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in committee · Kansas · Senate Dec 9, 2021

S 3354: A bill to delay the implementation of a rule relating to the importation of sheep and goats and products derived from sheep and goats, and for other purposes.

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to submit a report on the potential costs and benefits of its proposed rule governing the importation of live sheep, goats, other ruminants, and products derived from sheep and goats. It also bars USDA from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing the rule until one year after the date that USDA submits the report.
John Barrasso (R) · 10 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · Senate Dec 9, 2021

S 3362: Improving Coordination for Healthy Moms Act

Improving Coordination for Healthy Moms Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to implement a coordinated approach for monitoring and sharing information about its maternal health efforts. The bill also tasks the Healthy People Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Workgroup and the Maternal Health Working Group with providing recommendations for establishing the approach.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates coordinated maternal health monitoring and information sharing, enhancing public health program efficiency and access to maternal care services.90% confidence
Raphael G. Warnock (D) · 2 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · Senate Dec 9, 2021

S 3363: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 West Wisconsin Street in Russell, Kansas, as the "Robert J. Dole Memorial Post Office Building".

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 135 West Wisconsin Street in Russell, Kansas, as the "Robert J. Dole Memorial Post Office Building."
Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransHonors WWII veteran Robert J. Dole via post office naming, aligning with veteran recognition indicators in topic description.95% confidence
Jerry Moran (R) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Kansas · Senate Dec 9, 2021

S 3349: Streamlining EIDL Act

Streamlining EIDL Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide status updates on, review, and approve or disapprove Economic Injury Disaster Loans within certain time frames. It also requires the SBA to report on its efforts to address fraud under the program.
James E. Risch (R) · 8 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · Senate Dec 8, 2021

S 3335: Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act

Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act This bill provides liability protection for specified information-sharing activities undertaken to trace the origins of unlawful robocalls, illegally spoofed calls, and other illegal calls. Specifically, the bill protects a designated consortium that conducts private-led efforts to trace unlawful robocalls from liability for receiving, sharing, or publishing information about illegal calls, including their origin or source. The bill also applies liability protection to a voice service provider (i.e., a provider of any service that enables real-time, two-way voice communications) or other entity or person that shares information with the consortium.
Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyProtects liability for sharing call origin data to trace illegal robocalls, enhancing cybersecurity measures against fraud and spam.90% confidence
John Thune (R) · 9 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · Senate Dec 8, 2021

S 3344: Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act

Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act This bill makes several budgetary and technical changes, particularly in relation to Medicare. Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until March 31, 2022. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) Additionally, the bill (1) temporarily extends other provisions under Medicare, including a payment increase under the physician fee schedule; and (2) requires any debits recorded for FY2022 on the statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) scorecards to be deducted from the scorecards for 2022 and added to the scorecards for 2023.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesExempts Medicare from sequestration, protecting funding from automatic cuts to essential healthcare program, aligning with fiscal responsibility and program protection indicators.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExempts Medicare from sequestration, preventing automatic spending cuts to a major public health program, aligning with 'protect' indicator.95% confidence
John Kennedy (R) · 12 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · Senate Dec 8, 2021

S 3336: HALT Fentanyl Act

Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or the HALT Fentanyl Act This bill places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act. Additionally, the bill establishes a new, alternative registration process for schedule I research that is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Veterans Affairs or that is conducted under an investigative new drug exemption from the Food and Drug Administration. The bill also makes several other changes to registration requirements for conducting research with controlled substances, including permitting a single registration for related research sites in certain circumstances, waiving the requirement for a new inspection in certain situations, and allowing a registered researcher to perform certain manufacturing activities with small quantities of a substance without obtaining a manufacturing registration.
Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeClassifies fentanyl as Schedule I, increasing penalties and expanding criminalization, which opposes criminal justice reform efforts.85% confidence ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareClassifies fentanyl as Schedule I (no medical use), restricting therapeutic applications in healthcare despite its legitimate medical uses.90% confidence
Bill Cassidy (R) · 2 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · Senate Dec 8, 2021

S 3341: VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021

VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on the costs of its Electronic Health Record Modernization Program, including by describing all expenses driven by the program.
Jerry Moran (R) · 16 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · House Dec 7, 2021

HCONRES 63: Permitting the remains of the late Honorable Robert Joseph Dole, formerly a Senator and a Representative from the State of Kansas, to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol, and for other purposes.

This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on December 9, 2021, for the lying in honor of the remains of the Honorable Robert Dole, formerly a Senator and a Representative from Kansas. The resolution also directs the Architect of the Capitol to move the catafalque (a wooden platform) from the Capitol Visitor Center to the Capitol rotunda for use in connection with services for the Honorable Robert Dole.
Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill honors veteran Robert Dole's service via Capitol rotunda lying in honor, directly aligning with recognition indicator for veterans.85% confidence
Ron Estes (R) · 2 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · House Dec 7, 2021

HR 6145: Community Bank Relief Act of 2021

Community Bank Relief Act of 2021 This bill requires banking agencies to set the community bank leverage ratio between 8% and 8.5% for calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024 for community banks seeking to satisfy simplified capital adequacy requirements. Currently, banking agencies are statutorily required to set the rate between 8% and 10% through rulemaking. Under current regulations, the rate will increase from 8.5% to 9% on January 1, 2022.
Tracey Mann (R) · 24 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · House Dec 7, 2021

HR 6161: Employee Retention Tax Credit Reinstatement Act

Employee Retention Tax Credit Reinstatement Act This bill provides for a reinstatement of the employee retention tax credit through 2021. The credit was established to compensate employers whose businesses were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic for wages paid to their employees.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesReinstates tax credit for employers, providing tax relief to support business fiscal stability during pandemic, aligning with tax relief indicators.90% confidence
Carol D. Miller (R) · 114 co-sponsors
in committee · Kansas · House Dec 7, 2021

HR 5783: Reaching Every Homeless Veteran Act of 2021

Reaching Every Homeless Veteran Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Labor, in administering homeless veterans reintegration programs, to (1) consider grant applications from entities in all states (to the extent practicable), and (2) conduct an outreach and education program in states where no entity has been awarded a grant to ensure communities are aware of homeless veterans reintegration programs.
Topics ✓ HousingSupports HousingBill explicitly addresses homelessness through veteran reintegration programs, expanding access to housing assistance for homeless veterans.90% confidence ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill mandates expanded outreach and grant access for homeless veteran reintegration programs, directly advancing veteran services and access to housing support.95% confidence
Tracey Mann (R) · 2 co-sponsors
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