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Break the Cycle of Violence Act

Bill: 117-s-2275
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Policy sciences
Racial and ethnic relations
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Violent crime
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Break the Cycle of Violence Act

 
This bill establishes federal grant programs and related entities to support violence intervention initiatives.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for coordinated community violence intervention initiatives in communities disproportionately impacted by homicides and community violence. HHS must also establish several related entities, including
 
 
 an Office of Community Violence Intervention to administer programs and activities related to violence intervention; 
 
the Community Violence Intervention Advisory Committee to advise and assist the office and HHS; and 
 
the National Community Violence Response Center to provide training and technical assistance, coordinate research, and develop data collection policies. 
 
 
Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants for job training and workforce programs in communities disproportionately affected by gun violence to connect youth ages 16 to 24 to in-demand occupations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Keeping Girls in School Act

Bill: 117-s-2276
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marriage and family status
Nutrition and diet
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Keeping Girls in School Act

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to enter into agreements to address social, cultural, health, and other barriers that adolescent girls face in accessing quality secondary education.
 
The USAID shall seek to ensure that such activities meet various requirements related to monitoring and evaluating outcomes, collecting data, and using specified indicators and methodologies for international basic education. 
 
The Department of State shall periodically update and report to Congress a publicly available U.S. global strategy to empower adolescent girls, and the USAID shall periodically report to Congress on the activities initiated under this bill and efforts to monitor and evaluate such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Respect Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2277
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Human rights
Sanctions
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Global Respect Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill imposes visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons responsible for or complicit in violating the human rights of individuals due to actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. The President shall report and periodically update a list of foreign persons responsible for such human rights violations and apply sanctions accordingly. 
 
The Department of State shall designate at least one senior officer who shall be responsible for tracking violence and discrimination against individuals based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in foreign countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Regulatory Accountability Act

Bill: 117-s-2278
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Consumer affairs
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Judicial review and appeals
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Regulatory Accountability Act 

 
This bill expands and provides statutory authority for notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures to require federal agencies to consider (1) whether a rulemaking is required by statute or is within the discretion of the agency, (2) whether existing laws or rules could be amended or rescinded to address the problem, and (3) reasonable alternatives to a new rule.
 
For proposed major or high-impact rules that have a specified significant economic impact or adverse effect on the public health or safety, an agency must
 
 
publish notice of such rulemaking to invite interested parties to propose alternatives and ideas to accomplish the agency's objectives; 
 
allow persons interested in high-impact or certain major rules to petition for a public hearing with oral presentation, cross-examination, and the burden of proof on the proponent of the rule; 
 
adopt the rule that maximizes net benefits within the scope of the statutory provision authorizing the rule, unless the agency explains the costs and benefits that justify adopting an alternative rule and such rule is approved by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA); and 
 
publish a framework and metrics for measuring the ongoing effectiveness of the rule. 

 
Agencies must notify OIRA with certain information about a proposed rulemaking, including specified discussion and preliminary explanations concerning a major or high-impact rule. Further, OIRA must establish certain rulemaking guidelines.
 
Additionally, the bill (1) revises the scope of judicial review of agency actions, and (2) establishes requirements for agencies issuing guidance.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act

Bill: 117-s-2279
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Department of the Treasury
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Postal Regulatory Commission
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Surface Transportation Board

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to order independent regulatory agencies to comply with specified regulatory analysis requirements.
 
Specifically, the President may require an independent regulatory agency to (1) comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to other federal agencies, (2) provide the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs with an assessment of the costs and benefits of a proposed or final economically significant rule and an assessment of costs and benefits of potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives to the rule, (3) publish the assessments with the rules, and (4) submit to the office for review any proposed or final economically significant rule.
 
An economically significant rule is a rule that is likely to (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; or (2) adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities.
 
In addition, the bill prohibits judicial review of an independent regulatory agency's compliance with the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
VETS Safe Travel Act

Bill: 117-s-2280
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act or the
 
VETS Safe Travel Act

 
This bill makes certain veterans eligible for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck Program at no cost if they meet the program's background check and security requirements.
 
Veterans who are eligible for this fee waiver are those who are in the annual patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and require the use of a wheelchair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid with mobility due to (1) loss, or loss of use, of a limb; (2) full or partial paralyzation; or (3) permanent blindness.
 
The VA and the TSA must develop and implement a process to provide disabled veterans effective outreach about TSA programs that are designed to improve the screening process for passengers with disabilities.

action_date: 2022-06-16
text: 

Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act or the
 
VETS Safe Travel Act

 
This bill makes certain veterans eligible for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck Program at no cost if they meet the program's background check and security requirements.
 
Veterans who are eligible for this fee waiver are those who are in the annual patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and require the use of a wheelchair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid with mobility due to (1) loss, or loss of use, of a limb; (2) full or partial paralyzation; or (3) permanent blindness.
 
The VA and the TSA must develop and implement a process to provide disabled veterans effective outreach about TSA programs that are designed to improve the screening process for passengers with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3010; text: CR S3010)
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3010; text: CR S3010)
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure and Fair Employment in federal Contracting Act

Bill: 117-s-2281
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Secure and Fair Employment in federal Contracting Act or the SAFE Contracting Act

 
This bill expands the E-Verify program. E-Verify is a web-based system that allows enrolled employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires federal contractors, subcontractors, grantees, and assistance recipients to enroll in the E-Verify program and maintain compliance with all related statutes, regulations, and policies.
 
The bill sets forth requirements regarding compliance certification and consideration of past contract performance.
 
The Office of the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy must report annually on agency compliance with statutes, regulations, and policies regarding the E-Verify program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Unity through Service Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2282
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Unity through Service Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a Council on Military, National, and Public Service in the Executive Office of the President to, among other things, advise the President on promoting and expanding opportunities for military service, national service, and public service.
 
The council shall establish an internet-based platform to serve as a centralized resource and database for people to learn about and connect with service organizations and opportunities, and assist in the recruiting needs of service organizations. 
 
The council may carry out a pilot program to focus on recruiting individuals from underserved markets and demographic populations, such as those defined by gender, geography, socioeconomic status, and critical skills.
 
The Department of Defense, the corporation, and the Peace Corps shall establish a joint plan to provide an applicant who is ineligible, or otherwise not selected, for service in the Armed Forces, in a national service program administered by the corporation or in the Peace Corps, with information about forms of service for which the applicant has not applied.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
REACH for Veterans Act

Bill: 117-s-2283
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Revising and Expediting Actions for the Crisis Hotline for Veterans Act or the REACH for Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to update training and procedures for call responders of the Veterans Crisis Line.
 
Specifically, the VA must enter into an agreement with an outside organization to review the training for crisis line call responders. The VA must update the training if any deficiencies are identified after the review.
 
Among other requirements, the VA must
 
 
develop guidelines on retraining and quality management for when a call responder has an adverse event or needs improvement,
 
annually perform a common cause analysis for identified callers to the crisis line who died by suicide in situations where the crisis line was the last point of contact,
 
develop enhanced guidance and procedures to respond to calls to the crisis line related to substance use and overdose risk,
 
review the current emergency dispatch standard operating procedure of the crisis line, and
 
solicit feedback from veterans service organizations on how to conduct outreach regarding the move to 988 as the new suicide and mental health crisis hotline.
 
 
Each call responder must be subject to at least two calls per month that are silently monitored by a supervisor to check for quality of conduct.
 
The Veterans Crisis Line, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention of the VA, and National Center for Patient Safety of the VA must establish quality management processes and expectations for staff of the crisis line.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Finish the ADHS Act

Bill: 117-s-2284
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Finish the ADHS Act

 
This bill sets aside funding from the Highway Trust Fund for the Appalachian development highway system (a network of highways linking the region to national interstates) and prescribes a method to allocate the funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Urban Waters Federal Partnership Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2285
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Urban Waters Federal Partnership Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program. Under the program, the Environmental Protection Agency and other specified agencies must reconnect urban communities, particularly urban communities that are overburdened or economically distressed, with their waterways by improving coordination among federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Western Water, Jobs, and Infrastructure Act

Bill: 117-s-2286
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Western Water, Jobs, and Infrastructure Act

 
This bill provides funding to carry out rural water projects, Indian water rights settlement agreements, and projects related to the Milk River Project in Montana.
 
First, the bill establishes and provides funds through FY2026 for the Reclamation Rural Water Project Construction Fund, from which the Bureau of Reclamation must complete construction of authorized rural water projects.
 
Next, the bill establishes and provides funds through October 1, 2025, for the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund, from which the Department of the Interior must implement any Indian water rights settlement agreements approved by Congress. 
 
 In addition, the bill provides FY2022 funding for Reclamation to carry out projects to rehabilitate the Milk River Project, including projects to rehabilitate or replace infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act

Bill: 117-s-2287
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies that collect information through a survey that includes demographic data (where subjects self-report information or a proxy provides information about the subject or responds for all persons in a household) to review existing data sets to determine in which data sets information about sexual orientation and gender identity is not included, and to assess needed changes in survey methods related to asking questions on sexual orientation and gender identity. 
 
Agencies that publish reports relying on survey demographic data must include information on sexual orientation and gender identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Even Playing Field Act

Bill: 117-s-2288
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Olympic games
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Even Playing Field Act

 
This bill addresses pay equity for amateur athletes and other personnel. It allows recognition, or continued recognition, of a national governing body of an amateur sports organization only if it provides equal investment, promotional support, working conditions (including staff support and facilities and equipment for training and competition), and wages and other compensation to all amateur athletes, without discrimination based on sex.
 
National governing bodies must report periodically to Congress regarding pay equity.
 
Each report shall include (1) the median compensation for amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators, and officials, disaggregated by race, gender, and employment category; and (2) the minimum and maximum compensation paid to such personnel, disaggregated by race, gender, and employment category. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Lead-Free America Bonds Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2289
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Lead-Free America Bonds Act of 2021

 
This bill allows issuers of qualified lead drinking water service line bonds a credit for interest payments under such bonds. The bill defines 
qualified lead drinking water service line bond
 as any bond issue (other than a private activity bond) if 100% of the available project proceeds of such issue are used to replace lead components of one or more eligible public water systems that are not lead free.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate