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in committee · Indiana · House Apr 28, 2021

HRES 151: Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19.

This resolution condemns and denounces all forms of anti-Asian sentiment, including those related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and calls on federal law enforcement officials, working with state and local agencies, to take specified steps. The resolution calls on federal officials to expeditiously investigate and document all credible reports of hate crimes, harassment, bullying, and threats against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities; the Attorney General to work with state and local agencies and Asian American and Pacific Islander community-based organizations to prevent discrimination and to expand culturally competent and linguistically appropriate education campaigns on public reporting of hate crimes; and the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance describing best practices to mitigate racially discriminatory language in describing the pandemic. The resolution recommits the United States to serving as a world leader in building more inclusive, diverse, and tolerant societies by (1) prioritizing language access and inclusivity in communication practices, and (2) combating misinformation and discrimination that put Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at risk.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeDirects law enforcement to investigate hate crimes against AAPI communities, aligning with criminal justice accountability and civil rights protections.90% confidence
Grace Meng (D) · 153 co-sponsors
in committee · Indiana · House Apr 28, 2021

HRES 141: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress must completely and unequivocally condemn violence, lawlessness, and rioting from all individuals and groups, regardless of ideology or political affiliation.

This resolution recognizes that federal law enforcement, federal property, and citizens' rights must be protected. It also urges political leaders to condemn violent protests and criminal behavior associated with rioting and supports the prosecution of individuals who actively engaged in rioting.
Jodey C. Arrington (R) · 5 co-sponsors
in committee · Indiana · Senate Apr 28, 2021

S 1436: Changing the Culture of the FDA Act

Changing the Culture of the FDA Act This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to amend its mission statement to state that it is responsible for protecting the public health by considering the danger of addiction and overdose death when approving and regulating prescription opioid medications. (Opioid medications are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications.)
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates FDA to consider addiction/overdose risks in opioid approvals, directly protecting public health by preventing harm from prescription medications.85% confidence
Joe Manchin, III (I) · 1 co-sponsor
in committee · Indiana · Senate Apr 28, 2021

S 1441: SHIPYARD Act

Supplying Help to Infrastructure in Ports, Yards, and America's Repair Docks Act of 2021 or the SHIPYARD Act This bill provides supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for improving naval shipyard infrastructure. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. DOD must make this funding directly available to the Department of the Navy. Funds must be used for specified purposes, including for public and private shipyard facilities, docks, dry docks, capital equipment improvements, and dredging efforts needed by shipyards.
Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationFunds shipyard infrastructure, a subset of transportation infrastructure, directly supporting maritime transportation systems through DOD appropriations.95% confidence
Roger F. Wicker (R) · 18 co-sponsors
in committee · Indiana · Senate Apr 28, 2021

S 1408: A bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.

This bill provides for the award of Congressional Gold Medals posthumously to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith (four Americans who were killed in the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya) in recognition of their contributions to the nation.
Edward J. Markey (D) · 70 co-sponsors
in committee · Indiana · Senate Apr 28, 2021

S 1401: Kids Eat Local Act of 2021

Kids Eat Local Act of 20 21 This bill modifies Department of Agriculture requirements for the national school food programs relating to the purchases of locally produced food. The bill allows institutions participating in the school food programs to use locally grown, locally raised, or locally caught as a product specification in food procurement requests.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationModifies school food procurement rules to allow local food sourcing, enhancing student nutrition programs within K-12 education infrastructure.90% confidence
Sherrod Brown (D) · 5 co-sponsors
in committee · Indiana · Senate Apr 28, 2021

S 657: A bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, if it creates a presumption of service-connection between the occurrence of a disease and exposure to an herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces between January 9, 1962, and June 30, 1976, at a military base in Thailand, such presumption must also apply to exposure at any military base in Thailand, regardless of where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands VA healthcare access for veterans by broadening service connection presumption for herbicide exposure in Thailand, improving benefit eligibility.85% confidence ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransMandates VA to apply herbicide exposure presumption broadly to all Thailand bases, expanding access to benefits for veterans previously excluded due to location/job restrictions.95% confidence
John Boozman (R) · 21 co-sponsors
in committee · Indiana · Senate Apr 28, 2021

S 437: Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021

Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to concede, for the purposes of health care benefits and wartime disability compensation, that a veteran was exposed to certain toxic substances, chemicals, and hazards from burn pits if such veteran served on active duty in a covered location during a specified time frame (unless there is affirmative evidence to establish that the veteran was not exposed during such service). A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment. Specifically, the bill covers the following locations and corresponding time periods: Iraq between August 2, 1990, and February 28, 1991, as well as from March 19, 2003, until burn pits are no longer used in this location; Southwest Asia (including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar) from August 2, 1990, until burn pits are no longer used in these locations; and Afghanistan, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen, and Djibouti from September 11, 2001, until burn pits are no longer used in these locations. Under the bill, if an exposed veteran submits insufficient evidence to establish a service-connection for purposes of disability compensation, the VA shall provide a medical examination and request a medical opinion regarding a causal link between the disability and a toxin, chemical, or hazard.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires VA to automatically recognize burn pit exposure for healthcare benefits, expanding access to veterans' health services without requiring proof of exposure.95% confidence ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill requires VA to recognize burn pit exposure for veterans, enabling health care benefits and disability compensation, directly supporting veterans' healthcare access.95% confidence
Dan Sullivan (R) · 38 co-sponsors
in committee · Indiana · House Apr 28, 2021

HR 2874: Student Loan Disclosure Modernization Act

Student Loan Disclosure Modernization Act This bill requires loan disclosure forms for federal student loans to be written in plain language, thus enabling borrowers to understand loan terms, total costs of loans, and estimated monthly repayments. Borrowers must acknowledge in writing that they have read the form before the loans are issued.
Emanuel Cleaver (D) · 3 co-sponsors
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