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Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act

Bill: 117-s-1056
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Organized crime
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act

 
This bill makes aliens associated with criminal gangs inadmissible for entry into the United States and deportable and establishes procedures related to designating groups with criminal gang status.
 
An alien shall be inadmissible if a consular officer, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or the Department of Justice knows or has reason to believe that the individual is or was a criminal gang member or has participated or aided such a group's illegal activities. An alien who is or was a member of such a gang, or has participated or aided such a group's illegal activities, shall be deportable. 
 
Such individuals shall be subject to mandatory detention, shall not be eligible for asylum, temporary protected status, or special immigrant juvenile visas, and shall not be eligible for parole unless they are assisting the government in a law enforcement matter.
 
The bill defines a criminal gang as a group of five or more persons (1) where one of its primary purposes is the commission of specified criminal offenses and the members of which engage or have engaged within the past five years in a continuing series of such offenses, or (2) that has been designated as a criminal gang by DHS.
 
The bill establishes procedures for DHS to designate a group as a criminal gang, including notification to Congress, publication in the Federal Register, and an opportunity for the group to petition for administrative 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
Civilian Climate Corps Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1057
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Forests, forestry, trees
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Minority employment
National and community service
Natural disasters
Outdoor recreation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Seashores and lakeshores
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Civilian Climate Corps Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, in coordination with other relevant federal agencies, to enter into an interagency agreement establishing a Civilian Climate Corps, to be operated in accordance with the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
 
 A project carried out by the corps must (1) prioritize efforts to assist disproportionately impacted communities, or be carried out in partnership with a qualified youth service or conservation corps; (2) be coordinated with tribal and Native American communities to protect natural cultural resources; and (3) accomplish one or more of particular objectives such as conserving, monitoring, and restoring public land and water to help mitigate and adapt to climate change.


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
Rural Capital Access Act

Bill: 117-s-1058
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Rural Capital Access Act 

 
This bill increases federally backed leverage, or investments, available to small businesses in rural areas through Small Business Administration (SBA) programs. Specifically, the bill (1) reduces restrictions on federally backed leverage for small business investment companies (SBICs) investing in small businesses located in rural areas, and (2) allows the SBA to extend as leverage to rural business investment companies certain unexpended amounts intended for SBICs. 
 
The bill also establishes an interagency working group comprised of the SBA, the Department of Agriculture, and industry stakeholders to develop administrative and legislative recommendations to improve program coordination and capital access in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text: CR S1830-1831)
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
American Innovation and Manufacturing Act

Bill: 117-s-1059
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Manufacturing
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

American Innovation and Manufacturing Act 

 
This bill establishes within the Small Business Administration a credit facility to provide financial assistance to investment companies that finance small manufacturing businesses. 


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
Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act

Bill: 117-s-1060
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Alliances
Asia
Aviation and airports
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Free trade and trade barriers
Genetics
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hong Kong
Human rights
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Industrial policy and productivity
Intellectual property
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Marine and inland water transportation
Materials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor vehicles
Protest and dissent
Public contracts and procurement
Railroads
Securities
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Tariffs
Taxation of foreign income
Technology transfer and commercialization
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Fair Trade with China Enforcement Act

 
This bill revises trade, finance, and tax provisions with respect to China. 
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Commerce to prohibit the export of certain U.S. technology and intellectual property to China, and it places a shareholder cap on Chinese investments in certain U.S. corporations. 
 
The bill prohibits federal agencies from using or procuring telecommunications equipment or services from Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation, or any other entity reasonably believed to be owned or controlled by China. 
 
Further, the bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative to list certain Chinese products that receive support pursuant to China's Made in China 2025 policy. The bill expedites the countervailing duty process (i.e., the imposition of duties to offset a subsidy by a foreign government) for products on this list. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) repeal certain reduced withholding rates for residents of China, and (2) provide for the taxation of income received by China on certain U.S. investments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep China Out of Solar Energy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1062
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Keep China Out of Solar Energy Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits federal procurement of solar panels manufactured or assembled in China.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop standards and guidelines for executive agencies to prohibit (1) federal funds from being awarded for the procurement of solar panels that are manufactured or assembled by any entity domiciled in China or subject to influence or control by the government of China or the Chinese Communist Party, and (2) the use of government-issued purchase cards to purchase solar panels that are manufactured or assembled by any such entity.
 
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement the prohibition with respect to federal contracts and subcontracts.
 
The bill sets forth provisions regarding waivers, quarterly reports by the OMB to Congress, and a report by the Government Accountability Office.
 
The OMB shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center under which the center will study (1) the current and future domestic market of solar panel production, (2) the ability of the solar panel domestic market to keep pace with technological advancements across the industry, and (3) the current global supply chain and workforce involved with solar panel production. 


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
Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1063
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women's Health Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a series of programs to increase access to cancer screenings for women.
 
These programs include demonstration projects to 
 
 
train certain health care providers to screen for breast and cervical cancer, and
 
increase co-testing of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer among populations that have disproportionate rates of cervical cancer.
 


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
Environmental Management Liability Reduction and Technology Development Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1065
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Chemistry
Department of Energy
Education programs funding
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Higher education
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research administration and funding
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Environmental Management Liability Reduction and Technology Development Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes programs and requirements concerning the development and deployment of technology to assist the Office of Environmental Management within the Department of Energy in managing and directing the cleanup of contaminated nuclear weapons manufacturing and testing sites.
 
Specifically, the office must obtain from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers an independent assessment of the lifecycle costs and schedules of the office's cleanup programs. The office must use the assessment to reevaluate the major cleanup challenges faced by the office, make any adjustments to the programs that are necessary to address those challenges, and evaluate potential savings from the development of new technologies over the life of the cleanup programs.
 
 In addition, the office must design and implement a science and technology management process for identifying, prioritizing, selecting, developing, and deploying the new knowledge and technologies needed to address the cleanup challenges.
 
The office must also establish an Incremental Technology Development Program to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the cleanup processes of the office. In carrying out the program, the office may provide grants for technology development, demonstration, and deployment projects to improve such technologies.
 
Additionally, the office must establish a High-Impact Technology Development Program and a Fundamental Research Program to award grants to address cleanup challenges. The office must also establish the Environmental Management University Program and may provide research grants under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
State Transportation Flexibility Act

Bill: 117-s-1066
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-04-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Public transit
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: 

State Transportation Flexibility Act 

 
This bill provides flexibility for a state to opt out of the federal-aid highway program.
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement a direct federal-aid highway program that permits a state to waive its right to receive funds under the program and receive a prorated amount of taxes apportioned to the Highway Trust Fund (other than for the Mass Transit Account); 
 
sets forth responsibilities for states that elect to waive their rights, including that such states must agree to obligate or expend program amounts exclusively for projects that are eligible for surface transportation program funding; and 
 
directs DOT to implement a similar alternative funding program for public transportation programs.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1067
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-04-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: 

Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act of 20

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This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from imposing higher cost-sharing requirements on breast cancer diagnostic examinations than initial breast cancer screening examinations. Diagnostic examinations are generally required after an initial screening detects an abnormality and typically require additional mammogram images (e.g., x-rays).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1068
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-04-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health promotion and preventive care
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Wages and earnings
Water use and supply
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: 

Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat. 
Excessive heat
 includes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality.
 
In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Introduced in Senate
National Institute of Manufacturing Act

Bill: 117-s-1069
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-04-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Technology assessment
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: 

National Institute of Manufacturing Act

 
This bill establishes the National Institute of Manufacturing to serve as the central hub for federal manufacturing programs.
 
The institute shall, among other things, (1) convene key stakeholders to identify the needs and priorities of the U.S. manufacturing sector; (2) support and incentivize manufacturing-focused research, collaboration, and education; and (3) provide small and medium manufacturers with financial support, including loans, counseling, training, technical assistance, and advocacy. 
 
Overseen by a Director, the institute shall be composed of various directorates (e.g., a Directorate for Technology Development and a Directorate for Trade), and the functions of specified federal manufacturing programs and offices shall be transferred to the institute and its directorates. Transferred programs and offices include the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership, the Manufacturing USA Program, the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, and the Office of Manufacturing.
 
The bill also permanently reauthorizes the U.S. Manufacturing Council of the International Trade Administration as the National Manufacturing Advisory Council, and it tasks the council with (1) ensuring regular communication between the federal government and the U.S. manufacturing sector, (2) advising the Department of Commerce on government policies and programs that affect U.S. manufacturing, and (3) ensuring the United States remains the leading destination for investment in manufacturing throughout the world.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Introduced in Senate
End the Border Crisis Now Act

Bill: 117-s-1070
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-04-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: 

End the Border Crisis Now Act

 
This bill imposes additional restrictions on asylum eligibility.
 
Under this bill, an alien must be lawfully admitted into the United States to apply for asylum. (Currently, an alien may apply for asylum upon being physically present or arriving in the United States, subject to certain restrictions.)
 
In addition, if an alien was in a qualifying third country (generally one where the alien's life or freedom would not be threatened on account of certain characteristics) during the 180 days before being admitted into the United States, the alien may not apply for asylum unless the alien proves that (1) the alien applied for and was denied asylum or equivalent status in that third country, or (2) the conditions in the alien's country of nationality have significantly worsened since the alien was in the third country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Introduced in Senate
VA AID Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1071
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: 

Veterans Application Assistance Inefficiency Decrease Act of 2021 or the VA AID Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing claim enhancement assistance to individuals who are applying for certain VA pensions in order to reduce the backlog and expedite processing of claims. Specifically, the program applies to those applying for service pensions, non-service-connected disability pensions, or pensions to surviving spouses and children.
 
The Government Accountability Office must complete a review of the pilot program and a study on the feasibility and advisability of permanently extending claim enhancement assistance to individuals and spouses applying for the specified VA pensions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-12
text: Introduced in Senate