911 Diversion to Unarmed Personnel Act of 2021 [HB-1859]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award grants to States, territories, political subdivisions of States and territories, Tribal governments, and consortia of Tribal governments to establish an unarmed 911 response program, and for other purposes.
HB-1859: 911 Diversion to Unarmed Personnel Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/12/2021
Broadband Reserve Fund Act of 2021 [S.592]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
A bill to establish a reserve fund for the proceeds of the C-band auction conducted by the Federal Communications Commission.
S.592: Broadband Reserve Fund Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/04/2021
PROTECT Act Providing Rational Options Toward the Elimination of Catastrophic Terrorism Act of 2021 [HB-1539]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Crime ]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to develop and make available guidance relating to domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism regarding active shooter and mass casualty incident response assistance, and for other purposes.
HB-1539: PROTECT Act Providing Rational Options Toward the Elimination of Catastrophic Terrorism Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Emergency Preparedness, Response, And Recovery. on 03/04/2021
Mental Health Justice Act of 2021 [S.515]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to hire, employ, train and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.
S.515: Mental Health Justice Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/01/2021
HB-1460: Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 04/19/2021
Emergency Funding for Child Protection Act [S.462]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to provide emergency funding for caseworkers and child protective services.
S.462: Emergency Funding for Child Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/25/2021
Kelsey Smith Act [S.466]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to provide location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user of such service to an investigative or law enforcement officer or an employee or other agent of a public safety answering point in an emergency situation involving risk of death or serious physical harm or in order to respond to the user's call for emergency services.
S.466: Kelsey Smith Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John Boozman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 02/25/2021
Mental Health Justice Act of 2021 [HB-1368]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.
HB-1368: Mental Health Justice Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 04/28/2021
Emergency Reporting Act [HB-1250]
[Telecommunications ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting.
HB-1250: Emergency Reporting Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 07/21/2021
DART Act of 2021 Data Analytics Robocall Technology Act of 2021 [S.357]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking to consider establishing a process under which the Commission would maintain a list of numbers that a voice service provider cannot block, and for other purposes.
S.357: DART Act of 2021 Data Analytics Robocall Technology Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 02/23/2021
U.S. Citizenship Act Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act [S.348]
[Immigration ]
[Veterans ]
A bill to provide an earned path to citizenship, to address the root causes of migration and responsibly manage the southern border, and to reform the immigrant visa system, and for other purposes.
S.348: U.S. Citizenship Act Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/22/2021
Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2021 [S.354]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to reauthorize funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority contingent on improvements to the governance and operations of the Transit Authority.
S.354: Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. on 09/14/2021
Communities Overregulating Networks Need Economic Competition Today Act CONNECT Act [HB-1149]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
To prohibit a State or political subdivision thereof from providing or offering for sale to the public retail or wholesale broadband internet access service, and for other purposes.
Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021 [HB-861]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to require an emergency notification meeting in the event of the release of an extremely hazardous substance from a facility, and for other purposes.
HB-861: Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And Climate Change. on 02/08/2021