This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish the formula for allocating COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines to states, localities, and federal agencies. HHS must also identify the sources of data it used to develop the formula.
Stop the High-Speed Money Pit Act This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for a high-speed rail corridor development project in California that is the same or substantially similar to the project that is the subject of a cooperative agreement entered into on December 16, 2009, between the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the Federal Railroad Administration.
Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act This bill provides for the preservation, conservation, and recreational use of public lands, including in Arizona, California, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Colorado, the bill designates wilderness, potential wilderness, a recreation management area, wildlife conservation areas, a national historic landscape, and special management areas and establishes the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program, the Fugitive Methane Emission Leasing Program, and a recreation area. In California, the bill establishes a recreation area, partnerships, and a special management area; designates a trail, wilderness, potential wilderness, and wild, scenic, and recreational rivers; establishes a special conservation management area; establishes the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership; and adds specified areas to the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park. In Washington, the bill designates wilderness and wild, scenic, and recreational rivers. In Arizona and Oregon, the bill withdraws specified federal lands. In North Carolina and Virginia, the bill requires a study of designating an area as the Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area. In Maine, the bill designates a recreational river. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, the bill establishes a heritage area. In Virginia, the bill adds certain lands to Rough Mountain and Rich Hole Wildernesses. The bill extends the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission until September 26, 2028. The bill establishes an outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program. The bill establishes a National Heritage Area System.
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2021 This bill establishes additional requirements that certain hospitals must meet in order to participate in Medicare. Specifically, as a condition of Medicare participation, hospitals and critical access hospitals that provide neonatal or infant care must have appropriate security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching. Noncompliant hospitals are subject to specified civil penalties. The bill also establishes criminal penalties for knowingly altering or destroying a newborn's hospital patient records for the purpose of causing the newborn to be misidentified.
This concurrent resolution commends the service and professionalism of the U.S. Capitol personnel who ensured Congress was able to continue operating in the wake of the security breach on January 6, 2021, and it expresses appreciation for the members of the news media reporting on the work of Congress despite the risk to their own safety.
This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to require that the Supreme Court consist of nine Justices.
This resolution notifies the House of Representatives of the election of the Honorable Sonceria Ann Berry as Secretary of the Senate.
This resolution notifies the President of the United States of the election of the Honorable Sonceria Ann Berry as Secretary of the Senate.
This resolution prohibits the Senate from considering any measure unless the text of the measure has been publicly available in electronic form for the mandatory minimum review period, and it requires each Senator to certify that they have read a measure prior to voting on it. The mandatory minimum review period, calculated from the time the measure is made publicly available, is the greater of (1) the number of minutes that are equal to two times the number of pages in the measure, or (2) 72 hours.
This resolution establishes the Senate Human Rights Commission to (1) serve as a forum for bipartisan discussion of international human rights issues and promotion of internationally recognized human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (2) raise awareness of international human rights violations through regular briefings and hearings; and (3) collaborate with congressional entities, the executive branch, human rights entities, and nongovernmental organizations to promote human rights initiatives within the Senate. In addition, the resolution prohibits the commission from (1) having legislative jurisdiction; (2) having authority to take legislative action on any bill or resolution; or (3) encroaching upon the jurisdiction of any standing, select, or special committee of the Senate.
This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that it is the duty of the federal government to expand and strengthen the care economy. The care economy consists of child care, home health, and similar sectors where caregiving is a predominant feature of the work.
This resolution honors the life and legacy of former Representative John Robert Lewis and commends his achievements in the struggle for civil rights.
