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Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-385
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Preschool education
School administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Special education
State and local government operations
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and expands the Full-Service Community Schools program. The program provides support for full-service community schools that serve children and their families, particularly for children who attend high-poverty elementary and secondary schools.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to eligible entities to plan, implement, expand, and support full-service community schools. An eligible entity is a consortium of (1) one or more local educational agencies or the Bureau of Indian Education; and (2) one or more community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or other entities.
 
A 
community school
 refers to a public elementary or secondary school that incorporates the four pillars of community schools. These four pillars are defined by the bill as (1) integrated student supports that address out-of-school barriers to learning (e.g., medical care and assistance with housing, transportation, or nutrition); (2) expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities (e.g., before- and after-school programs); (3) family and community engagement (e.g., adult education); and (4) collaborative leadership and practices, which must include a school-based leadership team, a community school coordinator, and a community-wide leadership team.
 
Further, the bill directs ED to award grants to states to plan, implement, and expand community schools. A state educational agency that receives a grant must meet certain requirements, such as providing subgrants to local educational agencies, establishing a state-level steering committee, and establishing goals for the implementation and expansion of community schools throughout the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare-X Choice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-386
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Community life and organization
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Medicare-X Choice Act of 20

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This bill establishes and funds the Medicare Exchange health plan, which allows individuals who are not otherwise eligible for Medicare to enroll in a government-administered health insurance plan. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must offer such plan in certain individual health insurance exchanges beginning plan year 2022 and offer it in all individual health insurance exchanges beginning plan year 2025. CMS must offer the plan in the small group market in all geographic areas for plan year 2025.
 
The plan must cover primary care services without cost sharing and meet the same requirements, including essential health benefits, as existing health insurance exchange plans.
 
Unless they opt out, health care providers enrolled under Medicare or under a state Medicaid plan must participate in the plan and are reimbursed at Medicare rates.
 
The bill establishes a grants program for community organizations, educational institutions, and health agencies to create service partnerships and establish interactive data systems for health care providers. 
 
Additionally, the bill expands the premium tax credit available for plans purchased through an exchange and eliminates the restriction on the Department of Health and Human Services negotiating prescription drug prices for Medicare. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Grand Canyon Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-387
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional oversight
Geography and mapping
Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Mining
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Grand Canyon Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws 1,006,545 acres of federal lands in Arizona, including any land or interest in land acquired by the United States after enactment of this bill, from 
 
 
entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; 
 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and 
 
operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and mineral materials laws. 
 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study of uranium stockpiles in the United States that are available to meet future national security requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Failed to report favorably.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-388
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Honduras
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor-management relations
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military command and structure
Militias and paramilitary groups
Multilateral development programs
News media and reporting
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Trade restrictions
United Nations
Violent crime
Visas and passports
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

 
This bill temporarily imposes sanctions and other penalties on Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez and the government of Honduras for systemic corruption and human rights violations, with particular focus on the Honduran police and military.
 
Specifically, the President must impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on Juan Orlando Hernandez due to his corrupt practices, including the use of the state apparatus to protect and facilitate drug trafficking.
 
Additionally, the President must prohibit, within 30 days, the issuance of licenses to export defense articles and services and specified munitions to the Honduran police or military. The bill also (1) makes Honduras ineligible for security assistance to equip and train police and military, and (2) requires U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to oppose any loans for Honduran police or military.
 
Furthermore, the Department of the Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to promote human rights due diligence and risk management in any loan, grant, policy, or strategy related to Honduras.
 
The sanctions and other penalties put in place under this bill terminate in five years but may be lifted earlier if specified conditions are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Act

Bill: 117-s-389
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority employment
Small Business Administration
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Act

 
This bill establishes the Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Program to promote entrepreneurship in the most distressed regions of the United States, including those regions affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), by awarding participating fellows a two-year stipend to start and grow a new small business. 
 
Fellows will receive (1) a $120,000, two-year stipend for living and basic startup expenses; (2) health care; and (3) interest-free federal student loan deferral for two years. Further, fellows shall receive mentorship from the Service Corps of Retired Executives and be matched with a full range of lenders, investors, and insurers.
 
The bill also establishes a fund in the Department of the Treasury from which the SBA may provide loans for qualified investors to support a small business owned and operated under the program by a fellow.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Reporting Act

Bill: 117-s-390
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency communications systems
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public participation and lobbying
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Emergency Reporting Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report on certain activations of the Disaster Information Reporting System (the system through which communications providers report their operational status during times of crisis) and to adopt specified rules related to network outage reporting.
 
If the system was activated for at least seven days, the FCC must issue a preliminary a report that includes (1) the number and duration of any service outages, (2) the approximate number of users or the amount of infrastructure potentially affected by a service outage, and (3) the number and duration of any outages at public safety answering points (PSAPs) that prevent the PSAPs from receiving and routing emergency calls to emergency service personnel. The FCC must also hold at least one public field hearing in the area affected by the event, and it must issue a final report that includes recommendations on how to improve the resiliency of affected communications or networks recovery efforts.
 
The FCC must also determine the circumstances under which it shall require certain service providers to notify a PSAP of a communications service disruption that prevents the origination of 9&#8211;1&#8211;1 calls or the delivery of information that allows the PSAP to identify the number of or locate a 9&#8211;1&#8211;1 caller. Further, the FCC must require this notification to be made and specify the appropriate timing of the notification. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
EAGLES Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-391
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
School administration
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

EAGLES Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Secret Service.
 
It reauthorizes the functions of NTAC through FY2025 and expands them to include the establishment of a national program on targeted school violence prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S824-825)
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
COST of Relocations Act

Bill: 117-s-392
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Congressional Oversight to Secure Transparency of Relocations Act or the COST of Relocations Act

 
This bill requires a federal agency seeking to relocate more than 5% of its employees or more than 100 employees to conduct and make public a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the proposed change.
 
Specifically, the agency must conduct such analysis and submit it to the agency's office of inspector general for review and submission to Congress.
 
The report must include
 
 
the anticipated outcomes and improvements that will result from the proposed relocation,
 
the metrics for measuring whether the proposed relocation results in the anticipated outcomes and improvements,
 
a timeline of past and future engagements with stakeholders regarding the proposed relocation,
 
a comprehensive strategy for accomplishing the proposed relocation, and
 
an assessment of the short- and long-term effects of the proposed relocation on the agency's mission.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Equality Act

Bill: 117-s-393
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Due process and equal protection
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Housing discrimination
Judicial procedure and administration
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Religion
Retail and wholesale trades
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Equality Act

 
This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation. 
 
The bill expands the definition of public accommodations to include places or establishments that provide (1) exhibitions, recreation, exercise, amusement, gatherings, or displays; (2) goods, services, or programs; and (3) transportation services.
 
The bill allows the Department of Justice to intervene in equal protection actions in federal court on account of sexual orientation or gender identity.
 
The bill prohibits an individual from being denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing room, that is in accordance with the individual's gender identity.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Duty To Report Act

Bill: 117-s-394
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional elections
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Family relationships
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Duty To Report Act

 
This bill requires political committees, candidates for federal office, and other individuals to report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) any offers of prohibited contributions, including offers of nonpublic information regarding other candidates, by foreign nationals.
 
Specifically, political committees and candidates must report to the FEC within 24 hours any (1) offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals, and (2) meetings with foreign governments or their agents.
 
In addition, the bill requires political committees, candidates, immediate family members of candidates, and individuals affiliated with a campaign (e.g., employees and independent contractors) to report to the FBI within 24 hours any offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals. Further, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this reporting requirement. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both.
 
Such reported information may not be used to enforce certain immigration provisions related to the removal of undocumented aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Electric CARS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-395
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Electric Credit Access Ready at Sale Act of 2021 or the Electric CARS Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies and extends tax credits for electric cars and alternative motor vehicles. 
 
The bill extends the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles through 2031. In addition, the bill modifies the credit to
 
 
 remove the limitation on the number of vehicles per manufacturer that are eligible for the credit, 
 
 allow a taxpayer to assign the credit to a financing entity, and 
 
 allow an unused credit to be carried forward for five years.
 
 
The bill also extends through 2031 the tax credits for (1) alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, and (2) alternative motor vehicles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-396
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Minority employment
Small business
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to implement a program to award grants to workforce intermediaries (certain national, regional, state, or local entities that facilitate the establishment of registered apprenticeship programs) to enable them to engage a variety of stakeholders to support, develop, and implement registered apprenticeship programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Home Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-397
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Safe Home Act of 2021

This bill makes unregulated custody transfers
 
a form of child abuse and neglect under federal child-welfare law. Specifically, an unregulated custody transfer occurs when a child is placed with a non-relative or otherwise unfamiliar adult, with the intention of severing the parental or guardian relationship with the child, without reasonably ensuring the child's safety, and without legally transferring parental or guardian rights.

 The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to (1) report on the causes, effects, and prevalence of unregulated custody transfers; (2) develop policy recommendations for preventing such transfers; and (3) issue guidance to the states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate