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Protecting Military Installations and Ranges Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1278
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
China
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Foreign property
Government studies and investigations
International Affairs
Iran
Middle East
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
North Korea
Russia
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Protecting Military Installations and Ranges Act of 2021

 
This bill places restrictions on the purchase of certain property by a foreign person who is owned or controlled by, is acting for or on behalf of, or receives subsidies from Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea.
 
Specifically, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States must review a purchase or lease by, or a concession to, any such foreign person of private or public real estate in the United States that is within (1) 100 miles of a military installation; or (2) 50 miles of a military training route, special use airspace, a controlled firing area, or a military operations area.
 
Further, the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation may not issue final determinations regarding specified projects (e.g., energy projects) that involve a transaction under review by the committee until the committee concludes its action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare at 50 Act

Bill: 117-s-1279
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Medicare at 50 Act

 
This bill establishes a Medicare buy-in option for certain qualifying individuals and also repeals restrictions relating to prescription drug prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
 
Specifically, the bill allows individuals aged 50 to 64 to enroll in Medicare if such individuals would otherwise qualify for Medicare at the age of 65. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must determine enrollment periods and set premiums for the buy-in option established under the bill, in accordance with specified requirements. The CMS must also award grants to states and nonprofit organizations for outreach and enrollment activities relating to the buy-in option.
 
The bill also repeals provisions that prohibit the CMS from negotiating the prices of prescription drugs or from establishing a formulary under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1280
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Cell biology and embryology
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Mental health
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses fertility treatments, counseling, and other health-related programs for veterans and members of the Armed Forces.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide fertility treatments and counseling to covered veterans and active duty service members or a spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate of such veteran or service member. A covered veteran or service member is a former or current member of the Armed Forces who has an infertility condition, unless it is demonstrable that the individual was completely infertile prior to serving in the Armed Forces.
 
In the case of in vitro fertilization treatment, DOD and the VA may not furnish more than three completed cycles or six attempted cycles, whichever occurs first.
 
DOD must establish procedures related to gamete retrieval and storage. Additionally, DOD must provide service members with the opportunity to cryopreserve and store their gametes prior to deployment to a combat zone or a hazardous duty assignment.
 
DOD and the VA must share best practices and facilitate referrals for the furnishing of fertility treatment and counseling to eligible individuals.
 
 Fertility counseling and treatment are included within authorized VA medical services. 
 
The VA may pay the adoption expenses (for up to three adoptions) for a covered member who is enrolled in the VA health care system.
 
 The VA must facilitate specified reproduction and infertility research conducted collaboratively by DOD and the Department of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Plasma Donation Awareness Act

Bill: 117-s-1281
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Plasma Donation Awareness Act

 
This bill includes plasma donation within the scope of a public awareness campaign by the Department of Health and Human Services concerning the importance of the blood supply and the need for blood donations during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Built To Last Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1282
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Built To Last Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to identify and support research that enables a consistent, federal set of forward-looking long-term meteorological information that (1) models future extreme weather events, other environmental trends, projections, and up-to-date observations; and (2) is suitable for specified uses, including federal and nonfederal efforts to develop and adopt standards, building codes, and voluntary certifications.
 
NOAA must provide the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with mesoscale meteorological information when appropriate or upon request by NIST.
 
NIST must publish the information and advise and provide technical assistance to organizations that develop standards, model building codes, or voluntary certifications in order for such organizations to appropriately use the information.
 
The Office of Science and Technology Policy, in coordination with the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group, shall designate a working group to identify and support research that enables such forward-looking long-term meteorological information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act

Bill: 117-s-1283
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Tax on Wall Street Speculation Act

 
 This bill imposes an excise tax on the transfer of ownership in certain securities (covered transaction), including any share of stock in a corporation; any partnership or beneficial interest in a partnership or trust; any note, bond, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (excluding tax-exempt municipal bonds); and derivative financial instruments.
 
The bill includes exceptions for initial issues, certain traded short-term indebtedness, and securities lending arrangements. 
 
The bill also (1) imposes a penalty on taxpayers who fail to include a covered transaction on their tax return or information statement, and (2) allows an individual taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income does not exceed $50,000 ($75,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns) a tax credit for the amount of tax paid on covered transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Amache National Historic Site Act

Bill: 117-s-1284
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Asia
Colorado
Conflicts and wars
Detention of persons
Historic sites and heritage areas
Japan
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Amache National Historic Site Act

 
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to establish, when sufficient land within the exterior boundary of what is to be the Amache National Historic Site has been acquired to constitute a manageable unit, to establish such historic site in Colorado as a unit of the National Park System to preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations resources associated with the incarceration of civilians of Japanese ancestry during World War II at Amache, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, and the military service of incarcerees at the Granada Relocation Center.
 
The NPS may acquire by donation or purchase any land or interests in land located within the exterior boundary of the National Historic Site, except that the NPS may acquire personal property associated with the purposes of the historic site only by donation.
 
The NPS must prepare a general management plan for the historic site. 
 
The NPS may enter into agreements with 
 
 
public or private entities to establish and operate facilities outside of the exterior boundary of the historic site for administration, visitor services, and curation of personal property; and
 
other public or private entities to carry out this bill.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
DEBAR Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1285
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Debarment Enforcement of Bad Actor Registrants Act of 2021 or the DEBAR Act of 2021
 
 
This bill authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to bar an entity from registering to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under certain circumstances. 
 
Specifically, the DEA may bar&#8212;temporarily or permanently&#8212;the registration of an entity that (1) meets or has met any condition for suspension or revocation of the registration, and (2) has a history of prior suspensions or revocations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1286
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for certain regulations governing the modification, transfer, and termination of a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances.
 
 It terminates the registration of individuals and entities when they die, cease legal existence, discontinue business, or surrender such registration. It sets forth notification requirements, as well as conditions for transferring or assigning a registration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
REFUND Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1287
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Manufacturing
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Recovering Excessive Funds for Unused and Needless Drugs Act of 2021 or the REFUND Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires drug manufacturers to issue rebates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in relation to discarded amounts (i.e., amounts remaining after administration) of single-dose vial drugs that are covered under Medicare. Manufacturers that fail to comply are subject to civil penalties.
 
The CMS must determine rebate amounts based on payment claims from providers. (Currently, providers may receive payment under Medicare for discarded amounts of single-dose vial drugs through the use of a specific claims modifier.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2126-2127)
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
College for All Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1288
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Appropriations
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Minority education
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

College for All Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes measures to expand access to higher education, including by eliminating tuition and required fees for eligible students, revising the Federal Pell Grant program, and reauthorizing certain programs to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funding to eliminate tuition and required fees for (1) all students at community colleges and two-year tribal colleges and universities; (2) working- and middle-class students at four-year public institutions of higher education (IHEs) and tribal colleges and universities; and (3) eligible students at private, nonprofit historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions.
 
The bill permanently reauthorizes and otherwise revises the Federal Pell Grant program by
 
 
providing funding to increase the maximum award for each eligible student,
 
increasing the duration limit for the use of Pell Grants, and
 
allowing students to use their awards to cover living and non-tuition expenses. 
 
 
Next, the bill makes Dreamer students (i.e., students who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status) who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria eligible for federal financial aid.
 
Further, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to underfunded IHEs, HBCUs, and minority-serving institutions for investing in support programs to improve student outcomes (e.g., graduation rates).
 
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2031 the Federal TRIO Programs and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1289
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Alaska
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aquatic ecology
Arctic and polar regions
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health information and medical records
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2021

 
This bill provides support for efforts to protect marine mammals.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and generally revises the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, including by renaming the program as the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program. The bill also establishes the Joseph R. Geraci Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response Fund for providing emergency financial assistance for certain stranded or entangled marine mammals and otherwise provides support for marine mammals.

action_date: 2021-12-17
text: 

Marine Mammal Research and Response Act of 2021

 
This bill provides support for efforts to protect marine mammals.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and generally revises the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, including by renaming the program as the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program. The bill also establishes the Joseph R. Geraci Marine Mammal Rescue and Rapid Response Fund for providing emergency financial assistance for certain stranded or entangled marine mammals and otherwise provides support for marine mammals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: By Senator Cantwell from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 117-77.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: By Senator Cantwell from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 117-77.
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212.
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: 2021-05-12
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
STRANDED Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1290
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Government studies and investigations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Sensible, Timely Relief for America's Nuclear Districts' Economic Development Act of 2021 or the
 
STRANDED Act of 2021

 
This bill provides resources to communities that are challenged by stranded nuclear waste.
 
The bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a competitive prize competition for affected communities to carry out alternatives to nuclear facilities, generating sites, and waste sites.
 
DOE must also (1) establish the Stranded Nuclear Waste Task Force to study existing public and private resources and funding for affected communities, and (2) establish a grant program to assist localities near nuclear power plants to offset the impacts of stranded nuclear waste in affected communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Record of Military Service for Members of the Armed Forces Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1291
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Record of Military Service for Members of the Armed Forces Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to create the Certificate of Military Service. The Certificate of Military service will be a standard record of military service for all members of active and reserve components of the armed forces to encompass all duty, including that of National Guard and Coast Guard duty.
 
Under the bill, the document must (1) be standardized, (2) be the same for all members of the armed forces, and (3) replace and serve the same function as a discharge certificate or certificate of release (DOD Form DD-214).
 
The bill also requires that a current record of service be issued to members of the reserve components upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
 
 
permanent change to duty status (e.g., retirement or transfer to active duty),
 
discharge or release from temporary active duty orders,
 
specified promotions, and
 
transfer to another state National Guard.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate