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A bill to establish the Federal Rainy Day Fund to control emergency spending.

Bill: 117-s-1392
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: 
This bill establishes a Federal Rainy Day Fund to fund emergency spending. Under the bill, an 
emergency 
 is any occasion or instance for which federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property, public health, and safety; or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States.
 
The bill authorizes annual appropriations to the fund that are equal to 2% of the amount of the previous year's nonemergency discretionary spending. 
 
In addition, the bill modifies or establishes various budget enforcement procedures to address spending from the fund. For example, the bill 
 
 
establishes a point of order to prohibit the fund from being used for nonemergency spending,
 
establishes a point of order against provisions that provide emergency spending from the general fund of the Treasury when unobligated funds are available in the rainy day fund, and 
 
repeals a provision that currently requires adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate emergency spending. 
 
 
Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the relationship between emergency, disaster, and wildfire spending, including any recommendations to modify the spending that qualifies as emergency spending. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Toxic Exposure Training Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1393
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health personnel
Medical education
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: 

Toxic Exposure Training Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide training to its health care and benefits personnel regarding veterans who have been exposed to toxic substances. 
 
The VA must provide its health care personnel with education and training to identify, treat, and assess the impact of illnesses related to exposure to toxic substances. Such training must address how to ask for additional information from veterans regarding exposure to different toxicants.
 
Additionally, the VA must establish an annual training program for claims processors who review claims for disability benefits related to service-connected disabilities based on exposure to toxic substances.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Teach CS Act

Bill: 117-s-1394
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: 

Teacher Education for Computer Science Act or the Teach CS Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education for establishing and maintaining teacher education programs for computer science.
 
It also includes computer science as an eligible education category with respect to receiving various teacher preparation grants and graduate fellowships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1395
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2021-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: 

Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Act of 2021

 
This bill supports research and development for connected technologies that advance precision agriculture.
 
In awarding grants under its sensor systems and networked systems programs, the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall consider certain research and development on sensor connectivity in environments of intermittent connectivity and intermittent computation.
 
The NSF must prioritize applications that incorporate distance learning tools and approaches in awarding grants under the Advanced Technological Education Program to (1) junior or community colleges to develop or improve associate degree or certificate programs in an in-demand industry sector or occupation; or (2) institutions of higher education partnering with private sector employers, industry partnerships, or sector partnerships that commit to offering apprenticeships, internships, research opportunities, or applied learning experiences to enrolled students.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall provide (1) a technology assessment of precision agriculture technologies; and (2) a review of federal programs that provide support for precision agriculture research, development, adoption, education, or training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
America’s College Promise Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1396
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: 

America's College Promise Act of 2021

 
This bill provides funding and establishes grant programs to expand access to higher education, including by providing free community college to students.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a program to waive resident tuition and fees for community college students. The Department of Education (ED) must award grants to states and Indian tribes to pay the federal share (75% of the average resident community college tuition and fees per student) of the program.
 
As a condition of receiving such a grant, a state must (1) submit a plan to align the requirements for receiving a regular high school diploma with the requirements for entering credit-bearing coursework at community colleges; and (2) submit a plan to improve transfer pathways between institutions of higher education (IHEs), including by ensuring that associate degrees awarded by community colleges are fully transferable to four-year IHEs.
 
Next, the bill directs ED to award grants to states and Indian tribes for implementing evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes.
 
In addition, ED must award grants to participating historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions to waive or significantly reduce the first 60 credits of tuition and fees for low-income students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1397
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Census and government statistics
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: 

Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 

2021

 
This bill expands tribal access to public health care data and public health surveillance programs. It also reauthorizes through FY2025 the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and requires the CDC to take certain actions to address the collection and availability of health data for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
 
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must (1) establish a strategy for providing data access to Indian tribes and tribal epidemiology centers; and (2) make available all requested data related to health care and public health surveillance programs and activities to the Indian Health Service, tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers.
 
Next, the CDC must make grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers for data collection and related activities.
 
Among other activities, the CDC must (1) develop guidance for state and local health agencies to improve birth and death record data for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (2) enter into cooperative agreements with tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers to analyze and address certain inaccuracies related to records for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (3) adopt uniform standards for the collection of health data on race and ethnicity; and (4) encourage states to enter into data sharing agreements with tribes and tribal epidemiology centers to improve the quality and accuracy of health data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-23
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-360.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act

Bill: 117-s-1398
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Food assistance and relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
School administration
Science and engineering education
Special education
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: 

Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act

 
This bill provides funds to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for an affordable child care and early learning program. Children who are at least six weeks of age but not yet required to attend school may participate in the program regardless of family income, disability status, citizenship status, or employment of a family member.
 
Under the program, HHS must support sponsors (e.g., states, local governments, tribal organizations, and nonprofit community organizations) that provide child care and early learning services for families.
 
Families must pay a subsidized fee, based on their income, for the services. The fees are waived for children from families with incomes below 200% of the poverty line. The fees are capped at 7% of a family's income regardless of the family's income level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Homecare for Seniors Act

Bill: 117-s-1399
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2021-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: 

Homecare for Seniors Act 

 
This bill allows tax-exempt distributions from health savings accounts (HSAs) to be used for qualified home care. 
 

Qualified home care
 includes a contract to provide three or more of the following services in the residence of the service recipient
 
 
 assistance with eating, 
 
 assistance with toileting,
 
 assistance with transferring,
 
 assistance with bathing, 
 
assistance with dressing, 
 
 assistance with continence, and 
 
 medication adherence. 
 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the in-home service expenses that are eligible for tax-free distribution from HSAs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1400
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act of 2021 or the
 
PROTECT Act of 2021

 
This bill provides incentives for electric utilities to invest in cybersecurity.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to provide incentives to electric utilities for investing in advanced cybersecurity technology. In addition, it establishes a grant and technical assistance program at the Department of Energy for electric utilities that are not regulated by FERC to deploy advanced cybersecurity technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Kids Eat Local Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1401
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Kids Eat Local Act of 20

21

 
This bill modifies Department of Agriculture requirements for the national school food programs relating to the purchases of locally produced food.
 
The bill allows institutions participating in the school food programs to use locally grown, locally raised, or locally caught as a product specification in food procurement requests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Move America Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1403
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Move America Act of 2021

 
This bill allows tax-exempt Move America bonds and Move America tax credits to be used for certain infrastructure projects. 
 
A Move America bond is treated as a tax-exempt private facility bond with certain exceptions. At least 95% of the net proceeds from the issuance of the bond must be used for infrastructure projects, including
 
 
 airports; 
 
 docks and wharves; 
 
mass commuting facilities; 
 
 facilities for the furnishing of water; 
 
 sewage facilities; 
 
 railroads; 
 
certain surface transportation projects eligible for federal assistance, projects for an international bridge or tunnel, or facilities for transferring freight from truck to rail or rail to truck;
 
 flood diversions; 
 
 inland waterways; or 
 
 rural broadband service infrastructure. 
 
 
The bill specifies exceptions and modifications to existing rules for bonds regarding land acquisition, government ownership, rehabilitation expenditures, and the alternative minimum tax.
 
The bonds are subject to a volume cap equal to 50% of a state's current private activity bond volume cap. States may exchange all or a portion of the volume cap for Move America tax credits to be allocated to taxpayers. The credits include (1) an equity credit for a portion of the basis of each qualified facility; and (2) an infrastructure fund credit for investments in qualified infrastructure funds, including a state infrastructure bank, a water pollution control revolving fund, or a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1405
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Air quality
Asia
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Forests, forestry, trees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Mining
Protest and dissent
Sanctions
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that is responsible for or involved in specified activities that are detrimental to the environment.
 
Such activities include (1) causing significant excess greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation; (2) causing significant or illegal deforestation or loss of natural carbon sinks; and (3) knowingly misrepresenting the environmental impact of a project, investment, or product.
 
The bill further states that it is U.S. policy to consider any act of corruption related to such activities and any violation of internationally recognized human rights committed against specified individuals to be sanctionable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Stay Aware For Everyone Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1406
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Performance measurement
Product safety and quality
Right of privacy
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Stay Aware For Everyone Act of 2021 or the
 
SAFE Act of 202

1

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct research regarding the installation and use of driver monitoring systems to minimize or eliminate driver distraction, driver disengagement, automation complacency, and the foreseeable misuse of advanced driver-assist systems.
 
DOT must also issue a final rule to establish performance standards for driver monitoring systems and require those systems to be installed on all new passenger motor vehicles. It must incorporate privacy and data security safeguards in the rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1407
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act of 20

2

1

 
This bill expands early warning reporting requirements for manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. It requires such manufacturers to provide additional information on accidents that involve a serious injury or fatality and on settlements in civil actions that restrict disclosure of information. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make certain improvements to the publicly accessible vehicle safety databases of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It also requires DOT to provide public notice of each inspection or investigation related to motor vehicle accidents and make notices relating to enforcement actions available online.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate