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Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1088
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of the Treasury
Evidence and witnesses
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Government information and archives
Iran
Judicial procedure and administration
Middle East
National Credit Union Administration
North Korea
Syria
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 

2021

 
This bill specifies that a federal banking agency may not request or order a depository institution to terminate a customer account unless (1) the agency has a valid reason for doing so, and (2) that reason is not based solely on reputation risk.
 
Valid reasons for terminating an account include threats to national security and involvement in terrorist financing, including state sponsorship of terrorism.
 
A federal banking agency requesting a termination must provide the depository institution with notification and justification. 
 
The bill also sets forth additional requirements for the Department of Justice when seeking subpoenas, summoning witnesses, or compelling document production in the course of conducting a civil investigation in contemplation of a civil proceeding involving certain banking laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to extend child nutrition waiver authority, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1089
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Performance measurement
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Access to Assistive Technology and Devices for Americans Study Act or the Triple A Study Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study issues related to health insurance and other coverage for assistive technologies, such as prosthetic devices and custom orthoses, for those who experience amputations or live with a limb difference.
 
In conducting this study, the GAO must include comparisons of claims and other data from Medicare, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and commercial health insurers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeal CFPB Act

Bill: 117-s-1090
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Repeal CFPB Act

 
This bill repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate certain future interstates and high priority corridors in Kentucky, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1091
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Kentucky
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 
This bill designates the Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Expressway from the interchange with the Interstate 65 in Barren County, Kentucky, east to the interchange with U.S. Highway 27 in Somerset, Kentucky, as (1) a high priority corridor on the National Highway System, (2) a segment of the Interstate System where vehicles are subject to a weight limitation, and (3) Interstate Route I-365.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S1897)
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act

Bill: 117-s-1092
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
American Samoa
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Guam
Horticulture and plants
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act 

 
This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to state departments of agriculture to provide support to agricultural fairs for losses sustained by such fairs due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Grant amounts shall be based on the difference between the average attendance at agricultural fairs in the state for (1) a calendar year occurring during the three-year period beginning with 2017 or, if the attendance data is not available for the entire period, a period shorter than a calendar year; and (2) the average attendance at agricultural fairs in the state for calendar year 2020.
 
As a condition of receiving a grant, recipients shall agree to (1) prioritize supporting agricultural fairs in the state facing the greatest financial hardship, and (2) use not more than 5% of grant funds for administrative costs incurred in providing support to agricultural fairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1093
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Labor-management relations
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 
This bill establishes the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration to administer economic opportunity assistance programs for veterans and their dependents and survivors.
 
Specifically, the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration must administer the following Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs: 
 
 
vocational rehabilitation and employment programs, 
 
educational assistance programs, 
 
veterans' housing loan and related programs, 
 
the Transition Assistance Program, and 
 
the database of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.
 
 
Prior to the transfer of administrative responsibilities, the bill requires the VA to certify that (1) the transition of the provision of services will not negatively affect the provision of such services to veterans, and (2) such services are ready to be transferred. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Made in America Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1094
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Aviation and airports
Building construction
Buy American requirements
Economic development
Educational technology and distance education
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Manufacturing
Medical research
Metals
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Public transit
Railroads
Research administration and funding
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Made in America Act of 2021

 
This bill requires that materials used in carrying out federal infrastructure aid programs are produced in the United States, with exceptions. 
 
The term 
produced in the United States
 means, in the case of
 
 
iron or steel products, that all manufacturing processes for the iron or steel product, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States;
 
manufactured products, that the product was manufactured in the United States and that the cost of the components of the manufactured product that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States is greater than 50% of the total cost of all components of the manufactured product; and
 
construction materials, that all manufacturing processes for the construction material occurred in the United States.
 
 
The Department of Commerce must (1) issue uniform standards that define the term 
all manufacturing processes
 for purposes of this bill, and (2) take into consideration and seek to maximize the jobs benefited or created in the production of the construction material.
 
The bill requires that all steel, iron, manufactured products, nonferrous metals, plastic, concrete and aggregates, glass (including optical glass), lumber, and drywall used in these programs be produced in the United States.
 
Infrastructure addressed by this bill includes federal-aid highways, railroads, public transportation infrastructure, civil aviation infrastructure, drinking water infrastructure, and stormwater infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1096
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2021

 
This bill expands eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, commonly referred to as the Fry Scholarship, which entitles specified dependents of service members who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
 
Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for the Fry Scholarship to include a child or spouse of a person who dies on or after September 11, 2001, from a service-connected disability within 120 days of being honorably discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces.
 
This expansion of eligibility applies to quarters, semesters, or terms beginning on or after August 1, 2023. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Married Seniors From Impoverishment Act

Bill: 117-s-1099
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Marriage and family status
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act
 
 
This bill makes permanent certain provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility that protect against spousal impoverishment for recipients of home and community-based services. Under current law, these provisions expire on September 30, 2023. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1100
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Immigrant health and welfare
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2021

 
This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to take steps to address mental health issues among immigrants and CBP agents and officers. It also restricts the sharing of mental health information for use in certain immigration proceedings.
 
CBP shall develop training to enable its agents and officers to (1) identify mental health issues and risk factors in immigrants and refugees, (2) provide crisis intervention using a trauma-informed approach, and (3) better manage work-related stress and psychological pressures. 
 
CBP shall assign at least one qualified mental or behavioral health expert to each Border Patrol station, port of entry, checkpoint, forward operating base, secondary inspection area, and short-term custody facility. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services may not provide to the Department of Homeland Security information about the mental health of an alien if the information will be used for (1) an asylum determination, (2) an immigration hearing, or (3) a deportation hearing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
SHUSH Act

Bill: 117-s-1101
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act or the SHUSH Act

 
This bill modifies the treatment of silencers under federal statutes governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms.
 
Specifically, it removes silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation (i.e., registration and licensing requirements) under the National Firearms Act (NFA). Additionally, it excludes a muffler or silencer from the list of firearms subject to regulation (e.g., background check requirements) under the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA).
 
Finally, the bill does the following: 
 
 
preempts state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers, 
 
specifies that a person who lawfully acquires or possesses a silencer under provisions of the GCA meets the registration and licensing requirements of the NFA,
 
eliminates mandatory minimum prison terms for a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense in which a defendant uses or carries a firearm equipped with a silencer or muffler, and 
 
permits active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1102
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Promoting Access to Broadband Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a grant program to provide states with resources to inform their residents who are Medicaid enrollees, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants, or low-income individuals about the FCC's Lifeline program. The Lifeline program is designed to reduce the cost of communications services for low-income consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S1897-1898)
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
No Taxpayer Handouts to Illegal Immigrants Act

Bill: 117-s-1103
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

No Taxpayer Handouts to Illegal Immigrants Act

 
This bill prohibits any state government that provides monetary payments to undocumented immigrants from receiving funds made available under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. 
 
 If a state made such prohibited payments after the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 but before the enactment of this bill, the state must immediately pay to the federal government the amount equal to the sum of the prohibited payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
CRUISE Act

Bill: 117-s-1105
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements Act or the CRUISE Act

 
This bill requires various activities to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the operation of cruise ships. 
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a working group comprised of specified federal departments and industry stakeholders to develop recommendations for resuming cruise ship operations.
 
In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must issue (within 30 days) separate recommendations on mitigating the introduction, transmission, and spread of COVID-19 onboard cruise ships and to communities onshore. The CDC must consult with the working group on these recommendations.
 
 Furthermore, the Department of Health and Human Services must revoke by July 4, 2021, its order issued on November 4, 2020, which restricts the operation of cruise ships in U.S. waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1106
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 20

21

 
This bill makes it illegal to possess, buy, sell, or transport shark fins or any product containing shark fins, except for certain dogfish fins. A person may possess a shark fin that was lawfully taken consistent with a license or permit under certain circumstances.
 
Penalties are imposed for violations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.The maximum civil penalty for each violation shall be $100,000, or the fair market value of the shark fins involved, whichever is greater.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Forest Markets Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1107
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Financial services and investments
Forests, forestry, trees
Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Rural Forest Markets Act of 202

1

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Rural Forest Market Investment Program to guarantee investments to finance certain projects that will enable rural private forest landowners to participate in an innovative market for forest carbon or other products.
 
In establishing the program, USDA must consider ways to ensure that the program minimizes disruptions to traditional forest products markets.
 
Eligible projects are projects developed by a private entity or a publicly supported, charitable nonprofit organization engaged in the aggregation of sustainable forestry practices implemented by rural private forest landowners to facilitate the sale of credits in the voluntary carbon market or other environmental market using a methodology approved by a credible, third-party entity.
 
USDA may guarantee up to $150 million with respect to each investment.
 
Authority to carry out the program terminates on September 30, 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate