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ECORA Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2202
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Credit and credit markets
Farmland
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: 

Enhancing Credit Opportunities in Rural America Act of 2021 or the ECORA Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to exclude from gross income interest received by a lender from real estate loans secured by agricultural real estate or by a leasehold mortgage (with a status as a lien) on agricultural real estate.
 
Agricultural real estate includes real property that is substantially used for the production of one or more agricultural products. It also includes any single family residence that is (1) the principal residence of its occupant, (2) located in a rural area which is not within a Metropolitan Statistical Area and has a population of 2,500 or less, and (3) is purchased or improved with the proceeds of a loan secured by agricultural real estate or by a household mortgage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2203
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 

2021

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training. It also requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model in which such training is provided virtually.


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
Know Your Social Security Act

Bill: 117-s-2204
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government information and archives
Postal service
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Know Your Social Security Act

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to provide Social Security account statements by mail to each individual who is 25 or older and who is eligible for, but not currently receiving, Social Security retirement benefits. Individuals may choose to receive their account statements electronically.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4777-4778)
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, North Carolina, as the "Malcolm J. Howard United States Courthouse", and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2205
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 
This bill designates the U.S. courthouse located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, North Carolina, as the Malcolm J. Howard United States Courthouse.

action_date: 2021-09-22
text: 
This bill designates the U.S. courthouse located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, North Carolina, as the Malcolm J. Howard United States Courthouse.

action_date: 2021-10-07
text: 
This bill designates the U.S. courthouse located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, North Carolina, as the Malcolm J. Howard United States Courthouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2021-10-08
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2021-10-07
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6991-6992; text: CR S6992)
action_date: 2021-10-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6991-6992; text: CR S6992)
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 132.
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Committee consideration held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 117-108.
action_date: 2021-09-22
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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
Young American Savers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2206
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Computers and information technology
Department of the Treasury
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Young American Savers Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish as a permanent program the Federal Child Savings Account Program not later than December 31, 2022. A program account shall be tax-exempt and distributions from an account shall be excludible from a child's gross income. 
 
The program allows the parent or guardian of a child under the age of 18 and a U.S. resident to make contributions to an account for the child's educational expenses. An account may also fund a Roth Individual Retirement account and an ABLE (i.e., Achieving a Better Life Experience) account for disabled individuals. Distributions from such accounts may begin on the earlier of the date such child attains the age of 26, receives an associate's or bachelor's degree, or enlists in active duty miliary service.


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
A bill to temporarily increase the availability of temporary nonimmigrant nonagricultural workers for the purposes of restoring American forests, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-2207
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Fires
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 
This bill temporarily exempts certain workers involved with forest health or conservation from the annual limit on visas for temporary nonagricultural workers (H-2B visas).
 
Specifically, for five years starting from the bill's enactment, a visa for a temporary nonagricultural worker entering the United States to perform certain work (such as orchard work, tree planting, nursery care, or harvesting minor forest products) shall not count against the annual limit on H-2B visas. (Currently, only 66,000 H-2B visas may be issued each year, with exemptions for certain types of workers.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4778)
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
USMCA FTZ Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2208
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Manufacturing
Mexico
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Foreign-Trade Zone Modernization Act of 2021 or the USMCA FTZ Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the International Trade Commission to investigate tariff policies related to foreign-trade zones (FTZs), which are designated sites at which special customs procedures may be used to allow for domestic activity involving foreign items prior to formal customs entry.
 
The investigation must examine (1) differences in tariff treatment by the United States, Canada, and Mexico; (2) any effects of such differences on the cost-competitiveness of U.S.-manufactured products compared to products manufactured in Canada or Mexico; and (3) how FTZs in the United States could be better employed to redress and mitigate any inequities. 


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
VALID Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2209
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development Act of 2021 or the VALID Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate in vitro clinical tests (IVCTs). 
 
Currently, the FDA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have authority to regulate in vitro diagnostic devices. The bill defines IVCTs, which includes in vitro diagnostic devices, as tests intended for the collection, preparation, analysis, or in vitro clinical examination of specimens from the human body to provide information about a disease, condition, or treatment.
 
An IVCT may not be introduced into interstate commerce unless it has received FDA premarket approval or is covered by certain exemptions, such as an exemption for a test that (1) was developed and introduced before this bill's enactment and meets certain requirements, (2) is a low-risk test, (3) is solely for public health surveillance, (4) is covered by a technology certification issued under this bill, or (5) has received a humanitarian exemption or emergency use authorization.
 
The FDA may grant upon application a technology certification. Generally, such a certification covers a group of tests that use a single technology and may be evaluated using a representative test. While such a certification is valid, a qualifying IVCT that falls within the scope of the certification shall be cleared for interstate commerce.
 
The bill also imposes various requirements related to IVCTs, including those related to quality control, labeling, and reporting adverse events.
 
The FDA shall have various enforcement authority, including authority to order the recall of an IVCT with a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Better Care Better Jobs Act

Bill: 117-s-2210
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Performance measurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Better Care Better Jobs Act

 
This bill establishes programs and provides funds for state Medicaid programs to improve home- and community-based services (HCBS), such as home health care, personal care, case management, and rehabilitative services.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award planning grants, develop quality measures, and provide technical assistance to states regarding specified HCBS improvements, particularly with respect to access, utilization, and the associated workforce. The bill also increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for HCBS in states that develop plans and meet specified benchmarks for improvements.
 
The bill also makes permanent (1) the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program (a grant program to help states increase the use of HCBS for long-term care and decrease the use of institutional care), and (2) certain provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility that protect against spousal impoverishment for recipients of HCBS.


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
Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act

Bill: 117-s-2211
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act 

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to study and report on possible revisions to regulations regarding Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. (Such plans allow certain employees of publicly traded corporations to sell their shares without violating insider trading prohibitions.) The SEC must revise regulations consistent with the results of the study. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act

Bill: 117-s-2212
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Electric power generation and transmission
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide financial assistance to a local government or electric cooperative as reimbursement for qualifying interest on disaster-related loans.


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
Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2213
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary of National Significance Act of 2021

 
This bill revises the National Estuary Program to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give priority consideration to selecting the Pensacola and Perdido Bays in Florida and Alabama as estuaries of national significance. Under the existing program, the EPA protects and restores the water quality and ecological integrity of estuaries of national significance.


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
PROTECTS Act

Bill: 117-s-2214
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee performance
Health care quality
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Promote Responsible Oversight and Targeted Employee background Check Transparency for Seniors Act or the PROTECTS Act

 
This bill allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information concerning affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.


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
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-s-2215
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Income tax exclusion
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any state loan repayment or forgiveness program that is intended to provide for increased access to veterinary services in such state.


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
Save Our Afghan Allies Act

Bill: 117-s-2216
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Immigration status and procedures
Military operations and strategy
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Save Our Afghan Allies Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to report to Congress a plan for admitting and relocating to the United States citizens of Afghanistan under an existing program. (The program provides special immigrant visas to eligible individuals who worked for U.S. or NATO forces in Afghanistan on or after October 7, 2001.)


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
Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2217
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2021

 This bill requires the National Science Foundation to award competitive grants to enable eligible entities to carry out the activities specified below in order to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 
 An eligible entity that receives a grant shall use grant funds to carry out one or more of the following activities designed to increase the participation of women or minorities underrepresented in science and engineering, or both: 
 
 
 online workshops, 
 
 mentoring programs that partner STEM professionals with students, 
 
 internships for undergraduate and graduate students in STEM fields, 
 
 outreach programs providing elementary and secondary school students with opportunities to increase their exposure to STEM fields, and
 
programs to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Adjustment Assistance For Workers Reauthorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2218
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Trade Adjustment Assistance For Workers Reauthorization Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise revises the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, including by expanding program eligibility to additional workers and authorizing the Department of Labor to reimburse workers for certain out-of-pocket training expenses. The bill also permanently extends the tax credit for health insurance costs and increases the percentage of such credit.


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
REDUCE Government Waste Act

Bill: 117-s-2219
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Alcoholic beverages
Debt collection
Insects
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: 

Removing Excessive Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste Act or the REDUCE Government Waste Act 

 
This bill repeals the rules for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Under a nonrecourse marketing assistance loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan. 
 
The bill also prohibits federal funds from being used for the development of (1) a beerbot or other robot bartender; or (2) insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods. 


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