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PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

Bill: 117-s-1796
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cosmetics and personal care
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from procuring or purchasing specified items (e.g., cleaning products) containing a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance, commonly referred to as PFAS. These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.
 
DOD may not authorize the sale of any specified item containing PFAS on DOD property, such as commissaries or online exchange shops.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-1797
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Building construction
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act

 
This bill expands the authority of the Indian Health Service (IHS) to make funds available for urban Indian organizations to renovate, construct, or expand urban Indian health facilities.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the IHS to (1) make funds available for renovations even if the renovations are not minor, and (2) make funds available for purposes other than assisting the organizations in meeting certain accreditation standards.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-71.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3425)
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
TIKES Act

Bill: 117-s-1798
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Telehealth Improvement for Kids' Essential Services Act or the TIKES Act

 
This bill requires several agencies to promote and evaluate the use of telehealth under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 
 
Specifically, the bill requires (1) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance to states on ways to increase access to telehealth; (2) the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to study the impact of telehealth on health care access, utilization, costs, and outcomes; and (3) the Government Accountability Office to evaluate federal interagency collaboration with respect to the provision of telehealth services to individuals under the age of 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Professionalizing the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1799
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Military command and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Professionalizing the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit a report on establishing a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). The report must include a recommendation on the required rank and experience of a SARC MOS.
 
DOD must brief the congressional defense committees on the report.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1800
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Cell biology and embryology
Civil actions and liability
Genetics
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes new federal crimes related to conduct involving certain types of human-animal chimeras. The term 
human-animal chimera
 means an organism that, from an early stage of development, contains human and nonhuman parts.
 
This bill makes is unlawful to 
 
 
create or attempt to create a prohibited human-animal chimera,
 
transfer or attempt to transfer a human embryo into a nonhuman womb,
 
transfer or attempt to transfer a nonhuman embryo into a human womb, or
 
transport or receive for any purpose a prohibited human-animal chimera.
 
 
A violator is subject to civil and criminal penalties.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1801
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act

Bill: 117-s-1802
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Educational technology and distance education
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Income tax exclusion
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act

 
This bill increases to $12,000 in 2021-2022, the exclusion from employee gross income, for income tax purposes, of employer-paid educational assistance programs. 
 
The bill also expands the exclusion to include amounts paid for education-related tools and technology (e.g., hand tools, computers, software, licensure fees).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Robert S. Poydasheff Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Bill: 117-s-1803
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Georgia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Columbus, Georgia, as the Robert S. Poydasheff Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Mothers and Newborns Success Act

Bill: 117-s-1804
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Mothers and Newborns Success Act

 
This bill directs the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take certain actions to improve, and reduce racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in, maternal health outcomes.
 
First, with respect to HRSA, the bill provides statutory authority for grants that support (1) state efforts to reduce disparities in maternal health; and (2) increased access to maternal and obstetrics care in rural areas, including through telehealth. HRSA must also award grants to identify best practices to improve pregnancy and postpartum outcomes.
 
Second, the bill authorizes the CDC to establish or expand, and provide technical assistance on capturing racial and other demographic data related to, maternal health data collection. It also expands the scope of safe motherhood grants awarded to government health departments to include (1) classifying birthing facilities based on the level of maternal and neonatal care the facilities provide, and (2) improving the validity of pregnancy data on death certificates. In addition, the CDC must award grants for a campaign targeting health care providers and the public to increase awareness of maternal and child health issues.
 
Lastly, the NIH must establish the National Maternal Health Research Network to support efforts to improve diagnostics and clinical treatments, improve health outcomes, and reduce inequities to reduce maternal mortality and promote maternal health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3425)
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SHELTER Act

Bill: 117-s-1805
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

SHELTER Act

 
This bill allows a tax credit to individuals and businesses for disaster mitigation expenditures. The allowable amount of such credit is 25% of the mitigation expenditures, up to $5,000 in any taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1806
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021

 
This bill extends the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel through 2025. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean H2 Production Act

Bill: 117-s-1807
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Clean H2 Production Act
 
 
This bill provides tax incentives for the production of clean hydrogen and for investment in clean hydrogen production facilities. Specifically, it allows a new business-related tax credit for the production of specified amounts of qualified clean hydrogen. The bill defines
 qualified clean hydrogen
 as hydrogen that is produced through a process that, as compared to hydrogen produced by steam-methane reforming of nonrenewable natural gas, achieves a percentage reduction in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that is not less than 50%. 
 
The bill also expands the energy tax credit to include clean hydrogen production facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Toll Credit Marketplace Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1808
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Toll Credit Marketplace Act of 202

1

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish and implement a toll credit exchange pilot program to
 
 
identify the extent of the demand to purchase toll credits,
 
identify the cash price of toll credits through bilateral transactions between states,
 
analyze the impact of the purchase or sale of toll credits on transportation expenditures,
 
test the feasibility of expanding the pilot program to allow all states to participate on a permanent basis, and
 
identify any other repercussions of the toll credit exchange.
 
 
In carrying out the pilot program, DOT must provide that an originating state may transfer or sell to a recipient state a credit not previously used by the originating state. DOT must also make available a public website on which originating states must post the amount of toll credits that are available for sale or transfer to a recipient state.
 
States may purchase toll credits on behalf of metropolitan planning organizations or local governments in such states.
 
DOT may terminate the pilot program or the participation of any state in the pilot program if the program is not serving a public benefit or it is not cost effective.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
ASSET Act

Bill: 117-s-1809
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Food assistance and relief
Inflation and prices
Marriage and family status
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Allowing Steady Savings by Eliminating Tests Act or the ASSET Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of asset tests or resource limits in certain means-tested public assistance programs and increases the resource limits to qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSI is a federal income supplement program designed to help aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income and resources meet basic needs.
 
Under the bill, states may not use asset or resource limits to determine eligibility for (1) programs funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grants, (2) the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or (3) the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
 
In addition, an individual may have up to $10,000 in certain resources (or up to $20,000 for a couple) and qualify for SSI. Under current law, the limit is $2,000 for an individual (or $3,000 for a couple).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-s-1810
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Labor standards
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act

 
This bill modifies the Conrad 30 Waiver program, which incentivizes qualified foreign physicians to serve in underserved communities. It also extends statutory authority for the program for three years from this bill's enactment.
 
Aliens coming to the United States under a J-1 nonimmigrant visa to receive medical training typically must leave the country and reside for two years abroad before being eligible to apply for an immigrant visa or permanent residence. The Conrad program waives this requirement for individuals who meet certain qualifications, including serving for a number of years at a health care facility in an underserved area. 
 
The bill increases the number of waivers that a state may obtain each fiscal year from 30 to 35 if a certain number of waivers were used the previous year, and provides for further adjustments depending on demand.
 
An alien physician may be employed at an academic medical center to meet the Conrad program's employment requirements if the alien's work is in the public interest, even if the medical center is not in an underserved area. 
 
Employment contracts for alien physicians under the Conrad program shall contain certain information, such as the maximum number of on-call hours per week the physician shall have to work. 
 
Certain alien physicians (along with the physician's spouse and children) shall be exempt from the direct annual numerical limits on immigration, including those physicians that have met certain requirements related to visas for physicians to serve in underserved areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

Bill: 117-s-1811
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a grant program and a student loan forgiveness program to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers in elementary and secondary schools. 
 
First, ED must award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs). Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training. 
 
In addition, ED must establish a program to provide student loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental health services providers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Lincoln Home National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 117-s-1812
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disability assistance
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Land transfers
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: 

Lincoln Home National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act

 
This bill modifies the boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Illinois as generally depicted on the map titled
 Proposed Boundary Expansion of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site
 and dated February 26, 2021. 
 
To improve accessibility, the Department of the Interior shall modify the following areas located within the boundary of the historic site to provide universal design and accessibility by raising the height of the street to match the height of the sidewalk with no sloped surfaces:
 
 
the intersection at 8th Street and Jackson Street, and 
 
the area in front of the home of Abraham Lincoln.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S3425-3426)
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate