Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021 [S.984]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, to improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of their consumer products and packaging, to prevent pollution from consumer products and packaging from entering into animal and human food chains and waterways, and for other purposes.
S.984: Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/25/2021
Driving for Opportunity Act of 2021 [S.998]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to provide grants to States that do not suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a driver's license of a person or refuse to renew a registration of a motor vehicle for failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee, and for other purposes.
S.998: Driving for Opportunity Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Durbin With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 02/03/2022
CARA 3.0 Act of 2021 [S.987]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
A bill to provide support with respect to the prevention of, treatment for, and recovery from, substance use disorder.
S.987: CARA 3.0 Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/25/2021
Secure and Protect Act of 2021 [S.959]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee application and processing centers outside the United States, and for other purposes.
S.959: Secure and Protect Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Thom Tillis
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/24/2021
Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act [S.905]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit certain expenses associated with obtaining or maintaining recognized postsecondary credentials to be treated as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts.
S.905: Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/23/2021
Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act [HB-2171]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit certain expenses associated with obtaining or maintaining recognized postsecondary credentials to be treated as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts.
HB-2171: Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 03/23/2021
Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021 [S.909]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
A bill to significantly lower prescription drug prices for patients in the United States by ending government-granted monopolies for manufacturers who charge drug prices that are higher than the median prices at which the drugs are available in other countries.
S.909: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2021
Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021 [HB-2148]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
To significantly lower prescription drug prices for patients in the United States by ending government-granted monopolies for manufacturers who charge drug prices that are higher than the median prices at which the drugs are available in other countries.
HB-2148: Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Antitrust, Commercial, And Administrative Law. on 10/19/2021
Data Care Act of 2021 [S.919]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
A bill to establish duties for online service providers with respect to end user data that such providers collect and use.
S.919: Data Care Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/23/2021
Stopping Border Surges Act [S.884]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to close loopholes in the immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the United States unlawfully, and for other purposes.
S.884: Stopping Border Surges Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/22/2021
Water Rights Protection Act of 2021 [S.855]
[Water ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Agriculture ]
A bill to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
S.855: Water Rights Protection Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. James Risch
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/18/2021
ACHE Act Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act [HB-2073]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
To place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
HB-2073: ACHE Act Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/09/2022
MATE Act of 2021 Medication Access and Training Expansion Act of 2021 [HB-2067]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require physicians and other prescribers of controlled substances to complete training on treating and managing patients with opioid and other substance use disorders, and for other purposes.
HB-2067: MATE Act of 2021 Medication Access and Training Expansion Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 10/19/2021