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Common Sense Maritime and Consumer Services Protection Act

To amend title 46, United States Code, to provide statutory authority for the Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services of the Federal Maritime Commission, to increase public awareness and understanding of ocean shipping services agreements and such Office, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Common Sense Maritime and Consumer Services Protection Act 2. Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services of the Federal Maritime Commission; increasing public awareness and understanding (a) Requirement Chapter 403 40108. Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services of the Federal Maritime Commission (a) Authorization of Office There shall be in the Federal Maritime Commission an Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services (in this section referred to as the Office (b) Function of Office To promote better public understanding, the Office shall seek to— (1) raise public awareness about ocean shipping agreements between carriers, use of ocean transportation intermediaries, and other shipping services; and (2) assist consumers in confidentially resolving disputes and other related matters deemed valuable to the consumer by the Commission. . (b) Clerical amendment The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is further amended by adding at the end the following: 40108. Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services of the Federal Maritime Commission. .

Summary: Common Sense Maritime and Consumer Services Protection Act This bill establishes in the Federal Maritime Commission an Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services to (1) raise public awareness about ocean shipping agreements between carriers, use of ocean transportation intermediaries, and other shipping services; and (2) assist consumers in confidentially resolving disputes and other related matters deemed valuable to the consumer by the Commission.
Flexibility for States and Localities Act

To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to expand the permissible use of funds under the Coronavirus Relief Fund. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flexibility for States and Localities Act 2. Expansion of permissible use of funds under the Coronavirus Relief Fund (a) In general Section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 (d) Use of funds A State, Tribal government, and unit of local government shall use the funds provided under a payment made under this section— (1) to cover those costs of the State, Tribal government, or unit of local government (or of any other unit of local government with a population not greater than 500,000 within such State, Tribal government, or unit of local government) that— (A) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19); (B) were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the State or government; and (C) were incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020; or (2) to offset budgetary shortfalls of the State or government that occurred due to such public health emergency and that were not accounted for in such budget (except that such funds may not be used to make contributions to any underfunded pension plan in excess of the contributions accounted for in such budget). . (b) Application of provisions Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2020 under section 601(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (as modified by subsection (a)) shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116–94 42 U.S.C. 254

Summary: Flexibility for States and Localities Act This bill expands the permissible uses of funds under the Coronavirus Relief Fund. Specifically, the bill authorizes a state, tribal government, or unit of local government to use funds (1) to offset budgetary shortfalls related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, or (2) for COVID-19-related costs of units of local government too small to qualify for direct funding.
Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act

To amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize States to implement an exchange program for certain Federal funds for subrecipients of highway funding, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act 2. Project approval and oversight Section 106(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) Federal funding exchange programs A State may implement a program under which a subrecipient has the option to exchange Federal funds allocated to such subrecipient in accordance with the requirements of this title for State or local funds if the State certifies to the Secretary that the State has prevailing wage and domestic content requirements that are comparable to the requirements under section 113 and 313 and that such requirements shall apply to projects carried out using such funds if such projects would have been subject to the requirements of sections 113 and 313 if such projects were carried out using Federal funds. .

Summary: Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act This bill authorizes states to implement a program under which subrecipients of federal-aid highway funding have the option to exchange allocated federal funds for state or local funds if prevailing wage and Buy America requirements are met.
Never Again Act

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide pay to employees excepted from furlough during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Never Again Act 2. Providing salaries to excepted employees during a Government shutdown Section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, is amended in subsection (c), as added by the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) (A) Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after such lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates. (B) (i) With respect to the lapse in appropriations beginning on or around December 22, 2018— (I) each excepted employee who was required to perform work during the period beginning on the first day of such lapse and ending on the date of enactment of the Never Again Act shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the date of enactment, regardless of scheduled pay dates; and (II) for the remainder of such lapse, each excepted employee who is required to perform work during such remainder shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, on the employee’s scheduled pay dates. (ii) During any covered lapse in appropriations beginning after the lapse in appropriations described in clause (i) ends, each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, on the employee’s scheduled pay dates. (iii) There are appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subparagraph. .

Summary: Never Again Act This bill requires that excepted federal and District of Columbia public employees who must perform work during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., a government shutdown) be paid, at their standard rate of pay, on scheduled pay dates. Under current law, such employees must be paid at the earliest possible date after the lapse in appropriations ends.
FARM to TABLE Delivery Act

To amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 with respect to exemptions from certain motor carrier regulations, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations related to agricultural commodities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fixing America’s Regulatory Mess To Facilitate Agricultural Byproducts and Livestock Expedited Delivery Act FARM to TABLE Delivery Act 2. Transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies Section 229 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 ( 49 U.S.C. 31136 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking during planting and harvest periods, as determined by each State, (2) in subsection (e)(8) by striking during the planting and harvesting seasons within each State, as determined by the State, and livestock feed at any time of the year and livestock feed 3. Definition of agricultural commodity (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to amend the definition of agricultural commodity consistent with this section. (b) Definition of agricultural commodity In this section, the term agricultural commodity (1) any product planted or harvested for food, feed, fuel, or fiber; (2) any non-human living animals (including fish, insets, and livestock as defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 ( 7 U.S.C. 1471 (3) agricultural aquacultural, forestry, horticultural, and floricultural commodities; (4) fruits and vegetables; (5) other agricultural products that are sensitive to temperature and climate and at the risk of perishing in transit; (6) animal feed (including ingredients of such feed); (7) products used during harvest and packaging prior to processing, including bins, boxes, jars, and cans; and (8) products of preservation.

Summary: Fixing America's Regulatory Mess To Facilitate Agricultural Byproducts and Livestock Expedited Delivery Act or the FARM to TABLE Delivery Act This bill revises exemptions with respect to commercial motor vehicle safety regulations involving the transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies. The bill allows the federal hours-of-service rules exemption regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies to apply year-round. Current law provides an exception from the federal hours-of-service rules for the transportation of agricultural commodities within a 150 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location only during planting and harvest periods which are determined by each state. Additionally, the Department of Transportation must issue regulations to amend the definition of agricultural commodity to include specific commodities that are covered by the federal hours-of-service rules exception.
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for emergency use of certain land during a pandemic, and for other purposes.

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for emergency use of certain land during a pandemic, and for other purposes. 1. Emergency use of CRP land during pandemic Section 1233(b)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3833(b)(1)(B)(i)(I) (1) in the matter preceding item (aa), by striking or other emergency, or other emergency (including a pandemic), (2) in item (cc), by inserting or pandemic natural disaster event

Summary: This bill provides authority for the Department of Agriculture during a pandemic to permit activities such as emergency haying and grazing on land that is subject to a contract under the Conservation Reserve Program.
To rescind certain amounts appropriated to the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.

To rescind certain amounts appropriated to the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes. 1. In general Of the unobligated amounts available under the heading Department of Justice—General Administration—Salaries and Expenses Public Law 116–93

Summary: This bill rescinds $50 million from the FY2020 appropriations for the Department of Justice's General Administration account.
Military Spouse Career Education Act

To amend title 37, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to enhance financial assistance to military spouses for professional expenses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Spouse Career Education Act 2. Expansion of reimbursable State licensure and certification costs for a military spouse arising from relocation Section 476(p)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and fees, continuing education courses, and (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking secure secure or maintain (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking secure secure or maintain 3. Expansion of financial assistance under My Career Advancement Account program Section 580F of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 (1) by inserting (a) Professional license or certification; Associate’s degree.— The Secretary (2) by inserting or maintenance (including continuing education courses) pursuit (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) National testing Financial assistance under subsection (a) may be applied to the costs of national tests that may earn a participating military spouse course credits required for a degree approved under the program (including the College Level Examination Program tests and the Subject Standardized Tests of the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support Division of the Department of Defense). .

Summary: Military Spouse Career Education Act This bill (1) includes as qualified relicensing costs fees and continuing education courses, and (2) allows the reimbursement of a member of the uniformed services for the qualified relicensing costs of a spouse when such costs are imposed to maintain a license or certification to engage in the same profession that the spouse engaged in while in the state of the original duty station, and are imposed by the state of the new duty station to maintain a license or certification to engage in the same profession. The Department of Defense shall modify its My Career Advancement Account program to ensure that military spouses participating in the program may receive financial assistance for the maintenance (including continuing education courses) of a license, certification, or Associate's degree in any career field or occupation.
Economic and Student Loan Debt Relief Act of 2020

To extend and clarify relief to Federal student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Economic and Student Loan Debt Relief Act of 2020 2. Relief for Federal student loan borrowers (a) Extension of relief Section 3513(a) of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 September 30, 2020 December 31, 2020 (b) Notice to borrowers Section 3513(g)(2) of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 August 1, 2020 November 1, 2020 (c) Resuming repayment Section 3513 of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 (h) Resuming repayment At the conclusion of the period in which the Secretary suspends payments on a loan under subsection (a)— (1) the loan shall enter or resume repayment status; (2) the borrower’s normal payment obligations shall resume; (3) beginning on the first day after the conclusion of such period of suspension, interest shall accrue on the loan at the applicable rate of interest in accordance with the terms and conditions of the loan; and (4) interest that accrues on the loan after the conclusion of such period shall be paid and capitalized (if applicable) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the loan. . 3. Exclusion for certain employer payments of student loans Subparagraph (B) of section 127(c)(1) Public Law 116–136 in the case of payments made before January 1, 2021,

Summary: Economic and Student Loan Debt Relief Act of 2020 This bill extends the suspension of payments on student loans held by the Department of Education (ED). It also generally allows for an exclusion from taxable income of employer payments of student loans. Specifically, the bill requires ED to suspend all payments due on Federal Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loans held by ED through December 31, 2020. (Currently, this suspension period ends on September 30, 2020). Normal payment obligations and interest accrual resume at the end of this period. Additionally, ED must carry out a program, beginning on November 1, 2020, to provide at least six notices to borrowers that normal payment obligations will resume. (Currently, this program begins on August 1, 2020.) The bill also generally provides a permanent exclusion from employee income, for income tax purposes, of employer payments of student loans. (Currently, this exclusion from income is only for payments of student loans made before January 1, 2021.)
To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections.

To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections. 1. Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 technical corrections Section 4(b) of the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2222; 132 Stat. 3887) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking Pursuant to the reclamation laws and subject Subject (ii) by striking may is authorized to (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , including conservation and efficiency measures, land idling, and use of groundwater, administer programs (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting and (3) by redesignating the second paragraph (4) (relating to the effect of the subsection) as paragraph (5); and (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— (A) by striking subparagraph (B); (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; or (C) by striking the Secretary— to develop the Secretary to develop

Summary: This bill specifies types of programs the Bureau of Reclamation may participate in, such as land idling (i.e., refraining from cultivating crops on certain land), for the purpose of aligning water supply and demand for users of irrigation water associated with the Klamath Project in Oregon and California.
To authorize appropriations for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund providing financial assistance and technical assistance for the benefit of certain minority communities, and for other purposes.

To authorize appropriations for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund providing financial assistance and technical assistance for the benefit of certain minority communities, and for other purposes. 1. Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (a) In General There is authorized to be appropriated to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, out of amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, for providing financial assistance and technical assistance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1) of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 ( 12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1) (b) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) Minority lending institution The term minority lending institution (A) if a privately owned institution, 51 percent is owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; (B) if publicly owned, 51 percent of the stock is owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (C) in the case of a mutual institution, where the majority of the Board of Directors, account holders, and the community which it services is predominantly minority. (2) Minority The term minority

Summary: This bill authorizes additional funding for financial assistance and technical assistance under the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, with a specified amount set aside for minority lending institutions.
Taxpayer Receipt Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide estimates of the use of taxpayer funds by the United States Government, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Receipt Act 2. Use of taxpayer funds The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate, shall provide, to each individual filing a Federal income tax return for a calendar year, a one-page estimate of how the taxpayer’s money was spent by the Government during the immediately preceding calendar year.

Summary: Taxpayer Receipt Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to provide to each taxpayer a one-page estimate of how such taxpayer's money was spent by the government during the immediately preceding calendar year.
Katherine's Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2020

To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide benefits for lung cancer screenings for certain individuals without the imposition of cost sharing. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Katherine’s Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2020 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Lung cancer is the number 1 killer of all cancers. (2) Lung cancer causes more deaths than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer combined. (3) The reason for the extremely low 5-year survival rate in lung cancer patients is the difficulty to find it at early stages (as patients have no symptoms at early stages). (4) For all stages of lung cancer, the overall 5-year survival rate is 19 percent, while such rate is 98 percent for prostate cancer and 90 percent for breast cancer (all stages). (5) Early detection of lung cancer through screening could dramatically increase survival rates for patients. (6) Current law mandates free screening for breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colorectal cancer at much earlier ages than for lung cancer, regardless of preexisting conditions of the individual to be screened. (7) Free screening starts at age 40 for breast cancer but for lung cancer does not start until age 55, and then and only for those with a history of smoking thirty or more packs of cigarettes per year. (8) This Act would save lives and money through early detection of lung cancer by starting free screening at age 40. 3. Requiring coverage of lung cancer screenings for certain individuals without cost sharing (a) In general Section 2713(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a) (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (4) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: (5) with respect to individuals 40 years of age or older, lung cancer screenings, regardless of the smoking history (if any) of such an individual. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

Summary: Katherine's Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2020 This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, screenings for the detection of lung cancer for individuals 40 years of age and older without regard to such individual's smoking history.