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Pullman National Historical Park Act

Bill: 117-s-1344
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Architecture
Commemorative events and holidays
Historic sites and heritage areas
Illinois
Industrial facilities
Labor-management relations
Land transfers
Manufacturing
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
Railroads
U.S. history
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Pullman National Historical Park Act

 
This bill redesignates the Pullman National Monument in Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park. 
 
The Department of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with interested parties to
 
 
support collaborative interpretive and educational programs at nonfederal historic properties within the boundaries of the historical park, and 
 
identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the preservation of nonfederal land within the boundaries of the historical park and at sites in close proximity to the historical park. 
 
 
Interior may acquire any land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller for inclusion in the historical park.
 
Interior must complete a general management plan for the historical park.

action_date: 2022-09-27
text: 

Pullman National Historical Park Act

 
This bill redesignates the Pullman National Monument in Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park. 
 
The Department of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with interested parties to
 
 
support collaborative interpretive and educational programs at nonfederal historic properties within the boundaries of the historical park, and 
 
identify, interpret, and provide assistance for the preservation of nonfederal land within the boundaries of the historical park and at sites in close proximity to the historical park. 
 
 
Interior may acquire any land (including interests in land), buildings, or structures by donation, transfer, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller for inclusion in the historical park.
 
Interior must complete a management plan for the historical park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 508.
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-166.
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-166.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S2172)
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act

Bill: 117-s-1345
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Animal and plant health
Birds
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Metals
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Soil pollution
Water quality
Wetlands
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national mercury monitoring program. Under the program, the EPA must track and report on long-term changes of mercury concentrations in air, water, soil, and fish and wildlife. In addition, the EPA must establish an online database for mercury data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2172-2173)
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
DAIRY PRIDE Act

Bill: 117-s-1346
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, Milk, and Cheese To Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday Act or the DAIRY PRIDE Act

 
This bill prohibits the sale of any food that uses the market name of a dairy product (such as 
milk
, 
yogurt
, or 
cream cheese
) unless the food (1) is the milk of a hooved animal, (2) is derived from such milk, or (3) contains such milk as a primary ingredient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Environmental Justice for Communities Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1347
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Environmental Justice for Communities Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 (1) the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program; (2) the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program, which provides financial assistance to address local environmental or public health issues; and (3) the Community Action for a Renewed Environment grant program, which assists communities address multiple sources of toxic pollutants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1348
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Medical research
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

COVID-19 Origin Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to declassify all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19. The ODNI shall submit to Congress an unclassified report containing such information, with redactions only as necessary to protect sources and methods. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Montgomery GI Bill Parity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1349
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Montgomery GI Bill Parity Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the payment of Montgomery GI Bill benefits to Selected Reserve or Ready Reserve members who are pursuing off-duty training or education as if the individuals were not also eligible to receive, or in receipt of, tuition assistance for such types of training. Under the bill, an individual who wishes to receive such benefits must elect to do so.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
National Risk Management Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1350
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Infrastructure development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

National Risk Management Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to identify, assess, and prioritize risks to critical infrastructure and requires the President to deliver to Congress a national critical infrastructure resilience strategy designed to address the risks identified. 

action_date: 2022-12-15
text: 

National Risk Management Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish a recurring process by which to identify, assess, and prioritize risks to critical infrastructure and requires the President to deliver to Congress a national critical infrastructure resilience strategy designed to address the risks identified. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-261.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-261.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to improve the quality and timeliness of Federal permitting and review processes with respect to critical mineral production on Federal land, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-1352
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 
This bill establishes deadlines for the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to complete the federal permitting and review process with respect to critical mineral production on federal lands. It also establishes related requirements to expedite the process and remove impediments to the production of critical minerals and the mineral security of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Alaska Trails Act

Bill: 117-s-1354
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Alaska Trails Act

 
This bill provides for the designation of the Chilkoot National Historic Trail in Alaska and the study of the Alaska Long Trail.

action_date: 2022-02-28
text: 

Alaska Trails Act

 
This bill provides for the designation of the Chilkoot National Historic Trail in Alaska and the study of the Alaska Long Trail. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 285.
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-84.
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-84.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Sunshine in Product Safety Act

Bill: 117-s-1355
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Sunshine in Product Safety Act

 
This bill repeals the limitation on the Federal Trade Commission from disclosing information about a consumer product that may reveal the identity of the product's manufacturer without first taking reasonable steps to ensure that the information is accurate and that releasing the information to the public serves the purposes of the laws administered by the commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1356
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural research
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the Environmental Quality Incentives Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide permanent incentive payments to producers to adopt practices designed to improve soil health through increasing carbon levels in soil.
 
USDA must 
 
 
conduct a study regarding changes in soil health and soil organic carbon levels as a result of the adopted practices to improve soil health;
 
develop ranking and scoring criteria under the program that prioritize practices that score highest in soil carbon sequestration on eligible land;
 
create a soil organic carbon conservation activity plan under the program to measure and monitor sequestration and mitigation improvement levels from the practices; 
 
provide for streamlined and coordinated procedures for the program and the Conservation Stewardship Program, including contracting, conservation planning, conservation practices, and related administrative procedures; and
 
 establish a program to provide grants to land-grant colleges and universities to conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science and conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science at its agricultural research stations. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PACT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1357
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Genetics
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical research
Mental health
Minority employment
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act of 2021 or the PACT Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make awards to support early-career pediatric researchers. It also provides statutory authority for the Trans-NIH Pediatric Research Consortium to coordinate pediatric research across national health research institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1359
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Economic development
Energy research
Government studies and investigations
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation. It also authorizes the establishment of the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
 
The Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation, a nonprofit corporation, must support DOE's mission and increase private and philanthropic sector investments that support efforts concerning the development, deployment, and commercialization of innovative technologies that address crosscutting national energy challenges. The foundation may award fellowships and grants for activities relating to research, development, demonstration, maturation, or commercialization of energy and other technologies supported by DOE. 
 
In addition, the National Energy Technology Laboratory may establish a nongovernmental Federal Laboratory-Associated Foundation to advance U.S. energy security as specified by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care for Working Families Act

Bill: 117-s-1360
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Child care and development
Child health
Crime prevention
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Family services
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Labor standards
Mental health
Preschool education
Self-employed
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Child Care for Working Families Act

 
This bill provides funds and otherwise revises certain child care and early learning programs for low- to moderate-income families.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program and reestablishes it as a child care and development assistance program. The bill also allocates program funds for states to provide services and supports to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities.
 
Further, the bill revises the program to require each state to
 
 
create a tiered and transparent system for measuring the quality of child care providers, which must include evidence-based standards and payment rates that are based on a certain cost estimation model; 
 
ensure that copayments are based on a sliding scale and that no family receiving assistance pays more than 7% of its household income on child care; and 
 
use quality child care amounts for certain activities, such as increasing the supply of child care providers. 
 
 
The bill also provides funds and establishes grants for states to create preschool programs for low- to moderate-income children between the ages of three and five years.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must make grants to Head Start agencies to provide children with access to full-school-year and full-school-day services, provide access to additional service hours for migrant and seasonal agencies, or enhance the quality of existing services. 
 
Finally, the bill requires, and provides funds for, HHS to assist Head Start agencies with ensuring their teachers and staff are paid a living wage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act

Bill: 117-s-1361
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Land transfers
Legislative rules and procedure
Maryland
Members of Congress
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act

 
 This bill cedes the District of Columbia to Maryland after Maryland's acceptance of the retrocession. Furthermore, the bill declares that the National Capital Service Area in the District shall not be ceded and relinquished to Maryland and shall continue to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. The bill maintains the exclusive legislative authority and control of Congress over the area.
 
 Finally, excluding the John A. Wilson Building, the area shall include the principal federal monuments, the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the U.S. Capitol, and the Frances Perkins Building, including any portion of it north of D Street NW.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate