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Keeping Renters Safe Act

Bill: 117-s-2776
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Keeping Renters Safe Act

 
This bill expressly authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to place a moratorium on residential evictions to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. The bill also requires HHS to implement a moratorium nationwide to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This moratorium must remain in effect for at least 60 days following the termination of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
 
Current law authorizes HHS to take measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. As part of the COVID-19 response, HHS delegated this authority to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which then issued (and extended) several orders banning residential evictions. Whether these orders exceed the CDC's statutory and constitutional authority has been the subject of multiple legal challenges; the Supreme Court blocked enforcement of the most recent order on August 26, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2777
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska
Hawaii
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act of 

2021

 
This bill allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adjust the federal per diem payment rate for Medicare skilled nursing facilities in Alaska or Hawaii to reflect the unique circumstances of such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Teachers and School LEADERS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2778
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Teachers and School Leaders need Education And Development to be Empowered Resources in Schools Act of 2021 or the Teachers and School LEADERS Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and otherwise revises the Teacher Quality Partnership program. This grant program provides training and professional development opportunities for prospective and new teachers through partnerships between (1) high-need school districts, schools, or early childhood education programs; and (2) institutions of higher education. 
 
Specifically, the bill expands the program to include training and professional development opportunities for principals and other school leaders.
 
In addition, the bill expands the types of entities that qualify as partners to high-need schools or programs to include entities that are educational organizations, entities operating programs that provide alternative routes to state certification of teachers or school leaders, or educational service agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
TRIUMPH for New Moms Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2779
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Family services
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Taskforce Recommending Improvements for Unaddressed Mental Perinatal & Postpartum Health for New Moms Act of 2021 or the TRIUMPH for New Moms Act of 2021

 
This bill temporarily establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the Task Force on Maternal Mental Health.
 
The task force must develop a national strategy for maternal mental health and report on best practices, policies, and programs to prevent, screen for, diagnose, treat, and reduce disparities in maternal mental health conditions. The report must identify opportunities for state- and local-level partnerships to address maternal mental health, and the task force must share those opportunities with state governors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Vaccine Dishonorable Discharge Prevention Act

Bill: 117-s-2780
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

COVID-19 Vaccine Dishonorable Discharge Prevention Act

 
This bill provides that a member of the Armed Forces who was discharged on the basis of choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine may only receive an honorable discharge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
No Harbor for Terror Act

Bill: 117-s-2781
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

No Harbor for Terror Act

 
This bill repeals authority granted to the President to except Iran's energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors from sanctions in order to provide for reconstruction assistance or economic development in Afghanistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Acting on the Annual Duplication Report Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2782
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Metals
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
Securities
Strategic materials and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Acting on the Annual Duplication Report Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes requirements to facilitate the implementation of certain recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office.
 
Specifically, the Department of Defense, through the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, must review options for expanding the use of administrative surcharges under the foreign military sales program.
 
The bill modifies the calculation of military housing contractor pay for privatized military housing.
 
With respect to the Department of Education, the bill revises requirements regarding forbearance rules and default rates.
 
The Department of Energy must conduct a review of options for a long-range target for the optimal size and configuration of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), including (1) the adequacy of Ginnie Mae's guarantee fee for single-family mortgage-backed securities, (2) Ginnie Mae's workforce, and (3) alternate ways of overseeing Ginnie Mae.
 
The Department of the Treasury must prescribe certain standards for the security of tax return information and information technology systems. The bill establishes a penalty for authorized providers of electronic filing services that fail to comply with electronic return security standards. The Internal Revenue Service must develop an organizational plan to coordinate all aspects of its efforts to protect return information while it is being held or transmitted by authorized providers of electronic filing services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
WELCOMED Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2783
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Welcoming Evacuees Coming from Overseas to Mitigate Effects of Displacement Act of 2021 or the WELCOMED Act of 2021

 
This bill makes certain individuals from Afghanistan eligible for any benefit that is available to a refugee, such as resettlement assistance.

Specifically, this bill shall apply to a national of Afghanistan (or an individual with no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) who is temporarily paroled into the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit during the four-year period beginning on July 1, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2784
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Maritime Technological Advancement Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Maritime Administration to award maritime career training grants to eligible institutions (i.e., postsecondary educational institutions or postsecondary vocational institutions for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for American workers in the maritime workforce. Each awarded grant may not exceed $20 million.
 
 The Maritime Administration must award grants based on 
 
 
a determination of the merits of the grant proposal submitted by an eligible institution to develop, offer, or improve maritime educational or career training programs;
 
an evaluation of the likely employment opportunities available to workers who complete a maritime educational or career training program;
 
 an evaluation of prior demand for training programs by workers, and the availability and capacity of existing maritime training programs to meet future demand for training programs; 
 
any prior designation of an eligible institution as a Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education; and
 
an evaluation of the previous experience of the eligible institution in providing maritime educational or career training programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act

Bill: 117-s-2785
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for research or publications concerning gender transitions in individuals under the age of 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2786
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses training for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees regarding discharge eligibility standards for VA benefits and services, requires notification of eligibility for VA benefits and services for individuals who were discharged or released from active service under conditions characterized as neither honorable nor dishonorable, and modifies the requirements of eligibility for certain mental and behavioral health care related to military sexual trauma, readjustment counseling, and related mental health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2787
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Veterans' medical care
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 
This bill generally aligns the position of podiatrists with that of physicians for pay and grade purposes within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Additionally, the bill replaces the Director of Podiatric Service position with a Podiatric Medical Director to be responsible for the operation of the podiatric service at the VHA. Such director must be a qualified doctor of podiatric medicine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
NFIP Extension Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2788
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

NFIP Extension Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through December 3, 2021. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2790
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 
 
2021

 
This bill changes the source of funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from Federal Reserve System transfers to annual appropriations. Under current law, the transfers from the Federal Reserve System permit the CFPB to be funded outside of the annual appropriations process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2791
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: 

Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses harassment at institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
 Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment on the basis of a student's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex stereotype), disability, or religion.
 
In addition, the Department of Education may award grants to IHEs to initiate, expand, or improve programs to (1) prevent the harassment of students; (2) provide counseling or redress services to students who have been harassed or accused of subjecting other students to harassment; or (3) educate and train students, faculty, or staff to prevent harassment or address harassment if it occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Alternatives to Detention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2795
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: 

Alternatives to Detention Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish programs that are alternatives to detention for immigration enforcement and addresses related issues. 
 
Such programs must be available regardless of whether an alien is subject to a removal order or whether a charge of removability is pending, but shall not be available to certain aliens, such as those subject to mandatory detention. 
 
DHS or an immigration judge must determine, within 72 hours of an individual being taken into custody for immigration enforcement, the appropriate level of supervision for the individual and whether the individual may participate in such an alternative program. For a member of a vulnerable population (such as a victim of trafficking) or a caregiver (such as a parent of a minor), there must be a presumption that such an individual must be placed in a community-based supervision program. 
 
DHS must restore the Family Case Management Program as an alternative to detention. This program must provide community supervision and community support services through a contract with a nongovernmental organization.
 
DHS must establish a Coordinator of Alternatives to Detention position.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the use and effectiveness of the programs established under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
LIFT Homebuyers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2797
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: 

Low-Income First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2021 or the LIFT Homebuyers Act of 2021 

 
This bill establishes a program to provide fixed-rate 20-year mortgages for first-time, first-generation homebuyers whose incomes do not exceed a certain amount. These mortgages must be offered by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or the Rural Housing Service (RHS). 
 
Pricing terms must be established (1) such that monthly mortgage payments under this program are similar to a 30-year FHA- or RHS-backed mortgage, or (2) as are determined to be necessary to develop liquidity for securities backed by covered mortgage loans and expand program participation by eligible homebuyers. 
 
Additionally, program funds must be transferred to the Department of the Treasury for the purchase of securities backed by such mortgages. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2798
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2021-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Arizona
Cancer
Civil actions and liability
Colorado
Department of Justice
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Education programs funding
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government trust funds
Guam
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Idaho
Medical research
Military history
Mining
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Nuclear weapons
Oregon
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement
Radiation
Research administration and funding
South Dakota
Texas
U.S. territories and protectorates
Utah
Washington State
Worker safety and health
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: 

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021

 
This bill expands two programs that compensate individuals who were exposed to radiation during certain nuclear testing or uranium mining and subsequently developed medical conditions, including cancers.
 
First, the bill expands and extends a program that compensates individuals who were exposed to radiation from atmospheric nuclear testing or other sources and subsequently developed specified cancers. Under current law, this program compensates individuals who were present in a designated geographic area during a period of nuclear testing and certain individuals employed in uranium mining. The bill
 
 
expands the designated areas to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Guam and additional areas in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah;
 
makes more individuals who worked in uranium mining eligible for the program;
 
increases the amount of compensation awarded to and provides medical benefits for eligible claimants; and
 
extends for 19 years following the bill's enactment the fund that supports this program and the statute of limitations for filing claims (currently, the program terminates on July 10, 2022).
 
 
Second, the bill makes certain individuals employed in uranium mines or mills eligible for a program that compensates workers, including Department of Energy employees and contractors, for illnesses caused by occupational exposure to radiation and hazardous substances during development and testing of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile.
 
The bill also establishes a grant program in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for institutions of higher education to study the epidemiological impacts of uranium mining and milling among individuals without occupational exposure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate