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Trade Security Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-746
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
Tariffs
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: 

Trade Security Act of 2021

 
This bill revises provisions related to the adjustment of U.S. imports due to a national security threat. 
 
The bill allows Congress to block a presidential import adjustment through a joint resolution. This provision retroactively applies to adjustments made on or after July 1, 2018. However, it shall not apply to specified steel and aluminum import adjustments. 
 
The Department of Defense (currently, the Department of Commerce) must
 
 
 investigate the national security threat of a U.S. import, and 
 
report to the President the results of that investigation.
 
 
Commerce must provide recommendations regarding such imports upon request by the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Citizenship for Essential Workers Act

Bill: 117-s-747
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
Personnel records
Right of privacy
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: 

Citizenship for Essential Workers Act

 
This bill establishes a mechanism for eligible aliens who worked as essential workers during the declared COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency to apply for and obtain permanent resident status. The bill also narrows certain grounds for deportability and inadmissibility.
 
To be eligible for permanent resident status under this bill, an alien must have earned income at any point during the COVID-19 emergency period doing work deemed essential by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or a state or local government. An alien may also be eligible if that alien is a parent, spouse, or child of (1) an eligible alien who died from COVID-19, or (2) a member of the Armed Forces. Certain aliens shall be ineligible, such as an alien who was a refugee on January 1, 2021. 
 
To obtain permanent resident status under this bill, an applying alien must satisfy additional requirements, including by passing a background check. 
 
Furthermore, the bill repeals provisions providing for three-year bars and permanent bars to admission into the United States. (Generally, these bars apply to aliens who were previously removed or unlawfully present in the United States.)
 
The bill also narrows the scope of certain crime-based grounds for inadmissibility or deportability, such as by redefining the term 
conviction
 to exclude expunged convictions. 
 
The Department of Justice or DHS may waive certain grounds of inadmissibility or deportability (1) for humanitarian purposes, (2) to ensure family unity, or (3) for the public interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Sequester Relief Act

Bill: 117-s-748
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: 

Medicare Sequester Relief Act

 
This bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
American Innovation and Jobs Act

Bill: 117-s-749
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: 

American Innovation and Jobs Act

 
 This bill revises and expands the deductibility of research and experimental expenditures to allow immediate expensing of such expenditures. It also allows the amortization over a period of at least 60 months of certain other types of research and experimental expenditures not treated as expenses. 
 
The bill increases the maximum amount eligible for the tax credit for new and small businesses and increases to 20% the rate of the credit for business startups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act

Bill: 117-s-750
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: 

Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act 

 
This bill expands the disclosure requirements for certain tax-exempt organizations. 
 
This bill requires the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in an open structured data format that is processable by computers, with the information easy to find, access, reuse, and download in bulk. 
 
The bill also requires the disclosure of the names and addresses of contributors of $5,000 or more to tax-exempt organizations that participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Cleaning Up Washington’s Act

Bill: 117-s-751
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: 

Cleaning Up Washington's Act
 
This bill revises post-employment lobbying restrictions on senior executive branch officials and Members of Congress.
 
Specifically, the bill increases from two years to five years the post-employment lobbying restrictions on a political appointee compensated on the Executive Schedule.
 
Additionally, it increases to five years the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
HITS Act

Bill: 117-s-752
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Help Independent Tracks Succeed Act or the HITS Act

 
This bill permits taxpayers to treat as currently deductible expenses the cost of qualified sound recording productions not exceeding $150,000 in a taxable year. The bill defines 
qualified sound recording production
 as certain sound recordings produced and recorded in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1571-1572)
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Bill: 117-s-754
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Birth defects
Dental care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies and birth defects, such as reconstructive services and items. Coverage must include services and items that functionally improve, repair, or restore any body part that is medically necessary for normal bodily functions or appearance, as determined by the treating physician. Coverage limits and cost-sharing requirements for such services and items may not be more restrictive than those applicable to all medical and surgical benefits under the plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Water Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-755
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Appropriations
Atmospheric science and weather
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Government lending and loan guarantees
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Emergency Water Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2021

 
This bill provides financial support for water infrastructure.
 
Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency for grants under the drinking water state revolving fund program to address contaminants in drinking water, which may include the repair and replacement of water distribution system components.
 
Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Commerce to provide a specified amount of funding to address contaminants in drinking water from unobligated amounts of certain funds provided for economic development assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-756
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes severability between provisions relating to the requirement to maintain minimum essential health care coverage (i.e., the individual mandate) and other provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the bill provides that if the individual mandate is found to be illegal or incapable of being enforced, such findings do not affect the validity of other provisions relating to (1) the availability and renewability of coverage, or (2) the prohibitions against discriminatory coverage practices based on preexisting conditions or health status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-757
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Coal
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Legal fees and court costs
Mining
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2021

 
This bill creates, for the purpose of claims for black lung benefits, a rebuttable presumption that a deceased miner's death was caused by black lung disease if such miner was totally disabled due to black lung disease. It also establishes a program to pay up to a maximum of $4,500 in attorney fees and $3,000 in medical expenses incurred while establishing such claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Global Poverty Through Energy Development Act

Bill: 117-s-758
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Multilateral development programs
Nuclear power
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Combating Global Poverty Through Energy Development Act

 
This bill supports the elimination of restrictions that limit support for certain energy projects at specified international financial institutions.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of certain financial institutions (e.g., the International Finance Corporation, the International Monetary Fund, and the Inter-American Development Bank) to (1) oppose any restriction or prohibition on the financing of coal, oil, natural gas, or civil nuclear energy projects; and (2) seek to rescind current restrictions or prohibitions on this financing.
 
Further, not more than 50% of amounts made available for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development may be used until Treasury certifies that the bank (1) has rescinded any restrictions or prohibitions on the financing of coal, oil, natural gas, or civil nuclear energy projects; and (2) has in effect a policy promoting the financing of these projects.
 
 Treasury must coordinate with designated agencies to identify steps the United States can take to promote international financing of these energy projects in order to help developing countries access affordable and reliable power.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for production of refined coal.

Bill: 117-s-759
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 
This bill extends the tax credit for the production of refined coal. With respect to refined coal production facilities that do not produce steel industry fuel, the bill (1) allows facilities that were placed in service before January 1, 2012, to claim the credit for an additional 10 years, and (2) establishes an additional 3-year period (after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2024), during which facilities may qualify for the credit by being placed in service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
COST Act

Bill: 117-s-760
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Cost Openness and Spending Transparency Act of 2021 or the COST Act

 
This bill requires recipients of federal funds to disclose financing information relating to programs, projects, or activities carried out using such funds.
 
Specifically, such a recipient (including a state or local government or a recipient of a federal research grant) must clearly state in any press release, request for proposals, bid solicitation, or other document describing the activity the amount and percentage of federal funding and the amount and percentage of nongovernmental funding.
 
 If the Office of Management and Budget determines that a recipient is failing to comply, it may direct each agency providing federal funds to withhold up to 25% of the funds until the recipient complies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Executive Branch Emissions Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-761
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Air quality
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Executive Branch Emissions Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to establish and maintain a publicly accessible and searchable database of fossil fuel-powered travel by the President, the Vice President, and political appointees where such travel is on official business or paid for by a third party if the individual is appearing in their official capacity.
 
The bill makes an exception where publishing on the database could be deemed a national security risk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Access to Lending Options Act

Bill: 117-s-762
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Expanding Access to Lending Options Act 

 
This bill allows the National Credit Union Administration Board to increase the federal credit union loan maturity cap from 15 to 20 years. It also removes as a requirement for a mortgage from a credit union that a property must be a credit union member's principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-763
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Family relationships
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

 
This bill makes changes to the federal statutory framework that prohibits the shipment, transport, receipt, or possession of firearms or ammunition by an individual who is subject to a qualifying domestic violence court order.
 
Under current law, a qualifying domestic violence court order must meet certain criteria, including to (1) be issued after a hearing of which the individual had notice and an opportunity to participate; and (2) restrain the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner (i.e., a current or former spouse, a co-parent of a child, or a current or former cohabitant) or the child of an intimate partner. 
 
This bill expands the scope of qualifying domestic violence court orders to include an order that
 
 
is issued after an ex parte hearing (i.e., a hearing with only one party present); 
 
restrains the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening a dating partner or former dating partner; or 
 
restrains the individual from intimidating a witness.
 
 
Current law also prohibits an individual who is convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing firearms or ammunition. These restrictions generally only apply to spouses, co-parents, and cohabitants, and to offenses that involve physical force or deadly weapons. This bill expands the scope of these restrictions to include dating partners and offenses that involve stalking.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
CAHOOTS Act

Bill: 117-s-764
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets Act or the CAHOOTS Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain community-based mobile crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance-use disorder crisis outside of a facility setting. 
 
Among other requirements, such services must be (1) provided by multidisciplinary teams composed of behavioral health professionals who are trained in trauma care and de-escalation techniques, (2) available 24-7, and (3) voluntary for the individual experiencing the mental health or substance-use disorder crisis.
 
The bill provides an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such services, as well as specified funds for state planning and evaluation grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate