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Excellence in Recovery Housing Act

Bill: 117-s-2901
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee performance
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Housing supply and affordability
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: 

Excellence in Recovery Housing Act

 
This bill tasks the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) with various activities to promote the availability of high-quality recovery housing for individuals with substance use disorders. 
Recovery housing
 refers to shared living environments free from alcohol and illicit drug use and centered on peer support and connection to services that promote sustained recovery from substance use disorders.
 
Specifically, SAMHSA must
 
 
develop and publish on its website standards and guidelines for recovery housing;
 
award grants to states, tribal nations, territories, and localities to implement such standards and guidelines;
 
convene an interagency working group to coordinate federal activities related to recovery housing; and
 
arrange for research on the supply, quality, and effectiveness of recovery housing.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Emerging Technologies Professional Military Education Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2903
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Federal officials
Military command and structure
Military education and training

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Emerging Technologies Professional Military Education Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish executive education activities on emerging technologies for appropriate general and flag officers and senior executive-level civilian leaders that are designed to prepare such persons on how the technologies may be applied to military and business activities in DOD.
 
Within five years, the executive education activities must be required training for general and flag officers and senior executive-level civilian leaders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Metrics Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2904
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Performance measurement
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Metrics Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to review the potential applications of artificial intelligence and digital technology to DOD platforms, processes, and operations. The bill also requires DOD to establish performance objectives and accompanying metrics for the incorporation of artificial intelligence and digital readiness into such platforms, processes, and operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
University Cybersecurity Consortia Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2905
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Higher education
Military education and training
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

University Cybersecurity Consortia Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill provides that a consortium of universities, instead of one or more consortia, must be established by the Department of Defense (DOD) to advise DOD on specified cybersecurity matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Defense Domestic Producers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2906
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Computers and information technology
Livestock
Meat
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Defense Domestic Producers Act of 2021

 
This bill adds certain items (e.g., armor on tactical ground vehicles) to the list of high priority goods and services that require review and analysis by the Department of Defense (DOD) in order to develop appropriate actions related to procurement and sourcing. DOD must also consider producers in the United States when reviewing the specified items to determine and develop appropriate actions related to restricting procurement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

Bill: 117-s-2907
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Federal-Indian relations
Hawaii
Historical and cultural resources
Human rights
Indian social and development programs
Language arts
Minority education
Public participation and lobbying
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act

 
This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States and sets forth its powers, duties, and membership.
 
Among other duties, the commission must investigate the impacts and ongoing effects of the Indian Boarding School Policies (federal policies under which American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children were forcibly removed from their family homes and placed in boarding schools).
 
Further, the commission must develop recommendations on ways to (1) protect unmarked graves and accompanying land protections; (2) support repatriation and identify the tribal nations from which children were taken; and (3) discontinue the removal of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children from their families and tribal communities by state social service departments, foster care agencies, and adoption agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
SECURE Firearm Storage Act

Bill: 117-s-2908
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act or the SECURE Firearm Storage Act

 
This bill establishes security requirements for the business premises of a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer.
 
Specifically, when the premises are closed for business, an importer, manufacturer, or dealer must secure the firearms inventory and securely store paper business records.
 
A violator is subject to penalties&#8212;a civil fine, suspension or revocation of a license, or both a civil fine and suspension or revocation of a license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Onshore Wind American Manufacturing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2909
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Onshore Wind American Manufacturing Act of 2021

 
This bill provides tax credits for investment in manufacturing facilities that produce onshore wind turbine components.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2910
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2021
 

 
This bill modifies provisions related to market exclusivity for a generic drug.
 
Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awards 180 days of exclusivity on the market to a first applicant to file a qualifying application for market approval of a generic drug. Generally, this exclusivity period begins upon a first applicant's commercial marketing of the drug.
 
The bill authorizes the FDA to approve a subsequent generic drug application prior to a first applicant's first date of commercial marketing if (1) the subsequent application is ready for full approval, (2) a first applicant's application has been pending for at least 30 months, (3) the approval of a first applicant's application is not precluded by patent infringement claims asserted against that first applicant, and (4) no first applicant's application has been effectively approved on the date that all such conditions are met. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
American Broadband Buildout to Eliminate America’s Digital Divide Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2911
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

American Broadband Buildout to Eliminate America's Digital Divide Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program to provide funding to states for expanding access to broadband service in unserved areas. States must distribute these funds to certain broadband service providers for projects that offer a low-cost broadband service option for low-income subscribers. The bill also provides funding to carry out this program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Biological Weapons Policy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2912
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Biological and life sciences
Chemical and biological weapons
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Medical research
Middle East
Military civil functions
Military procurement, research, weapons development
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Research administration and funding
Russia
Syria
Terrorism
United Nations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Biological Weapons Policy Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the Department of State's authorities related to biological and virological weapons and addresses related issues.
 
The State Department's authority to engage in certain activities (e.g., conduct research and provide grants) related to detecting and reducing certain weapons shall include activities directed at biological and virological weapons.
 
The bill prohibits using federal funds for research that increases the pathogenicity, contagiousness, or transmissibility of viruses or bacteria if the research involves a foreign entity subject to the jurisdiction of certain countries, including China and Russia. 
 
The President must carry out certain activities related to China's compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention, including engaging with other governments about concerns about such compliance. 
 
The U.S. representative to the United Nations (UN) must advocate to bar representatives from certain countries, including China and Russia, from serving in leadership positions in any UN agency or program with a nexus to certain subjects, such as global health and biosecurity. 
 
The U.S. mission to certain countries must complete an assessment of whether each U.S. government-supported project involving life sciences dual-use research of concern aligns with U.S. national interests. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on (1) U.S. government authorities and processes related to cooperation with other nations in life sciences research that could be weaponized or pose dual-use concerns; and (2) coordination between federal agencies responsible for public health, biomedical research, and national security in the assessment of the security implications of cooperation with other nations on life sciences research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure that Write Your Own companies can sell private flood insurance products that compete with National Flood Insurance Program products.

Bill: 117-s-2913
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to allow a Write Your Own insurance company to sell private flood insurance. A Write Your Own insurance company is a private property insurance company that writes and services federal flood insurance policies in its own name.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Terry Technical Correction Act

Bill: 117-s-2914
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Terry Technical Correction Act

 
This bill broadens the scope of crack cocaine offenders who are eligible for a retroactive sentencing reduction under the First Step Act of 2018.
 
The First Step Act made the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive and authorized sentencing reductions for certain crack cocaine offenders convicted and sentenced before the Fair Sentencing Act became effective. Under current law, crack cocaine offenders whose conduct triggered a mandatory minimum sentence are eligible for a retroactive sentencing reduction under the First Step Act. However, in 2021, the Supreme Court held in 
Terry v. United States
 that low-level crack cocaine offenders whose conduct did not trigger a mandatory minimum sentence are not eligible for a retroactive sentencing reduction under the First Step Act.
 
This bill extends eligibility for a retroactive sentencing reduction under the First Step Act to all crack cocaine offenders convicted and sentenced before the Fair Sentencing Act became effective, including low-level offenders whose conduct did not trigger a mandatory minimum sentence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Insurance Consumer Choice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2915
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Flood Insurance Consumer Choice Act of 2021 
 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to consider any period during which a property was continuously covered by private flood insurance to be a period of continuous insurance coverage, including for the purposes of National Flood Insurance Program subsidies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Insurance Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2916
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Flood Insurance Transparency Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) make publicly available all data, models, assessments, analytical tools, and other information relating to the National Flood Insurance Program that is used in assessing flood risk or identifying and establishing flood elevations and premiums. This includes data relating to the risks of individual properties, loss ratio information, and current and historical policy and claims information. 
 
To accomplish this, FEMA must establish an open source data system through which all such information may be electronically accessed by the public. Further, FEMA must establish a public database that provides information regarding each community participating in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Big Tech Tort Act

Bill: 117-s-2917
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Federal Big Tech Tort Act

 
This bill creates a private right of action against a social media company when an individual under the age of 16 years suffers bodily injury or harm to mental health that is attributable, in whole or in part, to the use of a social media company's website, online application, or mobile application.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
KIDS Act

Bill: 117-s-2918
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Digital media
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational technology and distance education
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Gambling
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Kids Internet Design and Safety Act or the KIDS Act

 
 This bill prohibits operators of commercial online platforms that are directed to children from engaging in certain practices, including implementing features that encourage additional engagement with the platform, promoting certain types of content, and using certain advertising methods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Indigenous Peoples' Day Act

Bill: 117-s-2919
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
General Native American affairs matters
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Indigenous Peoples' Day Act

 
This bill designates Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday in lieu of Columbus Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2920
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: 

Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021 

 
This bill establishes a grant program through the Department of Housing and Urban Development for states and other entities to provide qualifying assistance to certain first-time, first-generation home buyers in purchasing their first homes. Qualifying assistance includes assistance for mortgage down payments, mortgage closing costs, reduction of mortgage interest rates, subsidies for shared equity homes, or for certain preoccupancy modifications to a home to accommodate persons with disabilities. 
 
The bill also establishes grant requirements regarding home buyer income, types of housing, homeowner occupancy, types of mortgages, and home buyer counseling. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate