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Science/Technology SCI

A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, and for other purposes (no bill number)

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Equality Act (H.R. 5/S.5) For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1): voting rights

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (117th), H.R. 1 (117th), S. 1 (117th), S. 5 (117th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act (H.R. 3271/S. 1702)

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 3271 (117th), S. 1702 (117th)

Transportation TRA

Complete Streets Act (S. 425/H.R. 1289) INVEST in America Act (H.R.3684): active transportation Transit to Trails Act (S. 1461/H.R. 2924) Transportation Alternatives Enhancements Act (S. 614/H.R. 463) Safe Routes to All Schools Act (S. 695) Safe Routes to School Expansion Act (H.R. 386) SAFE Streets Act (H.R. 508) The Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act (S. 1931 and S. 1953): active transportation

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 695 (117th), S. 1931 (117th), H.R. 508 (117th), H.R. 386 (117th), H.R. 463 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), H.R. 1289 (117th), S. 1461 (117th), S. 425 (117th), H.R. 2924 (117th), S. 1953 (117th), S. 614 (117th)

Agriculture AGR

Closing the Meal Gap (S. 2192) GIVE MILK Act (H.R. 818) School Foods Modernization Act (S. 876) The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 1861) Universal School Meals Program Act (S. 1530/H.R. 3115) WIC Act of 2021 (S.853) WIC for Kids Act (no bill number yet) Implementation of: Child Nutrition Programs: Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium (RIN 0584-AE81) H.R. 2011, to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes. Voluntary sodium reduction goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in Commercially Processed, Packaged, and Prepared Foods

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3115 (117th), H.R. 2011 (117th), S. 2192 (117th), S. 1530 (117th), S. 853 (117th), S. 876 (117th), H.R. 1861 (117th), H.R. 818 (117th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

CONNECT for Health Act of 2021 (H.R.2903 / S.1512) Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2021 (S.1986) Medicare Dental Benefit Act of 2021 (S.97 / H.R. 502 Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act (H.R. 2144) SAME Act of 2021 (S.245) SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act (H.R.3348) Medicaid Waivers National Coverage Determination for Self-Measured Blood Pressure The Telehealth Modernization Act (S.368) 2022 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System 2022 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Reserve System; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 1512 (117th), H.R. 3348 (117th), S. 368 (117th), S. 1986 (117th), S. 97 (117th), S. 245 (117th), H.R. 2144 (117th), H.R. 502 (117th), H.R. 2903 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

ARC Act of 2021 (H.R.2631) Credit for Caring Act (S.1670 / H.R. 3321) Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2021 (H.R. 526) Improving Social Determinants of Health Act (HR 379/S4440) The Junk Plan Accountability and Disclosure Act of 2021 (S. 1002) No Junk Plans Act of 2021 (S.942) The Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2021 (S.779) Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act (S. 674) Public Health Funding Prevents Pandemics Act (S. 571) Requirements related to surprise medical billing; Part I Interim Final Rule Safe Step Act of 2021 (H.R. 2163) To Fund Prevention and Public Health Fund (HR 1583) Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act (HR 550) A bill to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans (H.R. 2094/S. 1301)

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 2631 (117th), S. 571 (117th), S. 674 (117th), H.R. 3321 (117th), H.R. 379 (117th), S. 1002 (117th), H.R. 2094 (117th), S. 1670 (117th), H.R. 2163 (117th), S. 942 (117th), H.R. 526 (117th), S. 779 (117th), H.R. 1583 (117th), S. 1301 (117th), H.R. 550 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

American Cures Act (S.962): CDC/NIH Funding American Rescue Plan Act (H.R. 1319): access to care, nutrition security, public health infrastructure. The Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Act - the CAROL Act (H.R. 1193/ S. 1133) National Biomedical Research Act (S.2187): CDC/NIH Funding The PHIT Act (S. 844/H.R. 1679) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act (H.R.3771): CDC/NIH Funding American Families Plan and American Jobs Plan (no bill number): access to care; active transportation; nutrition security; medical research, public health infrastructure. FY 2022 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations (no bill number): NIH, CDC, AHRQ funding and report language; Department of Ed Title IV funding FY 2022 Agriculture-FDA Appropriations (no bill number): USDA nutrition report language, FDA funding and tobacco report language FY 2022 Military Construction-VA Appropriations (no bill number): VA medical and prosthetic research funding FY 2022 State and foreign Operations Appropriations (no bill number): global health

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Reserve System; White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1679 (117th), H.R. 1319 (117th), H.R. 3771 (117th), S. 844 (117th), S. 1133 (117th), S. 2187 (117th), H.R. 1193 (117th), S. 962 (117th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

The Parks, Jobs, and Equity Act (H.R. 1678)

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Education, Dept of; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 1678 (117th)

Government Issues GOV

Legacy IRA Act (S. 243) Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021, provisions related to the Legacy IRA Act (H.R. 2954) Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act (S. 618/HR 1704) WORK NOW Act (S. 740) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a one-time election for a qualified charitable distribution to a split-interest entity and to inflation adjust the limits for qualified charitable distributions (H.R. 2909)

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 243 (117th), S. 618 (117th), H.R. 2954 (117th), H.R. 1704 (117th), S. 740 (117th), H.R. 2909 (117th)

Tobacco TOB

Citizen petition on menthol cigarettes (FDA-2013-P-0435) FDA action to remove menthol cigarettes from the market FDA action to remove flavored cigars from the market FDA review of Premarket Tobacco Product Applications FDA oversight of flavored tobacco products Format and Content of Reports Intended to Demonstrate Substantial Equivalence (RIN 0910-AH89) Premarket Tobacco Product Applications and Recordkeeping Requirements (RIN 0910-AH44) Quit Because of COVID-19 Act (HR 2125) Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2021 (H.R. 2786/S. 1314) To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on the premises of any facility of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes (H.R. 3883/S. 2043)

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); White House Office; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: H.R. 2786 (117th), S. 1314 (117th), H.R. 3883 (117th), S. 2043 (117th), H.R. 2125 (117th)

Education EDU

Implementation of: P.L.114-95, Every Student Succeeds Act

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)