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Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act

Bill: 117-s-1493
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Montana
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to complete a landscape assessment of the Seeley Lake Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest in Montana, designates areas in the forest for recreation and as wilderness, and otherwise revises provisions related to the forest.
 
A collaboratively developed restoration project within the district may be carried out in accordance with certain hazardous fuel reduction projects.
 
USDA shall, if a local collaborative group submits a proposal to improve motorized and nonmotorized recreational trail opportunities within the district, analyze the environmental effects of the proposal. It may also provide for the construction of any of the routes included in such proposal.
 
The bill designates specified federal land in the forest as (1) the Otatsy Recreation Management Area, and (2) the Spread Mountain Recreation Area. 
 
The bill designates specified wilderness additions in the forest as wilderness areas and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Failed to report favorably.
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1494
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Personnel records
Right of privacy
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 20

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This bill establishes standards for the collection of personal data, including prohibiting businesses from collecting such data without consent from the individual except as reasonably necessary for certain permissible purposes. Businesses must publish their privacy policies; implement data security programs to safeguard such data; and provide individuals with reasonable access to, and control of, their collected data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
International Press Freedom Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1495
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Mental health
News media and reporting
Protest and dissent
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Right of privacy
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

International Press Freedom Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes programs to address international threats to press freedom and allows qualifying threatened journalists to be admitted into the United States. 
 
The bill establishes an Office on International Press Freedom within the Department of State. The office's duties shall include (1) advocating for freedom of the press and freedom of expression abroad, (2) advising on U.S. policy on advancing such freedoms abroad, and (3) representing the United States in matters relating to such freedoms. 
 
The bill also establishes the At-Risk Journalists Fund. The State Department shall use the fund to support journalists operating in restrictive environments and provide emergency assistance to journalists who have been threatened. 
 
If the assistance provided through the fund is insufficient to protect the safety of an alien journalist who has been threatened, the journalist may receive a foreign media nonimmigrant visa upon meeting certain qualifications. The State Department must prioritize the review of a visa application for such a threatened journalist. 
 
Similarly, the Department of Homeland Security must consider providing humanitarian parole to threatened journalists and provide an admission preference to certain threatened journalists (generally if the journalist's life or safety is at risk and if paroling the journalist would further U.S. foreign policy or national security interests). 
 
The Department of Justice must provide training to all officials adjudicating refugee cases about issues involving freedom of the press. The State Department must also provide training on such issues to certain Foreign Service officers working overseas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2362)
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Welfare Workforce Support Act

Bill: 117-s-1496
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Computers and information technology
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Families
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Child Welfare Workforce Support Act

 
This bill establishes a demonstration grant program for state or local agencies, tribes, tribal organizations, and other entities that administer certain child welfare programs to support workforce recruitment, retention, and advancement. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must award up to ten grants to states and counties, and up to three to Indian tribes, giving priority to entities with high rates of turnover in the child welfare workforce. 
 
Grant recipients must, among other activities, increase interest in careers in the child welfare workforce and provide mentoring, professional development, and other support services to new hires and other employees. In addition, they may use funds to update certain technology infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2362-2363)
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act

Bill: 117-s-1497
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act

 
This bill expands programs that prevent and treat child abuse and neglect to address issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth. Specifically, these programs include (1) research and reporting requirements, (2) providing technical assistance, (3) grants to states and local agencies to train child-welfare personnel, and (4) community-based prevention-service grants, among others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2363)
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Technology Standards Task Force Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1498
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Technology Standards Task Force Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a task force on setting emerging technology standards, to be known as the Emerging Technology Standards-Setting Task Force. 
 
The task force shall develop a long-term strategic plan for the United States to lead emerging technology standards-setting processes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
REPAIR Act

Bill: 117-s-1499
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Securities
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Reinventing Economic Partnerships And Infrastructure Redevelopment Act or the REPAIR Act

 
This bill addresses the financing of infrastructure projects through the establishment of the Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) and increases the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
directs the IFA to provide direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate certain infrastructure projects that are economically viable, in the public interest, and of regional or national significance, including the construction, consolidation, alteration, or repair of airports and air traffic control systems, highway facilities, and transmission or distribution pipelines;
 
sets forth terms and limitations on direct loans and loan guarantees; 
 
establishes a funding mechanism to make the IFA a self-sustaining entity, including through fees and risk premiums on loans and loan guarantees; and
 
increases from $15 billion to $16 billion the national limitation on the amount of tax-exempt financing for highway or surface freight transfer facilities.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Rail Passenger Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-1500
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Rail Passenger Fairness Act

 
This bill authorizes the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to bring a civil action in a U. S. District Court to enforce its preference rights over freight transportation in using a rail line, junction, or crossing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2363-2364)
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1501
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2021

 
This bill revises rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States). The bill provides that a foreign corporation that acquires the properties of a U.S. corporation or partnership after May 8, 2014, shall be treated as an inverted corporation and thus subject to U.S. taxation if, after such acquisition (1) it holds more than 50% of the stock of the new entity (expanded affiliated group), or (2) the management or control of the new entity occurs primarily within the United States and the new entity has significant domestic business activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2364-2365)
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency to Rehabilitate United States Treaties with Mexico Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1503
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign and international banking
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
International law and treaties
Latin America
Mexico
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Transparency to Rehabilitate United States Treaties with Mexico Act of 2021 or the TRUST with Mexico Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of State to report on any nonconsensual use by Mexico of information or evidence obtained under the U.S.-Mexico Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty for purposes not stated in the request for such information or evidence.
 
This report must encompass any such actions taken by Mexico on or after January 1, 2020, and it must include descriptions of (1) the action taken and its effect on U.S. national security, and (2) the assets and estimated net worth of Division General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Sponsor Promote and Compensation Act

Bill: 117-s-1504
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Sponsor Promote and Compensation Act 

 
This bill establishes additional disclosure requirements for a blank check company (e.g., a special purpose acquisition company) during an initial public offering or prior to a merger. A 
blank check company
 is a development stage company that issues a penny stock and (1) has no specific business plan or purpose, or (2) has indicated that its business plan is to merge with a company or companies. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires such a company to disclose 
 
 
the amount of cash per share expected to be held by the blank check company immediately prior to the merger under various redemption scenarios; 
 
side payments or agreements to pay sponsors, blank check company investors, or private investors in public equity for their participation in the merger; and 
 
fees or other payments to the sponsor, underwriter, and any other party.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Vessel Response Plan Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-1505
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
First responders and emergency personnel
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Vessel Response Plan Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Coast Guard to require the vessel response plans of Coast Guard-approved commercial vessels to include certain notification requirements with regard to search and rescue missions. Such requirements include developing a procedure for the immediate notification of next of kin in the event that search and rescue teams save or recover crew members during the missions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
GREEN Communications Act

Bill: 117-s-1506
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Natural disasters
Oil and gas
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Generating Resilient and Energy Efficient Network Communications Act or the GREEN Communications Act

 
This bill establishes a program and sets out other requirements for federal agencies concerning the efficiency and resiliency of communications infrastructure.
 
Specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) must competitively award grants and revolving loans to public or private providers, operators, or owners of communications networks or communications infrastructure for efficiency and resiliency projects. The NTIA must also (1) develop best practices concerning energy-efficient and carbon-neutral communications infrastructure, and (2) annually report on the energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions of communications infrastructure and certain network outages.
 
Additionally, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must establish a framework to promote resilient communications networks and communications infrastructure. The FCC must consult with specified federal entities on the framework. The FCC must also
 
 
report on the feasibility of maintaining a map of projected risks to communications infrastructure arising from severe weather, natural disasters, and climate change;
 
provide technical assistance to a provider, owner, or operator of communications infrastructure concerning risks and vulnerabilities related to severe weather, natural disasters, and climate change; and
 
require broadband network outages to be reported to the Network Outage Reporting System.
 
 
The bill also requires the Department of Energy to report on the projected growth of electrical consumption of, and recommendations for energy efficiency standards for, data centers in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1507
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 

Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a final rule that prohibits certain discharges of plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic into waters of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the use of emergency use authorization data and real world evidence gathered during an emergency to support premarket applications for drugs, biological products, and devices, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1508
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: 
This bill establishes that certain data and determinations from a request for emergency use authorization for a drug, biological product, or medical device may apply to later regulatory procedures for that product.
 
Specifically, data generated to support a request for emergency use authorization may constitute valid scientific evidence to be considered for various later submissions to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including a request for market approval.
 
Also, when granting emergency use authorization for a medical device, if the FDA determines that the device performs certain simple low-risk examinations, that determination shall apply to certain other regulatory submissions unless additional information contradicts that determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate