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RECYCLE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-923
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental education
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Solid waste and recycling
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education Act of 2021 or the RECYCLE Act

 
This bill provides support for recycling programs.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to award grants to improve the effectiveness of residential and community recycling programs through public education and outreach.
 
In addition, the EPA must develop a model recycling program toolkit for states, Native American tribes, and local governments.
 
Finally, the bill specifies that the EPA's review of its federal procurement guidelines for purchasing certain recycled materials and items made with such materials must occur at least once every five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural America Health Corps Act

Bill: 117-s-924
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Rural America Health Corps Act

 
This bill establishes a student loan repayment demonstration program for eligible providers who agree to work for five years in a rural area with a shortage of primary, dental, or mental health care providers. For each year of this service, the Department of Health and Human Services must pay one-fifth of the principal and interest on a provider's qualifying loans, up to a maximum of $200,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-925
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for the establishment of the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to submit to Congress a schedule for review and abolishment of each agency, including each advisory committee. The schedule for review shall be in the form of a joint resolution. Each agency shall be abolished unless reauthorized by Congress. For each agency, the commission must schedule a date of abolishment to occur at least once every 12 years.
 
The commission must (1) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (2) analyze the authority claimed by the executive branch but not specifically authorized by statute; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished, reorganized, or continued; and (4) report to Congress on introduced legislation that would establish a new agency or a new program.
 
The Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Congressional Research Service, shall prepare an inventory of federal programs to assist Congress and the commission in carrying out this bill.
 
The bill provides for expedited consideration of the schedule for review and abolishment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
SASCA

Bill: 117-s-926
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act or SASCA

 
This bill sets out programs and requirements to address access and quality issues related to sexual-assault examinations.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes
 
 
training and technical assistance programs for health care providers on conducting sexual-assault examinations and treating survivors of sexual assault, including in rural and tribal settings;
 
grants for states to assess the availability of trained providers to perform sexual-assault examinations; and
 
a task force to assist state-level efforts to improve medical forensic evidence collection related to sexual assault.
 
 
The bill also requires institutions of higher education to provide information about the availability of sexual-assault examinations to survivors of sexual assault. Additionally, hospitals and specified components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must report on access and quality issues concerning sexual-assault examinations and related services.
 
Furthermore, HHS must address access to, and the quality of, trained health care providers who conduct sexual-assault examinations in the National Quality Strategy. This is a national effort to align public-sector and private-sector stakeholders to achieve better health and health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Toxic Exposure in the American Military Act

Bill: 117-s-927
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Iraq
Kuwait
Medical research
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling
Syria
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Toxic Exposure in the American Military Act or the TEAM Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expand health care, benefits, and resources for veterans with conditions related to exposure to toxic substances.
 
Specifically, the bill expands eligibility for VA hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to include veterans who (1) were exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or other conditions, and were awarded certain medals (e.g., the Armed Forces Service Medal); (2) are eligible for inclusion in the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry; or (3) have been identified by the Department of Defense to have been possibly exposed during service to an open burn pit, toxic substance, or specified hazardous sites. (A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.)
 
The bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain toxic substances and that become manifest within a certain time period; the VA must specify such diseases and requirements through regulations. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 
The bill also requires the VA to take specified actions to (1) evaluate scientific evidence regarding associations between diseases and exposure to toxic substances; (2) train its health care personnel on identifying, treating, and assessing illnesses related to such exposure; and (3) provide resources to veterans exposed to toxic substances.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison inmates and that such sums shall be redirected to the Department of Justice to be paid out in the form of restitution to compensate victims of crime.

Bill: 117-s-928
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 
This bill prohibits payment of 2021 recovery rebates to prisoners, certain other inmates of publicly funded institutions, fugitives, probationers, and parolees. The bill requires that such rebates be paid instead to the Crime Victims Fund for the compensation of crime victims. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison inmates convicted of murder and that such sums shall be redirected to the Department of Justice to be paid out in the form of restitution to compensate victims of crime.

Bill: 117-s-929
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 
This bill prohibits the payment of a recovery rebate in 2021 to any prisoner convicted or confined for the crime of murder. The bill requires such rebate amounts to be paid to the Crime Victims Fund to compensate crime victims. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison inmates convicted of rape and that such sums shall be redirected to the Department of Justice to be paid out in the form of restitution to compensate victims of crime.

Bill: 117-s-930
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sex offenses
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 
This bill prohibits the payment of a recovery rebate in 2021 to a prisoner convicted or confined for a rape offense under federal or state law. The bill requires that such rebates be paid to the Crime Victims Fund to compensate crime victims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison inmates convicted of child sex abuse and that such sums shall be redirected to the Department of Justice to be paid out in the form of restitution to compensate victims of crime.

Bill: 117-s-931
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sex offenses
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 
This bill prohibits the payment of 2021 recovery rebates to prisoners convicted or confined for a sex offense involving a minor child under federal or state law. The bill requires such rebates to be paid to the Crime Victims Fund to compensate victims of crimes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency in Classification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-932
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Transparency in Classification Act of 2021 

 
This bill establishes the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel, a body to review decisions related to the classification of information, and contains other related provisions.
 
The appeals panel shall provide the public and authorized users of the classification system with a forum to request review of agency classification decisions. It shall also provide members of Congress a mechanism for expedited reviews of classification decisions. 
 
Each agency that handles classified information shall establish a policy for an individual authorized to access classified information to request a review of a classification decision. Such an individual may also appeal a classification decision to the appeals panel. Appeals panel decisions may be appealed to the President. 
 
The bill imposes various requirements related to the appeals processes created under this bill, including time lines for rendering decisions. 
 
The appeals panel shall establish a public website with information about all appeals requests that it has received. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Battleship Iowa National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-933
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Battleship Iowa National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of 2021

 
This bill designates the Battleship USS
 Iowa 
Museum located in Los Angeles, California, as the National Museum of the Surface Navy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1711)
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Rural Health Clinics Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-934
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Strengthening Rural Health Clinics Act of 2021

 This bill applies certain modified payment limits to rural health clinics that temporarily enrolled in Medicare during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19, that applied to enroll by December 31, 2020, or that had binding written agreements for their establishment as of that date.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Health Clinic Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-935
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Rural Health Clinic Protection Act

 
This bill applies certain modified payment limits to rural health clinics that temporarily enrolled in Medicare during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 or that applied to enroll by December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
INFORM Consumers Act

Bill: 117-s-936
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business records
Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act or the INFORM Consumers Act

 
This bill requires online marketplaces to collect, verify, and disclose certain information from high-volume, third-party sellers. 
 
High-volume, third-party sellers include online marketplace participants that conduct 200 or more transactions resulting in total revenues of $5,000 or more during a continuous 12-month period. Online marketplaces must acquire these sellers' (1) bank account numbers, (2) government-issued identification, (3) tax identification numbers, and (4) contact information. Online marketplaces must verify this information and annually certify any changes to it.
 
Further, online marketplaces must make certain information (e.g., sellers' names and contact information) available to consumers through the sellers' product listings and provide consumers with methods to report electronically and by telephone any suspicious activity on the marketplace.
 
The bill provides the Federal Trade Commission with the authority to enforce these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S1712-1713)
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Climate Emergency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-938
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Economic development
Emergency Management
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Forests, forestry, trees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial policy and productivity
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor-management relations
Manufacturing
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
War and emergency powers
Water quality
Wetlands
Women in business
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

National Climate Emergency Act of 2021 or the Climate Emergency Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the President to declare a national emergency relating to climate change. Further, the President must ensure that the federal government invests in projects to mitigate the emergency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At least 40% of such investments must be for historically disadvantaged communities. 
 
In addition, the President must ensure that the federal government reinvests in existing public sector institutions and creates new public sector institutions to strategically mobilize and channel investments at the scale and pace required by the emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate