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Greatest Generation Memorial Act

Bill: 117-s-1596
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Currency
Military history
Monuments and memorials
U.S. history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Greatest Generation Memorial Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia. 
 
The design of the coins shall be emblematic of the memorial and the service and sacrifice of American soldiers and civilians during World War II.
 
All surcharges received from the sale of such coins shall be paid to the Friends of the National World War II Memorial to support the National Park Service in maintaining and repairing the memorial, and for educational and commemorative programs. 

action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 

Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia. 
 
The design of the coins shall be emblematic of the memorial and the service and sacrifice of American soldiers and civilians during World War II.
 
All surcharges received from the sale of such coins shall be paid to the Friends of the National World War II Memorial to support the National Park Service in maintaining and repairing the memorial, and for educational and commemorative programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2515-2516)
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2515-2516)
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2515-2516)
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Lifesaving Gear for Police Act

Bill: 117-s-1597
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military facilities and property
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Lifesaving Gear for Police Act

 
This bill invalidates any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued on or after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess federal property to state and local law enforcement agencies unless it is enacted by Congress.
 
Additionally, it prohibits the use of federal funds to implement such regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy.
 
Property that was recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, must be returned, replaced, or reissued to the state or local law enforcement agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1598
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Capital gains tax
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of carried interest, which is compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity or hedge fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits. (Under current law, carried interest is taxed as investment income rather than at ordinary income tax rates.)
 
This bill includes provisions that 
 
 
set forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services,
 
 treat as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to an investment services partnership interest except to the extent such gain is attributable to a partner's qualified capital interest, 
 
 exempt income from investment services partnership interests from treatment as qualifying income of a publicly traded partnership, 
 
 exempt certain family partnerships from the application of this bill, 
 
 increase the penalty for underpayments of tax resulting from failure to treat income from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income, and
 
 include income and loss from an investment services partnership interest for purposes of determining net earnings from self-employment and applicable self-employment taxes.
 
 
The bill defines 
investment services partnership interest
 as any interest in a partnership held by a person who provides services to a partnership by (1) advising the partnership about investing in, purchasing, or selling specified assets; (2) managing, acquiring, or disposing of specified assets; or (3) arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Back the Blue Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1599
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Firearms and explosives
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees and court costs
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Back the Blue Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes new criminal offenses for killing, assaulting, and fleeing to avoid prosecution for killing a judge, law enforcement officer, or public safety officer.
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer, judge, prosecutor, or firefighter or other first responder; 
 
broadens the authority of federal law enforcement officers to carry firearms; and
 
limits federal court review of challenges to state court convictions for killing a public safety officer or judge.
 
 
Finally, it directs the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies and nongovernmental organizations to promote trust and improve relations between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1600
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Appropriations
Coal
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Mining
Pollution liability
State and local government operations
User charges and fees
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee Reauthorization Act of 2021

 
This bill reduces the fee certain coal mining operations must pay to the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, reauthorizes such fee through FY2028, and otherwise revises provisions regarding the fund and mine reclamation.
 
Under the existing Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program, the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) collects a fee from coal mining companies for each ton of coal produced. The fees are deposited into the fund, which may be used to address hazards to public health, safety, and the environment from coal mining sites that were abandoned or unreclaimed as of August 3, 1977. For example, the fund may be used to provide grants to states and Indian tribes to reclaim and clean up land and water affected by such sites. 
 
OSMRE's authority to collect the fee expires on September 30, 2021. This bill extends the authority to collect the fee for seven years and reduces the fee for all categories of coal. It also provides additional grants for certain priority sites and revises requirements governing the distribution of grants to states and Indian tribes from the program.
 
In addition, the bill allows states to (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding with relevant states or federal agencies to remediate mine drainage on abandoned mine land and water impacted by abandoned mines, and (2) partner with a community reclaimer who volunteers to carry out a reclamation project approved by the Department of the Interior.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Future of Local News Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1601
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
News media and reporting
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Future of Local News Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Future of Local News Committee to examine, report on, and make recommendations related to the state of local news and the ability of local news to meet the information needs of the people of the United States.
 
The duties of the committee include (1) examining the implications of the loss of local newspapers, digital news outlets, and broadcasting outlets; (2) assessing the impact of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and whether the Paycheck Protection Program has had beneficial effects on local news organizations; and (3) assessing and examining existing and potential means of supporting local news production.
 
The committee must recommend mechanisms that the federal government can create and implement to support the production of local news, such as the possible creation of a new national endowment for local journalism or the reform and expansion of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
NURSE Act

Bill: 117-s-1602
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act or the NURSE Act

 
This bill establishes a demonstration grant program through which the Department of Education must award matching funds to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools served by a local educational agency in which at least 20% of students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1603
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Congressional oversight
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program to improve the health and resilience of forest landscapes across National Forest System lands and state, tribal, and private lands. Activities under the program may include reducing the risk of wildfire, protecting water quality and supply, or improving wildlife habitat for at-risk species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Operation Warp Speed Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1604
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asia
Buy American requirements
China
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Operation Warp Speed Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies procedures for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) and provides additional authority to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for vaccine production in response to a public health emergency. It also makes changes to the administration of the Strategic National Stockpile. (An EUA temporarily authorizes use of an otherwise unapproved medical product or device in certain emergency situations.)
 
Among other modifications, the bill places additional requirements on EUA approvals. Specifically, HHS may only approve an EUA if, after consulting four specified agencies, at least three of them vote to grant approval. Currently, HHS's authority to approve an EUA, which it has delegated to the Food and Drug Administration, is not limited by the votes of consulting agencies.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the use of HHS funds to produce a vaccine before it is licensed or authorized in response to a public health emergency. The bill also establishes the Office of Operation Warp Speed within the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to expedite the production of vaccines and medical countermeasures to respond to public health emergencies.
 
With respect to the Strategic National Stockpile, HHS must assess, as part of its annual threat-based review, the levels of and supply chains for materials in the stockpile. HHS must also give priority to domestic manufacturers when procuring materials for the stockpile. If materials cannot be sourced domestically, HHS must give priority to manufacturers that are not located in China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Shawnee Wilderness Designation Act

Bill: 117-s-1606
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Illinois
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Shawnee Wilderness Designation Act

 
This bill designates approximately 289,000 acres of Forest Service land comprising the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois as the Shawnee Wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1607
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Veterans Affairs
Educational guidance
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses the maintenance of the GI Bill Comparison Tool and administration of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance.
 
The VA must maintain the tool and ensure its historical data remains easily and prominently accessible on the VA's benefits website for at least seven years from the initial publication.
 
The VA must retain, maintain, and publish feedback from students and state approving agencies regarding the quality of instruction, recruiting practices, and post-graduation employment placement of approved institutions of higher learning for the duration that the institution is approved for VA benefit purposes.
 
The bill provides institutions of higher learning with up to 30 days to review and respond to any feedback and address issues before the feedback is published.
 
The bill requires that the GI Bill Comparison Tool include updated information, including descriptions of each federal student aid program and the amount of educational assistance an individual may be eligible to receive under the program.
 
The VA must train personnel that provide education benefits counseling, vocational or transition assistance, or similar functions to properly use the comparison tool and provide appropriate education counseling services.
 
The VA must restore entitlement to educational assistance in situations where there is a civil enforcement action or VA action against an educational institution, and an individual was unable to complete the course or program of education due to such action. Individuals may be charged against their entitlement at their request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act

Bill: 117-s-1608
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Energy research
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Intergovernmental relations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor fuels
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act

 
This bill establishes targets and standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from airplane flights and provides incentives for the production and use of sustainable aviation fuel.
 
Specifically, this bill establishes a national goal to achieve a net 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from flights by 2035 and net zero emissions by 2050.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish a low carbon fuel standard for aviation fuels. Under the standard, the EPA must set annual targets in order to reduce certain greenhouse gas emissions associated with aviation fuel by at least (1) 20% by 2030, and (2) 50% by 2050.
 
Beginning in FY2023, the Department of Defense must make a bulk purchase of an amount of sustainable aviation fuel that is not less than 10% of the total amount of aviation fuel procured for operational purposes.
 
Additionally, the Department of Transportation must implement a program that offers grants and cost-sharing agreements for projects to produce, transport, blend, or store sustainable aviation fuel. The projects must be located in the United States.
 
Finally, the bill provides tax credits for the production of sustainable aviation fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Dynamic Glass Act

Bill: 117-s-1609
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Dynamic Glass Act

 
This bill includes electrochromic glass as energy property for purposes of the 30% energy tax credit. The bill defines 
electrochromic glass
 as glass that uses electricity to change its light transmittance properties to heat or cool a structure, but only with respect to property whose construction begins before January 1, 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
LEOSA Reform Act

Bill: 117-s-1610
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Personnel records
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

LEOSA Reform Act

 
This bill broadens the authority for certain law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across state lines.
 
Specifically, the bill allows qualified active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms and ammunition (including magazines) in school zones; in national parks; on state, local, or private property that is open to the public; and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public.
 
Further, the bill permits states to reduce the frequency with which retired law enforcement officers must meet certain qualification standards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate