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in committee · South Carolina · Senate Dec 16, 2021

S 3412: Preventing Mandates on Toddlers Act

Preventing Mandates on Toddlers Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to implement or enforce the Department of Health and Human Services' rule titled Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs , published on November 30, 2021, or any substantially similar rule, regulation, or agency statement.
Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBlocks enforcement of HHS vaccine/mask mandate in Head Start, restricting public health program requirements95% confidence
John Thune (R) · 23 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · Senate Dec 16, 2021

S 3411: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include expenses for certain athletic supplies in the above-the-line deduction for eligible educators, and to allow such deduction to interscholastic sports administrators and coaches.

This bill modifies the tax deduction for the expenses of an eligible educator (an individual who is a kindergarten through grade 12 teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide in a school for at least 900 hours during a school year) to include as an eligible educator an interscholastic sports administrator or coach. It also eliminates the exclusion of nonathletic supplies for courses of instruction in health or physical education as a deductible expense.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesExpands tax deduction eligibility for educators/coaches, providing tax relief for middle-income school staff, aligning with tax relief indicators in Budget & Taxes policy.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationExpands tax deduction eligibility for educators to include coaches/admins and athletic supplies, supporting educator financial relief and program access.95% confidence
Tim Scott (R) · 3 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · Senate Dec 16, 2021

S 2340: Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2021

Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2021 This bill generally prohibits federal agencies and private businesses from publicly posting certain personal information (e.g., home addresses) of federal judges and their immediate family members. It also (1) requires information to be removed upon written request from the federal judge concerned, (2) prohibits data brokers from purchasing or selling such information, and (3) establishes programs to protect such information at the state and local level and to enhance security for judges.
Topics ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyProhibits public posting of judges' personal data and bans data brokers from selling it, directly protecting privacy as a core technology policy area.95% confidence
Robert Menendez (D) · 22 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · House Dec 16, 2021

HR 6299: Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act

Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to state or local governments that allow noncitizens to vote in federal, state, or local elections.
Topics ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationRestricts noncitizens' voting rights, limiting immigrant political participation and aligning with immigration enforcement restrictions.95% confidence
Jeff Duncan (R) · 76 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · House Dec 16, 2021

HR 6304: Stop Federal Vaccine Mandates for Employees Act

Stop Federal Vaccine Mandates for Employees Act This bill prohibits the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from issuing any emergency temporary standard that requires an employee to receive a drug, vaccine, or other biological product.
Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill prohibits federal vaccine mandates (a public health measure), restricting employer vaccine requirements under OSHA, directly limiting a healthcare policy initiative.95% confidence ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentBill prohibits OSHA from requiring workplace vaccine mandates, directly restricting a safety regulation under Labor & Employment.95% confidence
Vicky Hartzler (R) · 31 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · House Dec 16, 2021

HR 6321: Answer COVID FOIAs Now Act

Answer COVID FOIAs Now Act This bill addresses pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests related to COVID-19. Specifically, the bill requires each federal agency, within 100 calendar days, to complete all pending FOIA requests related to a drug or medical device to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or treat COVID-19; gain-of-function or potential pandemic pathogen research; or a policy, rule, or standard requiring COVID-19 vaccination of individuals. For each calendar day on which any applicable FOIA request remains pending, the Department of the Treasury must transfer $1 million from the appropriations account of the office of the head of the agency to the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration. A person submitting such a request shall be deemed to have demonstrated a compelling need for expedited processing.
Chip Roy (R) · 10 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · House Dec 16, 2021

HR 6301: Spending Safeguard Act

Spending Safeguard Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish spending limits for direct spending programs that (1) are enacted or reauthorized after the enactment of this bill, and (2) do not have a specific level of authorized spending expressed as a dollar amount. The spending limits must be equal to (1) 120% of the cost of the program for defense, health, Medicare, income security, Social Security, and veterans benefits and services programs; and (2) 110% of the cost for any other program. The OMB must maintain a publicly available scorecard that displays the spending level for any program that is subject to the limits. The OMB and the President must submit specified reports to Congress comparing current spending to the limits. The bill prohibits obligations for programs that have reached the applicable spending limit. Agencies implementing programs listed on the OMB's scorecard must ensure that any contract, offer of benefits, or other material provided to program participants specifies that the program is subject to a spending limit that may impact future availability of funds to pay benefits.
Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareSets spending limits at 120% of current health program costs, restricting future funding growth for healthcare services and Medicare.85% confidence
Virginia Foxx (R) · 2 co-sponsors
signed · South Carolina · House Dec 16, 2021

HR 5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport, and for other purposes.

This bill posthumously provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 13 service members who died on August 26, 2021, while stationed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan.
Lisa C. McClain (R) · 326 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · Senate Dec 15, 2021

S 3403: Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act

Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to state or local governments that allow noncitizens to vote in federal, state, or local elections.
Topics ✗ ImmigrationOpposes ImmigrationBill explicitly prohibits noncitizens from voting and defunds states allowing it, restricting immigrant political participation.95% confidence
Marco Rubio (R) · 8 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · Senate Dec 15, 2021

S 3402: Protecting Guides and Outfitters from Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates in the Great Outdoors Act

Protecting Guides and Outfitters from Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates in the Great Outdoors Act This bill prohibits the denying of certain permit applications for activities on federal lands and waters for reasons based on the coronavirus vaccination status of applicants or their employees. Specifically, the Department of the Interior shall not deny based on vaccination status (1) a commercial use authorization to provide services to visitors to National Park System units, or (2) a special recreation permit for specialized recreation uses of federal recreational lands and waters.
Marco Rubio (R) · 9 co-sponsors
in committee · South Carolina · House Dec 15, 2021

HR 6257: SAFER Travel Act

Saving Americans From Executive Reach in Travel Act or the SAFER Travel Act This bill prohibits executive branch agencies and private entities from imposing a vaccine mandate against COVID-19 on individuals traveling within the United States on commercial public or private transportation, including air, rail, commercial motor vehicles, vessels, or other public or private forms of transportation. Additionally, the bill prohibits executive branch agencies from requiring a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States to enter into a period of quarantine related to COVID-19 after having traveled on any commercial public or private transportation.
Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareProhibits vaccine mandates for travel, restricting a public health measure under healthcare policies85% confidence
Daniel Webster (R) · 11 co-sponsors
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