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Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1831
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a permanent program and provides funds for electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to cover meals for children during extended school closures. 
 
Specifically, the Department of Agriculture must establish a program to provide EBT cards to cover meals for children who are enrolled in the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program when a school is closed, operating remotely, or a combination of both for a period of five days or more. Cards may be used to purchase food from approved retailers under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
No Red and Blue Banks Act

Bill: 117-s-1832
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

No Red and Blue Banks Act

 
This bill prohibits the General Services Administration from awarding a contract to a bank or savings association insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation if the institution avoids doing business with companies based solely on social policy considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act

Bill: 117-s-1833
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Medicaid
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act

 
This bill temporarily applies a Medicare payment rate floor to Medicaid primary care services that are provided after the date of enactment of the bill or during a public health emergency, extends the payment rate to additional types of practitioners (e.g., obstetricians), and establishes other requirements with respect to payment for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1834
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Labor standards

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
 
of 20

21

 
This bill adds requirements regarding the availability of training that the Department of Agriculture provides under current law for local food service personnel in schools. 
 
The training must be scheduled during regular, paid working hours; provided at no cost to food service personnel; offered in-person whenever appropriate; and incorporate experiential learning. 
 
If the training is scheduled outside of working hours, food service personnel must be informed about the necessity of scheduling the program, consulted to schedule the program, and compensated for attending the program. Personnel may not be penalized for failing to attend a program outside of working hours. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act

Bill: 117-s-1835
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Lease and rental services
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act 

 
This bill prohibits a dealer from selling, leasing, or loaning a used motor vehicle until a defect of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment or noncompliance with a federal motor vehicle safety standard has been remedied, with specified exceptions.
 
The prohibition does not apply if 
 
 
the recall information regarding the used vehicle was not available at the time of sale or lease and was not on the manufacturer's website;
 
notification of the defect or noncompliance is required, but enforcement of an order to notify of and remedy the defect or noncompliance is set aside in a civil action on a motion for change of venue;
 
the used vehicle is sold at wholesale; or
 
the used vehicle is a junk automobile with all required information reported to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System.
 
 
If a vehicle manufacturer fails to provide the dealer with a remedy for a used vehicle's safety defect within 60 days, the manufacture must pay the dealer an amount that is not less than one percent of the fair-market value of the vehicle per month. The total payment amount may not exceed the fair-market value of the vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Fixing Infrastructure Damaged by Disasters Act

Bill: 117-s-1836
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Fixing Infrastructure Damaged by Disasters Act

 
This bill expands the allowable uses of funds available to states for repairing federal-aid highways and other roadways damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic failures.
 
At the request of the governor and with approval of the Department of Transportation, a state may use funds for emergency maintenance projects (including those considered heavy or routine maintenance) that are necessary due to a natural disaster or catastrophic failure. Additionally, the bill increases the percent of funds a state may use for projects to protect public safety or to maintain or protect roadways from a disaster or catastrophic failure. 
 
The bill also includes within the scope of natural disasters blizzards, ice storms, and wildfires.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1837
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice to award grants to law enforcement and corrections agencies for behavioral health crisis response training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Building Credit Access for Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1838
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Building Credit Access for Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using alternative credit scoring information or models to improve the determination of creditworthiness of certain individuals and to increase the number of such individuals who are able to obtain VA housing and small business loans. Specifically, the program is for veterans or members of the Armed Forces who are eligible for VA housing or small business loans and have insufficient credit history.
 
Under the program, the VA must assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing criteria for acceptable commercially available credit scoring models to be used by lenders for the purpose of guaranteeing or insuring a VA housing or small business loan.
 
Participation is voluntary on an opt-in basis for lenders, borrowers, and individuals.
 
The VA must conduct outreach to lenders and individuals to inform them of the pilot program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act

Bill: 117-s-1839
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Preschool education
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act

 
 This bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to take certain actions to increase mathematical and statistical modeling education in public elementary and secondary schools.
 
First, the NSF must provide competitive grants to institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations for research and development to support high-quality mathematical modeling education (e.g., data science and computational thinking) in schools.
 
In addition, the NSF must seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on mathematical and statistical modeling education in schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1840
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Political advertising
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill generally prohibits deceptive practices, false statements, and voter interference regarding federal elections.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits any person, within 60 days before a federal election, from communicating, causing to be communicated, or producing for communication certain information on voting, if the person (1) knows such information to be materially false, and (2) has the intent to impede or prevent another person from exercising the right to vote in an election.
 
The bill also prohibits false statements regarding public endorsements and hindering, interfering with, or preventing voting or registering to vote.
 
A private right of action for preventive relief is established for persons aggrieved by violations of these prohibitions.
 
Criminal penalties are also established for violations.
 
If the Department of Justice (DOJ) receives a credible report that materially false information has been or is being communicated in violation of these prohibitions, and state and local election officials have not adequately communicated corrected information, DOJ must communicate to the public accurate information designed to correct the materially false information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1841
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Mental Health Services for Students Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides specific statutory authority for the Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Educational Agency Grant Program that is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The program supports school-based mental health services, including screening, treatment, and outreach programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Building Child Care for a Better Future Act

Bill: 117-s-1842
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Appropriations
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Building Child Care for a Better Future Act

 
This bill (1) increases funding for child care assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, and (2) funds grants to support access to child care in areas of particular need.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
SHOP SAFE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1843
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intellectual property
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce Act of 2021 or SHOP SAFE Act of 2021

 
This bill makes an electronic commerce platform liable for infringement of a registered trademark by a third-party seller of goods that implicate health and safety unless the platform takes certain actions.
 
Specifically, the platform may be contributorily liable if the seller uses a counterfeit mark in connection with selling, offering, or advertising such goods on the platform. The platform may avoid such liability by taking certain actions before the infringing act, including (1) requiring the seller to have a registered agent or a verified address for service of process in the United States, (2) verifying the seller's identity and contact information, (3) requiring the seller to agree to not use counterfeit marks with goods sold on the platform, (4) implementing technical measures to prescreen listings on the platform and remove listings for goods being sold with a counterfeit mark, and (5) implementing policies to remove and ban repeat offenders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Lowering Medicare Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs Act

Bill: 117-s-1844
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Lowering Medicare Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs Act

 
This bill transfers certain programs that provide Medicare premium and cost-sharing assistance for low-income individuals from Medicaid to Medicare.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a program under Medicare to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with premiums, coinsurance, deductibles, and other costs. Currently, such assistance is provided through Medicare Savings Programs, which are administered by state Medicaid programs.
 
 The bill also establishes a related special enrollment period under Medicare, expands eligibility for assistance to beneficiaries with income up to 200% of the federal poverty line, and provides for joint eligibility determinations with respect to the bill's program and the low-income subsidy program under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
USCG Act

Bill: 117-s-1845
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Building construction
Coast guard
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Educational guidance
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Higher education
Marine and inland water transportation
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Minority employment
National Guard and reserves
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation employees
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Unwavering Support for our Coast Guard Act or the USCG Act

 
This bill addresses the funding, pay, and duties of the Coast Guard.
 
During a funding gap, the Department of the Treasury shall make available to the Department of Homeland Security such amounts necessary to continue to provide, without interruption, pay and allowances to members of the Coast Guard, including its reserve components, who perform active service during the funding gap.
 
The Coast Guard must conduct an updated fleet mix analysis that provides for a fleet mix sufficient to carry out the missions of the Coast Guard and to address national security threats.
 
The Coast Guard must develop an updated shore infrastructure investment plan that includes the construction of additional facilities to accommodate the updated fleet mix and improvements to ensure existing facilities meet requirements and remain operational for the lifespan of such fleet mix. 
 
The Cost Guard shall establish a program to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the enlisted ranks of the Coast Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Surveillance and free speech Protection Enhancement in Export controls for Censorship and Human rights Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1846
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Crime prevention
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: 

Surveillance and free speech Protection Enhancement in Export controls for Censorship and Human rights Act of 2021 or the SPEECH Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to review items that are subject to export controls for reasons related to crime control and detection and determine whether additional export controls are needed to protect human rights. Currently, in support of U.S. foreign policy to promote the observance of human rights around the world, a license is required to export and reexport certain crime control and detection equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate