Addressing Trauma with Health Services Act or the PATHS Act

 
This bill establishes grants to increase access to trauma support and mental health care for individuals who have experienced gun violence in communities with higher rates of violence-related deaths than the national average.
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) must award the grants to nonprofit or community organizations, government agencies, or health care institutions that offer mental health services. In awarding these grants, SAMHSA may give preference to community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and applicants proposing to work in partnership with other eligible entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2874
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Minority health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2021

 
 This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Transatlantic Telecommunications Security Act

Bill: 117-s-2876
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Albania
Alliances
Asia
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Business investment and capital
China
Collective security
Congressional oversight
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic development
Estonia
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
International organizations and cooperation
Kosovo
Latvia
Moldova
Montenegro
Multilateral development programs
North Macedonia
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Subversive activities
Telephone and wireless communication
U.S. and foreign investments
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Transatlantic Telecommunications Security Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State and other federal agencies to help Central and Eastern European countries improve the security of their telecommunications networks.
 
A project located in a Central or Eastern European country shall be eligible for assistance if it (1) improves telecommunications networks with secure equipment or services, (2) removes telecommunications equipment or services from China, or (3) enhances telecommunications market integration across the Central or Eastern European region that is secure against malign actors. 
 
To support eligible projects, the State Department must provide, as necessary, diplomatic and political support and must also encourage international financial institutions to provide investment support. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and other specified federal agencies must also provide project support, such as feasibility studies and finance-related support, as necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for payments to certain individuals who dye fuel, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2877
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 
This bill allows payments, in lieu of tax credits, to individuals who remove from a terminal eligible indelibly dyed diesel fuel or kerosene.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to codify in statute the establishment of the Office of Global Women's Issues and the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2878
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 
This bill provides funding through FY2026 and provides statutory authority for an office and related initiatives within the Department of State to advance U.S. foreign policy concerning the status of women and girls.
 
Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for an Office of Global Women's Issues. The office, headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, must advise on foreign policy and international programs relating to equal opportunities for and the advancement of women and girls. Additionally, the bill provides statutory authority for the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, which promotes women in the workforce and otherwise supports economic advancement for women internationally.
 
The bill prohibits the office, ambassador, or initiative from using funding to lobby other countries to change their abortion laws or policies or include abortion as a programmatic requirement.
 
The State Department must report annually on the program, including compliance with the abortion-related funding restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Vaccine Mandates Act

Bill: 117-s-2879
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Stop Vaccine Mandates Act

 
This bill rescinds the executive order titled 
Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
 and the executive order titled 
 Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees
, both published on September 9, 2021. The bill provides that these executive orders shall have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to modify certain deadlines relating to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking.

Bill: 117-s-2880
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 
This bill extends the deadline, from 270 days to 390 days, for the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking to submit the final report on its activities and recommendations to combat the flow of synthetic opioids into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Guardianship Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2881
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2021-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: 

Guardianship Accountability Act of 20

21

 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a National Resource Center on Guardianship for the publication of resources and data relating to court-determined adult guardianships. Further, HHS must award at least 5% of certain grant funds for state programs related to overseeing the administration of court-appointed guardian arrangements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Bank Merger Review Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2882
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: 

Bank Merger Review Modernization Act of 2021 

 
This bill establishes additional requirements for bank mergers and acquisitions, including by requiring 
 
 
approval from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for certain mergers involving a provider of consumer financial products, 
 
financial regulators to determine that the public benefits of any merger outweigh the costs, 
 
specified community reinvestment ratings, and
 
institutions to meet certain financial stability standards and stress testing. 
 
 
Further, financial regulators must assess the competitive effects a merger will have on the market for certain financial products. 
 
Additionally, applicants for a bank merger must disclose specified communications regarding the proposed merger. 
 
The bill also provides citizens with standing to file a civil action to review a merger approval. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
School Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2883
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: 

School Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill allows rehabilitation expenditures for public school buildings to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6781)
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate