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Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1730
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bankruptcy
Corporate finance and management
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Income tax deferral
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act

 of 2021

 
This bill establishes an online Retirement Savings Lost and Found (RSLF), managed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), to assist individuals in locating certain employer-sponsored retirement accounts. The RSLF must provide plan participants or beneficiaries only with the ability to view contact information for the administrator of a plan that is sufficient to locate the plan. 
 
The bill sets forth additional reporting and notification requirements for retirement plans. 
 
The PBGC must take precautions to (1) safeguard the privacy and security of participants' plan information, and (2) permit plan participants to opt out of inclusion in the RSLF.
 
The bill also revises provisions that permit mandatory distributions of the balances of small retirement accounts using a rollover into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill modifies the investment options available for the distributions and increases the maximum account balance that may be subject to such a distribution. 
 
A plan must transfer unclaimed mandatory distributions that are $1,000 or less to the RSLF, and the RSLF must pay the balance upon locating a plan participant or beneficiary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1731
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of certain audiologist services. Specifically, the bill expands coverage to include diagnostic and treatment services that are furnished by audiologists and that would otherwise be covered if provided by a physician, including incidental services, regardless of whether such services are provided pursuant to a referral from, or under the supervision of, a physician or other health care practitioner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a Freight Rail Innovation Institute to carry out a research and development program to develop new technologies for freight rail locomotives.

Bill: 117-s-1732
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Employment and training programs
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Manufacturing
Railroads
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a Freight Rail Innovation Institute in partnership with an institution of higher education and a freight rail locomotive manufacturer.
 
 The institute must carry out a research and development program to
 
 
develop technologies necessary for the design, development, manufacturing, and operation of zero-emission battery and hydrogen-powered freight locomotives;
 
develop technologies that enhance freight rail safety, efficiency, and utilization; and
 
accelerate the deployment of zero-emission locomotives (including passenger locomotives), supporting supply chains, advanced freight and logistics systems, and related workforce development and education innovations.
 
 
The non-federal share of the costs of the institute's research and development program shall not be less than 50%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1733
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Family services
Financial literacy
Food assistance and relief
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Lawyers and legal services
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Performance measurement
Public housing
Student aid and college costs
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation costs
Vocational and technical education
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021
 
This bill authorizes grants to support community-based reentry resources for previously incarcerated individuals who return to their communities. 
First, the bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants for community-based nonprofit organizations to create community reentry centers. 
Second, the bill authorizes DOJ to make grants for states, Indian tribes, and local governments to operate reentry services assistance hotlines.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
National Prescribed Fire Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1734
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Marketing and advertising
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

National Prescribed Fire Act of 2021
 

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to significantly increase the number and size of prescribed fires conducted on federal lands.
 
Before the end of FY2023, Interior and USDA shall each have carried out a minimum of one prescribed fire on each unit of the National Forest System (with exceptions), unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, unit of the National Park System, and Bureau of Land Management district (1) that includes an area that has a historical low-severity fire regime, has a historical fire-return interval of not more than 35 years, and is larger than 100 acres; and (2) less than half of which was burned by a wildland fire during the previous 10-year period. 
 
Interior shall establish a collaborative prescribed fire program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to conduct prescribed fires in priority landscapes.
 
Interior shall establish an incentive program to encourage the implementation of large, cross-boundary prescribed fires.
 
Interior and USDA shall hire additional employees and provide training to increase the number of skilled and qualified prescribed fire practitioners in the departments and other organizations.
 
To address the public health and safety risk of the expanded use of prescribed fire, USDA and Interior shall conduct research to improve or develop, among other things, cost-effective, and consistent mitigation strategies for communities impacted adversely by smoke from prescribed fire.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Entrepreneurial and Opportunity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1735
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Business education
Business investment and capital
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Native American Entrepreneurial and Opportunity Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the establishment of the Office of Native American Affairs within the Small Business Administration (SBA). The office must establish a working relationship with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations by targeting SBA programs relating to entrepreneurial development, contracting, and capital access to revitalize Native businesses and economic development in Indian country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Capital for Cooperatives Act

Bill: 117-s-1736
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business education
Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Capital for Cooperatives Act

 
This bill eliminates the requirement that cooperatives provide a personal guarantee with respect to certain Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. It also requires the SBA, in collaboration with the Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development, to develop recommendations and cooperate with federal agencies and other entities to promote, support, and increase the number of cooperatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Pandemic Prevention and Biosecurity Act

Bill: 117-s-1737
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Employment and training programs
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Livestock
Meat
Multilateral development programs
Nutrition and diet
Smuggling and trafficking
Trade restrictions
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Global Pandemic Prevention and Biosecurity Act

 
This bill establishes a task force and requires the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to take specified measures to respond to and prevent zoonotic (animal-to-human) disease outbreaks.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes the Global Zoonotic Disease Task Force to ensure an integrated approach to preventing, detecting, preparing for, and responding to zoonotic spillover and zoonotic disease outbreaks that may pose a threat to global health security.
 
The bill directs the State Department and the USAID to work with international stakeholders on measures that include (1) preventing zoonotic spillover events, (2) preventing degradation and fragmentation of forests and other ecosystems to minimize interactions between wildlife and human populations, and (3) strengthening global capacity for detection of zoonotic diseases with pandemic potential.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Hallways to Health Care Act

Bill: 117-s-1738
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Hallways to Health Care Act

 
This bill provides FY2022 funding for grants and other activities to support school-based health centers. It also establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a demonstration program for expanding telehealth services in school-based health centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Pay Down the Debt Act

Bill: 117-s-1739
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Pay Down the Debt Act

 
This bill rescinds appropriations that are provided for grants that are not accepted by a state or local government. The rescinded funds must be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Schools and State Budgets Certainty Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1740
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Schools and State Budgets Certainty Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies how states, counties, and Indian tribes are paid for mineral extraction on their land. 
 
The Department of the Interior shall pay to eligible states, counties, and Indian tribes an energy transition payment as calculated in accordance with this bill.
 
An energy transition payment received by a state or county pursuant to the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 must be used for certain authorized uses, such as coastal protection and mitigation of damage to wildlife.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Alternative Pathways to Child Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 117-s-1741
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family services
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Alternative Pathways to Child Abuse Prevention Act

 
This bill modifies certain child abuse prevention and treatment programs to expand the availability of alternative pathways of preventive, family-centered services and reduce the number of families referred to child protective services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
TSP Act

Bill: 117-s-1742
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Taxpayers and Savers Protection Act or the TSP Act

 
This bill prohibits any sums in the Thrift Savings Fund from being invested in a security that is listed on an exchange in a jurisdiction in which the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is prevented from conducting the mandatory inspection or investigation of a registered public accounting firm because of a position taken by an authority in that jurisdiction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Index Provider Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 117-s-1743
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Asia
China
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Index Provider Transparency and Accountability Act 

 
This bill establishes requirements for an investment company related to its (1) use of market indices, and (2) investment in Chinese securities.
 
The bill requires an investment company to disclose information related to the company's use of a market index. (A market index is calculated based on a set of investments for the purpose of tracking the changes in the market represented by the investments. For example, the 
S&P 500 Index
 is generally used as an indicator of the U.S. stock market. Investment companies may use these indices for developing index funds, among other uses.) Specifically, an investment company must disclose whether it intends to track the returns of, or benchmark against, a specific market index and if so, disclose certain interactions between the company and the index provider. 
 
Additionally, the bill requires an authorizing vote by the board of directors of the investment company in the event of certain deviations from investment policy relating to an index, including a deviation involving securities issued by a company headquartered or incorporated in China or listed on a Chinese exchange. 
 
Finally, an investment company must annually disclose to stockholders specific information regarding securities owned by the company and issued by a company headquartered or incorporated in China or listed on a Chinese exchange.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Genomics Data Security Act

Bill: 117-s-1744
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Intellectual property
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Medical ethics
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Research ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Genomics Data Security Act

 
This bill establishes requirements and otherwise directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take actions to address national security concerns in genomic and other research.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of NIH funds by any Chinese company (or its subcontractors or subsidiaries). This includes companies (1) over which the Chinese government, a Chinese national, or an entity organized under Chinese law exercises control; or (2) in which the Chinese government has a substantial interest. It also requires, as a condition of certification, that clinical laboratories that have access to U.S. health data disclose ties to the Chinese government.
 
In addition, the NIH must incorporate national security issues in its strategic plan and report annually on any improperly disclosed, vetted, or approved ties that NIH-funded researchers have to foreign governments.
 
Furthermore, the Department of Health and Human Services must establish a working group to update the NIH's Genomic Data Sharing Policy with respect to intellectual property, national security, and privacy concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate