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Combating Racist Training in the Military Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-968
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Higher education
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Racial and ethnic relations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Combating Racist Training in the Military Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the Armed Forces and academic institutions of the Department of Defense from promoting specified anti-American and racist theories (e.g., that any race is inherently superior or inferior to any other race). 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits
 
 
 including anti-American and racist theories or materials in curricula, reading lists, seminars, workshops, trainings, or other educational or professional settings in a manner that could appear as sponsorship, approval, or endorsement;
 
contracting with, hiring, or otherwise engaging speakers, consultants, diversity trainers, and other persons for the purpose of advocating anti-American and racist theories;
 
compelling members of the Armed Forces to affirm or profess belief in anti-American and racist theories; and
 
segregating members of the Armed Forces by race in any setting, including educational and training sessions.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus Regulatory Repeal Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-969
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Coronavirus Regulatory Repeal Act of 202

1

 
 This bill repeals or modifies any agency rule that is temporarily waived or modified during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, subject to a review process.
 
 The bill specifies procedures for Congress and the heads of agencies to analyze, review, and recommend whether the waiver or modification of a rule should continue and such waiver or modification expires only if a law is enacted in accordance with a recommendation that the rule be reinstated when the emergency period ends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
BELIEVE Act

Bill: 117-s-970
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Nursing
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act or the BELIEVE Act

 
This bill increases maximum limits on employment-based visas and makes other related changes.
 
The bill increases the worldwide cap on employment-based immigrants admitted each fiscal year, from 140,000 plus certain additions to 270,000 plus the same additions. 
 
The bill (1) eliminates existing per-country caps on employment-based immigrants, (2) allows certain employment-based immigrants to comprise a higher percentage of the worldwide level of immigration in a fiscal year than under current law, (3) exempts from numerical caps immigrants coming to work in the United States as physical therapists or professional nurses, and (4) exempts from numerical caps a qualifying alien who graduated from a U.S. institution of higher education and who was admitted into the United States as a dependent of a nonimmigrant. 
 
The bill provides various immigration-related benefits, such as work authorization and exemption from certain numerical limits, to qualifying spouses and children of employment-based immigrants.
 
An alien who has properly filed for permanent legal resident status and is awaiting a visa number becoming available shall have lawful status and employment authorization while the application is pending, subject to requirements such as a background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
CAMRA Act

Bill: 117-s-971
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical research
Mental health
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Children and Media Research Advancement Act or the CAMRA Act

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to fund research regarding the effects of media on infants, children, and adolescents. Such research must examine the impact of media (e.g., social media, television, video games) on cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Essex National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-972
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2036 grants and any other assistance for the Essex National Heritage Area in Massachusetts.
 
The bill removes the limit on the total amount that may be appropriated for the heritage area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-973
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Idaho
Judicial review and appeals
Mammals
Montana
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to remove the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

Bill: 117-s-974
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Freedom of information
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act

 
This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
 
Specifically, the bill removes provisions that
 
 
limit the use of firearms tracing data, 
 
limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act, 
 
prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory, 
 
prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and 
 
require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing America's Clean Fuels Infrastructure Act

Bill: 117-s-975
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Securing America's Clean Fuels Infrastructure

 
This bill extends the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property through 2029. It also increases the allowable amount of such credit from $30,000 to $200,000 for any single item of refueling property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Caring for Survivors Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-976
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Marriage and family status
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Caring for Survivors Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
 
The bill also adjusts the amount payable to surviving spouses and children of veterans who were rated as totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
NOPEC

Bill: 117-s-977
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Oil and gas
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2021 or NOPEC 

 
This bill prohibits a foreign state from engaging in collective action impacting the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product in the U.S. Specifically, a foreign state is prohibited from
 
 
collective action that limits the production or distribution of such product, 
 
collective action to set or maintain the price of such product, or 
 
any other action that restrains trade of such product. 
 
 
Specified defenses such as sovereign immunity (i.e., a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts) and the act of state doctrine (i.e., the prohibition of a court invalidating an official act of a foreign sovereign performed within its own territory) shall not apply to a foreign state's violation of this bill. 

action_date: 2022-10-18
text: 

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2021 or NOPEC 

 
This bill prohibits a foreign state from engaging in collective action impacting the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product in the U.S. Specifically, a foreign state is prohibited from
 
 
collective action that limits the production or distribution of such product, 
 
collective action to set or maintain the price of such product, or 
 
any other action that restrains trade of such product. 
 
 
Specified defenses such as sovereign immunity (i.e., a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts) and the act of state doctrine (i.e., the prohibition of a court invalidating an official act of a foreign sovereign performed within its own territory) shall not apply to a foreign state's violation of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-05-05
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-978
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Agriculture
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 202

1

 
This bill allows rural utility service providers to submit to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a request to adjust the interest rate or modify the terms of certain loans. The request shall include a report summarizing how the adjustment or modification will assist the borrower in providing critical utility services to a rural community.
 
Specifically, on receipt of a request, USDA or the Department of the Treasury (in the case of a loan owned by the Federal Financing Bank) must 
 
 
adjust the interest rate on the loan to match certain interest rates for obligations of comparable maturity to the term remaining on the loan (or a higher rate requested by the borrower), and 
 
make modifications to the loan terms as necessary to address changes in the financial position of the borrower due to the COVID-19 public health emergency and to promote the financial sustainability of the borrower.
 
 
In carrying out the adjustments or modifications, USDA or Treasury shall not impose or collect any fee from, or impose any penalty on, a borrower.
 
The bill also provides funding to implement the adjustments and modifications and for the liquidation of residual intragovernmental amounts owed by the Federal Financing Bank in connection with certain loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to authorize additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund, to provide grants to States and Tribal Entities to strengthen the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, to provide for Federal coordination between the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-979
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 
This bill makes changes to facilitate data sharing between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and programs that subsidize communication services to verify eligibility for applicable programs.
 
Specifically, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must award grants to states and tribes for establishing or modifying connections between databases with information regarding benefit programs (e.g., SNAP) and the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier to verify eligibility for the Lifeline program (which subsidizes telephone and internet services for low-income individuals) and the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (which subsidizes broadband services for those who suffered income loss during the COVID-19 pandemic and other eligible households). The bill also reauthorizes through FY2026 the fund that supports the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
 
In addition, the FCC must establish an automated connection to share data between the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Accuracy Clearinghouse for SNAP. The FCC must coordinate with the Department of Agriculture to establish the connection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Reopen for Kids Act

Bill: 117-s-980
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Reopen for Kids Act

 
This bill prohibits a local educational agency (LEA) from receiving additional COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds while the LEA has remaining unobligated COVID-19 funds, unless the LEA submits and implements a plan to provide full-day, in-person instruction five days a week to all medically able students at its public schools.
 
An LEA may amend its plan for in-person instruction if it determines there is a significant rise in COVID-19 cases in the area in which it serves.
 
An LEA that fails to implement a plan within 14 days of approval must return funds to the state, and the state must return such funds to the Department of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Assuring Regular Consultation To Have Indigenous Voices Effectively Solicited Act

Bill: 117-s-981
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Assuring Regular Consultation To Have Indigenous Voices Effectively Solicited Act

 
This bill establishes requirements for tribal consultation prior to the sale or transfer of certain federal civilian real property. 
Federal civilian real property
 generally refers to federal real property assets, including public buildings, occupied and improved grounds, leased space, or other physical structures under the custody and control of a federal agency.
 
Specifically, a federal agency must consult with tribal governments prior to the sale or transfer of certain federal civilian real property if the proposed sale or transfer would affect a tribe's access to federal agency services. Further, the bill prohibits the property from being sold or transferred if the sale or transfer would substantially reduce or eliminate a tribe's access to these services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
ICBM Act

Bill: 117-s-982
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Military procurement, research, weapons development
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nuclear weapons
Research administration and funding
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Investing in Cures Before Missiles Act of 2021 or the ICBM Act

 
This bill addresses the transfer and use of funds intended for defense programs. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to transfer $1 billion of unobligated balances intended for its ground-based strategic deterrent program to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease for research on the development of a universal coronavirus vaccine.
 
Next, the bill requires the Department of Energy to transfer unobligated balances for the W87-1 warhead modification program administered by the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research and combat emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases.
 
The bill prohibits the use of funds authorized for FY2022 for the ground-based strategic deterrent program or the W87-1 warhead modification program.
 
Finally, the bill requires DOD to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study extending to 2050 the life of Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
CHOICE Act

Bill: 117-s-983
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: 

Consumer Health Options and Insurance Competition Enhancement Act or the CHOICE Act

 
 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop a public health insurance option that meets all federal plan requirements and is available on state and federal health insurance exchanges. Specifically, the CMS must offer silver and gold plans, may offer bronze plans, and must include all essential benefits, consumer protections, and cost-sharing limitations in each plan.
 
 The CMS may contract with a third party to administer the public option plans and states may establish advisory councils to make recommendations to the CMS about the operation and policies of such plans. Further, the CMS must establish geographically adjusted premiums and negotiate provider payment rates for services and prescription drugs covered the plans. If a payment rate cannot be negotiated, the CMS must pay the amount for such service as required under traditional Medicare.
 
 Medicare and Medicaid providers are automatically participants in public option plans unless they opt out, and providers not participating in Medicare or Medicaid may opt in.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate