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Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-596
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medicare
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 

2021

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity. Specifically, the bill allows coverage for therapy that is provided by (1) a physician who is not a primary care physician; or (2) other health care providers (e.g., physician assistants and nurse practitioners) and approved counseling programs, if provided upon a referral from, and in coordination with, a physician or primary care practitioner. Currently, such therapy is covered only if provided by a primary care practitioner. 
 
The bill also allows coverage under Medicare's prescription drug benefit of drugs used for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss management for individuals who are overweight. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
ERRPA

Bill: 117-s-597
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Customs enforcement
Department of Justice
Government information and archives
Government liability
Law enforcement administration and funding
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2021 or ERRPA
 
This bill establishes a framework to eliminate racial profiling at the federal, state, and local levels. 
 
Specifically, it requires federal law enforcement agencies to maintain policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling, including training, data collection, and complaint procedures. State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies must maintain similar policies and procedures as a condition of receiving funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program and the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
 
To enforce violations, the bill authorizes civil suits by the Department of Justice and affected individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Housing Emergency Response Act

Bill: 117-s-598
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Public housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

 
This bill authorizes additional assistance from the Public Housing Capital Fund to public housing agencies based upon capital need as determined by the agencies' most recent Physical Needs Assessment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of State Student Internship Program Act

Bill: 117-s-599
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
International exchange and broadcasting
Minority education
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Department of State Student Internship Program Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to establish the Department of State Student Internship Program to offer paid internship opportunities at the State Department to raise awareness of the role of diplomacy in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.
 
Participants must be enrolled at an institution of higher education (IHE) and able to receive and hold an appropriate security clearance. The State Department must pay participating interns a specified amount, as well as provide housing and travel assistance. The State Department may also enter agreements with IHEs to ensure these internships satisfy criteria for the academic programs in which participants are enrolled.
 
Additionally, the State Department must transition all of its unpaid internship programs to internship programs that offer compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Drone Integration and Zoning Act

Bill: 117-s-600
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Property rights
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Drone Integration and Zoning Act 

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations or standards related to unmanned aircraft systems.
 
Among other requirements, the FAA must
 
 
designate the area between 200 feet and 400 feet above ground level for use of civil unmanned aircraft systems;
 
authorize, only with a property owner's permission, the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft in the immediate reaches of airspace above private property;
 
preserve state, local, and tribal authority to issue certain reasonable restrictions on the operation of a civil unmanned aircraft system within 200 feet of the ground or a structure; and
 
establish a process for the designation of routes above 200 feet of the ground as authorized commercial routes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-601
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021

 
This bill limits the consideration of acquitted conduct (e.g., conduct underlying criminal charges for which an individual was found not guilty) by a federal court at sentencing.

action_date: 2021-07-12
text: 

Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021

 
This bill limits the consideration of acquitted conduct (e.g., conduct underlying criminal charges for which an individual was found not guilty) by a federal court at sentencing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 97.
action_date: 2021-07-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-07-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1121-1122)
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-602
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Human rights
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Medical education
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Smuggling and trafficking
Surgery and anesthesia
Trade restrictions
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes specified measures to combat forced organ harvesting and the international trafficking in persons for the purpose of removing their organs. These measures include (1) establishing property-blocking and visa-blocking sanctions, (2) prohibiting exports of certain surgery devices to entities that are identified as being responsible for forced organ harvesting or related human trafficking, and (3) requiring the Department of State to report on these practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing Act

Bill: 117-s-603
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing Act

 
This bill establishes a refinancing program for federal student loans.
 
Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must, within 30 days, establish a program that allows qualified borrowers to refinance their federal student loans down to lower interest rates. The refinanced interest rates are (1) calculated based on the type of student loan (e.g., Stafford), and (2) fixed for the period of the loan.
 
In addition, the bill requires ED to establish eligibility requirements for the refinancing program based on income or debt-to-income ratio. ED must also coordinate with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to alert borrowers of their program eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Democracy Technology Partnership Act

Bill: 117-s-604
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign loans and debt
Free trade and trade barriers
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Manufacturing
Multilateral development programs
Public-private cooperation
Right of privacy
Rule of law and government transparency
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Technology transfer and commercialization
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Democracy Technology Partnership Act

 
This bill establishes the International Technology Partnership Office, led by the Special Ambassador for Technology, in the Department of State. The office shall advance U.S. technology policy through the creation of an International Technology Partnership with specified foreign countries.
 
Specifically, the office must create a partnership of democratic countries to develop technology governance regimes, with a focus on key technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, 5G telecommunications, semiconductor chip manufacturing, biotechnology, and quantum computing. Partner countries must be democratic countries with advanced technology sectors that have a demonstrated record of trust or an expressed interest in international cooperation and coordination with the United States on defense and intelligence matters.
 
The bill also establishes the International Technology Partnership Fund in the Department of the Treasury. The State Department may use amounts from this fund to support joint research projects from International Technology Partnership member countries and technology investments in third-country markets.
 
The State Department must also submit reports (1) outlining a national strategy for technology and national security; and (2) assessing other countries' standards and governance regimes for privacy, human rights, consumer protection, and free expression.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Underrides Act

Bill: 117-s-605
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Stop Underrides Act

 
This bill requires the installation of rear, side, and front underride guards on certain trucks and trailers. 
 
 Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must require the installation of rear, side, and front underride guards on the following 
 
a trailer or semi-trailer that is more than 10,000 pounds, and 
 
a single unit truck for which the bottom of the carriage is greater than 22 inches above the ground and that is more than 10,000 pounds. 
 
For rear and side underride guards, DOT must require adherence to a performance standard that requires the guards to be able to prevent intrusion from the body or frame of a trailer, semi-trailer, or truck into the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle that contacts the guard while traveling at 35 miles per hour.
 
In addition, DOT must require drivers to (1) conduct a pre-trip inspection of the underride protection system on their vehicles; (2) identify rusted metal compromising structural integrity, cracked welds, or missing or loose fasteners; and (3) complete any necessary repairs.
 
DOT must establish a Committee on Underride Protection to oversee the ongoing underride guard rulemaking process.
 
DOT must publish data on victims of truck underride crashes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
RESPOND Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-606
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Employee benefits and pensions
Environmental health
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Labor market
Natural disasters
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Restructuring Environmentally Sound Pensions in Order to Negate Disaster Act of 2021 or the RESPOND Act of 2021 

 
This bill addresses issues related to the impact of climate change on the economy, including federal retirement plans. 
 
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board must establish an advisory panel on the economics of climate change to advise on how the board may invest in clean and renewable energy and make investments in a manner that helps ensure net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by 2050. The board must then assess whether implementing low-carbon investment strategies is profitable and consistent with its duties.
 
 If the board cannot implement such strategies, the bill establishes the Climate Choice Stock Index Fund as part of the Federal Employees Retirement System's Thrift Savings Plan. This fund is established as an investment portfolio that performs similarly to other plan index funds, but does not invest in fossil fuels.
 
 Finally, the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission must annually report on the economic costs of climate change. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-607
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2021

 
This bill specifies requirements for the leasing of oil and gas resources on federal lands. 
 
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with respect to certain federal land that is covered by a reasonably foreseeable development scenario (i.e., a long-term projection of oil and gas development) shall not offer the land for lease until such scenario includes an assessment of the land's oil and gas potential that specifically identifies the potential for all acres subject to decisions on availability for leasing.
 
If certain federal land that is otherwise available for leasing of oil and gas resources is not covered by a reasonably foreseeable development scenario, the BLM shall complete such a scenario in accordance with the requirements and factors described in this bill. 
 
In general, the BLM shall not offer for lease certain federal land otherwise available for leasing of oil and gas resources if such land is designated in the applicable reasonably foreseeable development scenario as having low or no potential for the development of oil or gas resources. However, the bill provides for a variance process.
 
With respect to each of these requirements, exceptions apply for federal land that is leased for the purpose of preventing oil or gas drainage or that meets specified requirements related to size and proximity to an oil- or gas-producing well.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Keeping Critical Connections Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-608
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance
Small business
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Keeping Critical Connections Act of 2021

 
This bill provides funds with which the Federal Communications Commission shall reimburse small business broadband providers for costs incurred during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period to voluntarily (1) provide free or discounted service to students in need of distance learning capacity, or (2) refrain from disconnecting low-income households that cannot afford to make a full payment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Ruby Mountains Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-609
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Mining
Nevada
Oil and gas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: 

Ruby Mountains Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws 
 
 
approximately 309,272 acres of federal land and interests in identified land located in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada from operation under the mineral leasing laws; and 
 
 approximately 39,926.10 acres of federal land and interests in identified land located in the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada from operation under the mineral leasing laws, except the withdrawal shall not apply to noncommercial refuge management activities by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 
 

action_date: 2022-02-10
text: 

Ruby Mountains Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws 
 
 
approximately 309,272 acres of federal land and interests in identified land located in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada from operation under the mineral leasing laws; and 
 
 approximately 39,926.10 acres of federal land and interests in identified land located in the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada from operation under the mineral leasing laws, except the withdrawal shall not apply to noncommercial refuge management activities by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-70.
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-70.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate