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Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1987
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign property
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sanctions
Visas and passports
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19.
 
Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act

Bill: 117-s-1988
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act

 
This bill expands coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. 
 
Specifically, the bill permanently (1) removes geographic restrictions on originating sites (i.e., the location of the beneficiary), (2) allows the home of the beneficiary to serve as the originating site for all services, (3) allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner), and (4) expands coverage to include audio-only services for evaluation and management and behavioral health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act

Bill: 117-s-1989
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act

 
This bill expands the capacity to enforce a law that prohibits patterns or practices of misconduct by state and local law enforcement agencies.
 
Current law prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from engaging in patterns or practices of conduct that violate constitutional or federal rights. Further, current law authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file civil cases to eliminate the pattern or practice of misconduct. Typically, DOJ's Civil Rights Division conducts pattern-or-practice investigations and resolves any misconduct through a consent decree instead of a trial.
 
This bill provides statutory authority for state attorneys general to bring pattern-or-practice cases in federal court. The bill also authorizes grants to help states pursue pattern-or-practice investigations and cases.
 
 Additionally, the bill authorizes additional amounts for DOJ's Civil Rights Division and requires a certain portion to be used for enforcement and technical assistance related to pattern-or-practice cases.
 
Finally, the bill requires DOJ's Civil Rights Division to modify the procedures for consent decrees and settlement agreements to ensure that the consent decrees and settlement agreements (1) foster the creation and use of alternative remedies such as mental health support or community-based restorative justice mechanisms; and (2) incorporate community oversight requirements, such as a community oversight body. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Debt Emergency Control Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1990
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Federal Debt Emergency Control Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes various budget enforcement procedures to address the federal debt. 
 
The procedures established by the bill take effect during any fiscal year that follows a fiscal year in which the amount of federal debt exceeded the gross domestic product (GDP) for that fiscal year. 
 
During such a period, the bill
 
 
rescinds unobligated balances of stimulus spending that was provided in specified bills that addressed the impact of COVID-19,
 
establishes a point of order against legislation that increases spending, and
 
requires Congress to consider certain deficit reduction measures using specified expedited legislative procedures.
 
 
The expedited legislative procedures must be used for legislation that (1) would reduce the deficit by at least 5% during the 10-fiscal-year period following the current fiscal year, and (2) does not increase the rate of any federal tax or increase any fee paid to the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4019-4020)
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1991
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a voucher program through which public housing agencies shall offer support services to help unstably housed or at-risk families with children move to areas with access to high-performing schools and high-quality childcare and early education.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Open America's Ports Act

Bill: 117-s-1992
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation employees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Open America's Ports Act

 
This bill allows foreign vessels to transport passengers between U.S. ports and places. (Under current law, such vessels generally must be built in the United States and owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
TSP Fiduciary Security Act

Bill: 117-s-1993
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Africa
Asia
Caribbean area
China
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Cuba
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Europe
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Iran
Latin America
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military procurement, research, weapons development
North Korea
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development
Russia
Securities
Sudan
Syria
Terrorism
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

TSP Fiduciary Security Act

 
This bill incorporates national security interests into management of the Thrift Savings Fund. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires fiduciaries that are responsible for managing the fund (i.e., the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board) to prevent fund investments and associated votes that harm the national security of the United States, including investments in entities on certain lists maintained by the Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce (e.g., Chinese military companies). The Department of Labor must issue implementing regulations that include these and other standards for compliance.
 
Beginning January 1, 2025, fiduciaries may be held personally liable for monetary damages and may be assessed civil penalties for failing to meet these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Jobs in American Ports Act

Bill: 117-s-1994
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Protecting Jobs in American Ports Act

 
This bill allows a foreign-built vessel that transports passengers between U.S. ports and places to obtain an endorsement that entitles the vessel to engage in coastwise trade. To obtain the endorsement under current law, a vessel that transports passengers between domestic locations generally must be built in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1996
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of State
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Domestic violence and child abuse
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
HIV/AIDS
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Lawyers and legal services
Marriage and family status
Multilateral development programs
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sanctions
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Visas and passports
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2021 or the GLOBE Act of 2021

 
This bill contains provisions related to (1) the protection of LGBTQI individuals globally; and (2) immigration protections for vulnerable individuals. 
 
The bill establishes (1) an interagency group to respond to urgent threats to LGBTQI people in foreign countries, and (2) a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI Peoples in the Department of State. 
 
The President shall impose visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violating the human rights of individuals based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.
 
The State Department shall establish the Global Equality Fund to provide assistance to nongovernmental organizations working to advance and protect human rights. The U.S. Agency for International Development shall establish the LGBTQI Global Development Partnership to work with the private sector and nongovernmental organizations to support LGBTQI rights.
 
The bill contains several immigration-related provisions, such as those 
 
 
establishing that persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity may form the basis of an asylum request,
 
allowing certain applicants to file asylum claims more than a year after their arrival in the United States,
 
including a permanent partnership between two partners as a marriage for immigration law purposes,
 
providing for free counsel in certain immigration proceedings, and
 
granting U.S. citizenship to a child born abroad through assistive reproductive technology from a U.S. citizen who is the child's nonbiological parent.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that certain contributions by government entities are treated as contributions to capital.

Bill: 117-s-1997
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax exclusion
Public utilities and utility rates
Solid waste and recycling
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 
This bill revises requirements for the tax exclusion for contributions to the capital of a corporation. Specifically, the bill allows an exclusion for certain amounts received by a regulated public utility that provides water or sewerage disposal services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguarding American Tourism Act

Bill: 117-s-1998
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation employees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Safeguarding American Tourism Act

 
This bill allows foreign vessels that have 800 or more passenger berths to transport passengers between U.S. ports and places. (Under current law, such vessels generally must be built in the United States and owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1999
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2021-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: 

Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill includes substances other than alcohol within the scope of federal programs for preventing impaired driving. It also addresses reporting of impaired driving arrests, citations, convictions, and related matters to federal and other databases.
 
Under current law, if a state does not have (or enforce) certain laws to address repeat intoxicated drivers, a portion of that state's Federal-aid highway funding must be reserved for alcohol-related countermeasures for impaired driving. This bill provides that reserved funds may also be used for countermeasures for single or multiple substance impaired driving.
 
Additionally, states may use grants for impaired driving countermeasures to improve (1) reporting of information about crashes and impaired driving to federal, state, and local databases; and (2) research using such information.
 
The Government Accountability Office must also study the extent to which states and localities report information about impaired driving to relevant federal databases and use the databases to identify repeat impaired driving offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
PRIME Act

Bill: 117-s-2001
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Livestock
Meat
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act or the PRIME Act 

 
This bill expands the exemption of custom slaughtering of animals from federal inspection requirements.
 
Under current law, the exemption applies if the meat is slaughtered for personal, household, guest, and employee uses. The bill expands the exemption to include meat that is 
 
 
 slaughtered and prepared at a custom slaughter facility in accordance with the laws of the state where the facility is located; and 
 
prepared exclusively for distribution to household consumers in the state or restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, or other establishments in the state that either prepare meals served directly to consumers or offer meat and food products for sale directly to consumers in the state. 
 
 
The bill does not preempt any state law concerning (1) the slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at a custom slaughter facility; or (2) the sale of meat or meat food products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-2002
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

 
This bill specifies that the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may only fire a director of a national research institute or national center of the NIH on the basis of malfeasance, neglect of office, or incapacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Central American Women and Children Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2003
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-06-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Assault and harassment offenses
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Economic development
El Salvador
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Guatemala
Health care coverage and access
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Honduras
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Performance measurement
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: 

Central American Women and Children Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill temporarily authorizes the Department of State to enter into bilateral compacts with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to strengthen criminal justice systems, social supports, and other means to protect women and children from domestic and gender-based violence.
 
At least 15 days before entering a compact, the State Department must submit to Congress a copy of the proposed agreement and related materials. Authority to enter a compact terminates on September 30, 2023, and a compact may last no more than six years.
 
To support the objectives outlined in a compact, the State Department may provide assistance to international organizations, civil society, or other private entities for programs and activities to prevent and respond to domestic and gender-based violence in a compact country. The bill bars the provision of assistance to the government of a compact country as direct budgetary support.
 
The State Department may suspend or terminate the assistance if a compact country or entity receiving the assistance engaged in conduct contrary to U.S. national security interests or inconsistent with the objectives of the compact. The State Department must notify Congress at least 15 days before suspending or terminating assistance.
 
The bill also requires the State Department to annually report on progress made under each compact, including its effect on reported violence against women and children and other domestic and gender-based violence indicators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Introduced in Senate