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Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-765
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care coverage and access
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Mental health
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of State to carry out 

activities under the Safe from the Start program to prevent, mitigate, and respond to gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies around the world. (The Safe from the Start program addresses childhood exposure to violence.)
 
These activities shall include (1) training and capacity building for humanitarian personnel; (2) deployment of, and support for, gender advisors and female humanitarian aid workers; (3) use of standards, guidelines, and best practices to address gender-based violence; (4) expanding and improving empowerment activities; and (5) establishing accountability mechanisms and monitoring and reporting tools to prevent and respond to incidents of sexual or other gender-based exploitation or abuse.
 
The State Department must submit an annual report that includes an analysis of data and research regarding the key drivers of gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies, as well as a detailed description of the programs, diplomatic efforts, and other activities taken to implement Safe from the Start.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
End Double Taxation of Successful Consumer Claims Act

Bill: 117-s-766
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Income tax deductions
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

End Double Taxation of Successful Consumer Claims Act

 
This bill allows a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for attorney fees and court costs in connection with a claim of a consumer protection violation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-767
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2021 

 
This bill expands requirements for public disclosures by depository institutions and credit unions regarding mortgages and home equity lines of credit. Specifically, institutions originating fewer than 500 mortgage loans or open-end lines of credit annually are no longer exempt from certain financial reporting. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Better PLAN Act

Bill: 117-s-768
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Economic development
Housing supply and affordability
Land use and conservation
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Better Planning and Land-Use for Accessible Neighborhoods Act or the
 
Better PLAN Act 

 
This bill revises the metropolitan transportation planning process for a metropolitan area to consider projects and strategies that will enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system by better connecting housing to employment.
 
Additionally, the transportation planning process must address the integration of housing, transportation, and economic development strategies through a process that provides for effective integration, based on a cooperatively developed and implemented strategy, of new and existing transportation facilities.
 
In carrying out the planning process, a metropolitan planning organization must (1) consult with state and local entities responsible for land use, economic development, housing, management of road networks, or public transportation; and (2) coordinate with such entities to align the goals of the process with the goals of any comprehensive housing affordability strategies established within the metropolitan planning area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-769
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Housing Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2032 the Fair Housing Initiatives Program and revises program reporting requirements and organization eligibility requirements. The bill also allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to enter into agreements with certain organizations to test and investigate differential treatment and discriminatory housing practices based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, and familial status. The results of these tests and investigations may be used as the basis for an enforcement action under specified fair housing laws. 
 
Additionally, HUD must establish a grant program for public and private nonprofit organizations to study housing discrimination and implement pilot projects to test solutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

Bill: 117-s-770
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act

 
This bill authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-771
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Labor-management relations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence; peer review; or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsibility for Unaccompanied Minors Act

Bill: 117-s-772
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Health and Human Services
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Responsibility for Unaccompanied Minors Act

 
This bill amends provisions relating to responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the care of unaccompanied alien children.
 
The Office of Refugee Resettlement of HHS may provide care for an unaccompanied alien child until the conclusion of the child's immigration proceedings or the child reaching 18 years of age, whichever occurs first. Before placing an unaccompanied alien child with a sponsor, the office shall evaluate the child's future need for follow-up services. 
 
Before placing an accompanied alien child, HHS shall (1) require the proposed sponsor to execute a sponsor care agreement, (2) notify the welfare agency of the state where the child will be placed, and (3) conduct a background check of the sponsor and all adults living in the household in which the child will reside. 
 
Under the care agreement, each sponsor shall agree to (1) provide for the child's physical and mental well-being, and (2) ensure the child's presence at immigration proceedings and compliance with all court and agency orders. HHS shall assume physical custody of a child if the non-parent or legal guardian sponsor fails to comply with the care agreement. HHS shall periodically report to Congress on instances where a sponsor failed to comply with a care agreement.
 
The Department of Justice shall increase the number of immigration judge teams by at least 225.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-773
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 
This bill waives certain eligibility requirements for hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, the bill waives the required minimum proportion of low-income patients served for hospitals that began participating in the program during or prior to the COVID-19 emergency.


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

Bill: 117-s-774
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Protect and Serve Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly assaulting a law enforcement officer and causing serious bodily injury (or attempting to do so) in circumstances that affect interstate commerce.
 
It imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a prison term, a fine, or both&#8212;on a violator.


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

Bill: 117-s-775
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Educational Notification and Disclosure of Actions risking Loss of Life by Hazing Act or the END ALL Hazing Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to collect information and publicly report on hazing-related misconduct.
 
Specifically, IHEs must prepare biannual reports and post the reports on their websites. The reports must include information on hazing-related misconduct committed by a student organization, including the name of the student organization that committed the violation, a description of the violation, and sanctions placed on the organization.
 
Further, IHEs must report to campus police and law enforcement authorities within 72 hours of becoming aware of any allegation of hazing that involved serious bodily injury or a significant risk of serious bodily injury.
 
The bill does not apply to foreign IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Rebecca Trimble.

Bill: 117-s-776
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Provides for the relief of Rebecca Trimble.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-777
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Comprehensive health care
Drug therapy
Employee benefits and pensions
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Sex and reproductive health
Small business
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to federal funding for, and health insurance coverage of, gender reassignment medical interventions, which include surgical remedies and hormone therapy arising from a conflict between an individual's gender identity and the sex the individual has or was identified as having at birth. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds for gender reassignment medical interventions or for health coverage that includes such interventions. Additionally, such interventions may not be provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee. Under current law, coverage of these interventions through Medicare and Medicaid is generally determined at the state level.
 
The bill's restrictions regarding the use of federal funds do not apply to treatment of individuals with medically verifiable disorders of sex development, such as individuals born with atypical development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex.
 
The bill also prohibits qualified health plans from including coverage for gender reassignment medical interventions. Further, plans that include coverage for such interventions are not eligible for federal subsidies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-778
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Medical ethics
Sex and reproductive health
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for performing gender reassignment medical interventions on minors. It also provides that a minor who receives such an intervention may bring a civil action against each person who performed that intervention.
 
The bill defines these interventions as certain surgeries or the use of hormones to change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. It excludes, however, interventions in cases where an individual has ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or where a physician has determined that an individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action.
 
An individual who performs these interventions on a minor is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
A minor who receives these medical interventions may not be arrested or prosecuted for an offense under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-779
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Treasury
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2021

 
This bill nullifies specified guidance and final rule provisions pertaining to Section 1332 waivers (also known as State Innovation Waivers or State Relief and Empowerment Waivers) issued by the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services. The provisions allow states to forego certain requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in order to implement experimental plans for health care coverage, as long as the resulting coverage meets certain statutory criteria. 
 
The provisions, which supersede earlier guidance from 2015, alter agency interpretation of how states may satisfy the statutory criteria for waiver approval. For example, the provisions (1) redefine acceptable coverage under such waivers to include short-term, limited-duration insurance and association health plans; (2) allow the comprehensiveness and affordability of coverage under such waivers to be assessed based on projected availability, rather than enrollment; and (3) allow the level of coverage to be assessed based on the effects over the entire course of the waiver, rather than per year.


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

Bill: 117-s-780
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional districts and representation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

 
This bill establishes a process for the admission of Puerto Rico into the union as a state, on an equal footing with all other states, based on a majority vote of the people of Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Elaine M. Checketts Military Families Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-781
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Department of Defense
Employee leave
Family relationships
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Elaine M. Checketts Military Families Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to amend regulations to provide that approved parental leave shall not terminate upon the death of the child for whom the leave is taken.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-782
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: 

Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a ranking system and related programs for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities, taking into account the findings and recommendations of a specified advisory council.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes the Advisory Council on Skilled Nursing Facility Rankings under Medicare and Nursing Facility Rankings under Medicaid. The council must study processes and make related recommendations for rankings, including with respect to appropriate metrics, data sources, and quality control. 
 
The CMS must then develop a ranking system and use the system to implement a high-rated facility program and a low-rated facility program. Facilities in the low-rated facility program are subject to progressive enforcement actions of increasing severity until they meet applicable standards; facilities in the high-rated facility program may also have their designations suspended if they fail to meet the requisite standards. The CMS must post facility designations on the Nursing Home Compare website in a specified manner.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the quality of services provided by facilities and their compliance with applicable requirements, including the effectiveness of the bill's low-rated facility program.


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