SENATE 289117th CongressResolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4908; text: CR 6/24/2021 S4783-4784)
A resolution designating June 2021 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2021, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day".
- Last Action
- 7/14/2021
Actions
- 2021-02-08Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-02-08Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-08 (00)
Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act of 2021 or the RISE Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation, and Environmental Protection Agency to provide support for research regarding COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or research disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.Support may be used to
- provide supplemental funding to extend the duration of a grant to a research institution, national laboratory, or individual that was awarded prior to the enactment of this bill, or to expand the purposes of such a grant as specified;
- issue awards to research the effects of the current pandemic and potential future pandemics; and
- provide flexibility on awards to account for facility closures or other limitations during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Agencies must provide the support as rapidly as possible.
Provided funds shall remain available through FY2021.
Cosponsors (14)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Angus King (I-ME)
Subjects
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Defense spending
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Transportation
- Department of the Interior
- Education programs funding
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy research
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
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