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PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-574
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alabama
Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
North Carolina
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency for Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 or the PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies several aspects of the asbestos bankruptcy trust system. An asbestos bankruptcy trust is established when a company subject to asbestos-related liability files for bankruptcy under chapter 11. 
 
 The bill allows the U.S. Trustee Program within the Department of Justice to investigate the administration and operation of asbestos bankruptcy trusts. Additionally, it creates new criminal offenses for making a false representation to, or a false claim for payment by, an asbestos bankruptcy trust. 
 
Finally, an administrator of an asbestos bankruptcy trusts must report any Medicare benefits entitled to a claimant to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.


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

Bill: 117-s-575
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Hate crimes
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Marie Thompson Antilynching Act

 
This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching.
 
Specifically, a person who conspires to commit a hate crime act and willfully causes or attempts to cause serious bodily injury is subject to criminal penalties.


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

Bill: 117-s-577
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
General science and technology matters
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting
International organizations and cooperation
Performing arts
Public participation and lobbying
Religion
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Foreign Influence Transparency Act

 
This bill addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits.
 
Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only to those activities that do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government.
 
 Under current law, an institution of higher education (IHE) must disclose to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with the foreign source. The bill instead requires an IHE to disclose such a gift or contract that is valued at $50,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts or contracts. An IHE must include in its disclosure report the contents of any such contract and make the contents available for public disclosure.
 
Additionally, an IHE that enters into an agreement with a Confucius Institute (i.e., a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government) must immediately make available the full text of the agreement to the public, ED, and Congress.
 
Finally, the bill prohibits an IHE that does not comply with these disclosure requirements from enrolling foreign students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.


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

Bill: 117-s-580
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Economic development
Employee hiring
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Land use and conservation
Low- and moderate-income housing
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Retail and wholesale trades
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Affordable Housing Redevelopment Act 

 
This bill reauthorizes the Neighborhood Stabilization Program for FY2021 to provide grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit entities for the conversion of blighted, abandoned, or foreclosed property into affordable housing for low-income families. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1029-1030)
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
HAPI Act

Bill: 117-s-581
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Immunology and vaccination
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Helping Adults Protect Immunity Act or the HAPI Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines for adults that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

Bill: 117-s-582
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act

 
This bill prohibits the imposition of a death penalty sentence for a violation of federal law.
 
A person sentenced to death before enactment of this bill must be resentenced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1030)
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Nutrition CARE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-584
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare
Mental health
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Nutrition Counseling Aiding Recovery for Eating Disorders Act of 2021 or the Nutrition CARE Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for individuals with eating disorders. Such services must be furnished by a registered dietitian or nutrition professional pursuant to a referral from a physician, psychologist, or other authorized mental health professional.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-585
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Athletes
Child health
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Due process and equal protection
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Olympic games

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) through FY2030.
 
The bill adds requirements that USADA
 
 
be responsible for certifying in advance any testing conducted by international organizations under the World Anti-Doping Code for international amateur athletes and athletic competitions occurring within the jurisdiction of the United States; and
 
 promote a positive youth sport experience by using a portion of its funding to provide educational materials on sportsmanship, character building, and healthy performance for those participating in youth sports.
 
 
The bill requires any action taken by USADA to enforce a policy, procedure, or requirement against a person with respect to a violation of federal law, including an investigation, disciplinary action, sanction, or any other administrative action, to be carried out in a manner that provides due process protection.
 
The Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Food and Drug Administration must provide to USADA information relating to the prevention of the use of performance-enhancing drugs or the prohibition of performance-enhancing methods.


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

Bill: 117-s-586
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act

 
This bill temporarily establishes separate payments for certain non-opioid treatments under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services and the payment system for ambulatory surgical center services. The bill applies to pain management treatments that are able to replace or reduce opioid consumption, as shown through clinical trials or data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Inspector General Independence Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-587
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Securing Inspector General Independence Act of 2021

 
This bill limits the circumstances under which the President or certain agency heads may remove an Inspector General or place an Inspector General on non-duty status.
 
Before an Inspector General may be removed, Congress must be given a detailed account of the reasons for the removal and the Inspector General shall remain on the job for 30 days while Congress considers those reasons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-21
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-588
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Insurance industry and regulation
Intergovernmental relations
International organizations and cooperation
Life, casualty, property insurance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act of 2021 

 
This bill establishes the Climate Risk Advisory Committee that must consult with the Financial Stability Oversight Council of the Department of the Treasury regarding a report on the impact of climate risk on U.S. financial stability. 
 
Additionally, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration must include climate risk in the guidance provided to a supervised financial institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Chris Allen Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-589
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Crimes against property
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Chris Allen Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Act of 2021

This bill makes various changes with respect to the administration of multiemployer pension plans. 
 
Among other provisions, the bill allows qualified multiemployer plans to apply for special partition assistance from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Partition assistance generally authorizes the PBGC to take financial responsibility for a portion of the liabilities of a plan at risk of insolvency. Subject to certain exceptions and conditions, special partition assistance expands eligibility for partition assistance and does not require plans to repay the amount of assistance received. 
 
 The bill also revises the PBGC rules for determining whether a plan is insolvent and the procedures for terminating a plan that fails to meet certain standards.
 
Additionally, the bill sets forth the discount rates used to estimate a plan's future benefit payment obligations, which affect an employer's minimum contribution to the plan. It also establishes a stable funding status and an unrestricted funding status and revises the criteria for plans that are in endangered, critical, and critical and declining statuses.
 
Finally, the bill establishes rules for new composite plans. Composite plans provide annuity benefits to plan participants, establish fixed contributions from employers, and require realignment measures if the plan's projected funded ratio falls below 120%. A composite plan's projected funded ratio is the actuarial projection of the plan's assets compared to liabilities as of the first plan day of the 15th plan year following a given plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
CONFUCIUS Act

Bill: 117-s-590
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
China
Contracts and agency
Education programs funding
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States Act or the CONFUCIUS Act

 
This bill addresses China's influence on postsecondary educational institutions through Confucius Institutes, which are cultural institutes directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes requirements for postsecondary educational institutions that receive federal funding and that have contracts or agreements with Confucius Institutes. The contracts or agreements must include clear provisions that (1) protect the academic freedom of the institutions; (2) prohibit the application of foreign law on the institutions' campuses; and (3) grant full managerial authority of the institutes to the institutions, including full control over teaching plans, activities, research grants, and employment decisions.

action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States Act or the CONFUCIUS Act

 
This bill addresses China's influence on postsecondary educational institutions through Confucius Institutes, which are cultural institutes directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes requirements for postsecondary educational institutions that receive federal funding and that have contracts or agreements with Confucius Institutes. The contracts or agreements must include clear provisions that (1) protect the academic freedom of the institutions; (2) prohibit the application of foreign law on the institutions' campuses; and (3) grant full managerial authority of the institutes to the institutions, including full control over teaching plans, activities, research grants, and employment decisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1043; text: CR S1043)
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1043; text: CR S1043)
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Background Check Completion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-591
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Background Check Completion Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Reserve Fund Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-592
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Emergency communications systems
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance
Radio spectrum allocation
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Broadband Reserve Fund Act of 2021

 
 This bill establishes the Broadband Reserve Fund into which the proceeds from certain spectrum auctions must be deposited. 
 
The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration may use the amounts in the fund if Congress specifically authorizes the spending. 
 
The bill also expresses the sense of Congress regarding the purposes for which amounts in the fund should be used, including (1) broadband deployment to unserved areas, (2) distance and remote learning, (3) securing the telecommunications supply chain, and (4) telehealth technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Anti-Spoofing Penalties Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-594
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Anti-Spoofing Penalties Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill doubles the penalties for providing misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value.

action_date: 2021-12-17
text: 

Anti-Spoofing Penalties Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill doubles the penalties for providing misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 210.
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Nuclear SLCM Ban Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-595
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Nuclear SLCM Ban Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Department of Defense or Department of Energy funds for FY2022, or any year thereafter, for the research and development, production, or deployment of the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile and its associated nuclear warhead.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate