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Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include all members of the Armed Forces in the definition of independent student 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act 2. Definition of independent student Section 480(d)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087vv(d)(1) (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (I) as subparagraphs (F) through (J), respectively; and (2) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following: (D) is a veteran of the Armed Forces (as defined in subsection (c)(1)); (E) is a member of the Armed Forces (including the National Guard or Reserve) without regard to whether such individual is serving on active duty; .

Summary: Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act This bill authorizes all members of the Armed Forces—including reservists or those in the National Guard and regardless of their duty status—to claim independent student status when applying for federal financial aid. Currently, active duty service members and veterans of the Armed Forces may claim such independent student status.
Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act

To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major emergency declared by a Governor relating to a wildfire is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act 2. Application of NEPA and NHPA to covered communications projects (a) NEPA categorical exclusion (1) In general A covered project shall be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 (2) Relation to extraordinary circumstances procedures The use of the categorical exclusion under paragraph (1) shall not be considered to include extraordinary circumstances under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, or section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor to those regulations). (b) National historic preservation act exemption A covered project shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code. (c) Definitions In this Act: (1) Communications facility The term communications facility (A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure for the transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds; (B) any transmitting device, tower, or support structure, and any equipment, switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, associated with the provision of communications services; and (C) any antenna or apparatus that— (i) is designed for the purpose of emitting radio frequency; (ii) is designed to be operated, or is operating, from a fixed location; and (iii) is added to a tower, building, or other structure. (2) Communications service The term communications service (3) Covered project The term covered project (A) is to be carried out entirely within an area for which a Governor has declared a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire; (B) is to be carried out not later than 5 years after the date the Governor made such declaration; and (C) replaces a communications facility damaged by such disaster or emergency or makes improvements to a communications facility in such area that could reasonably be considered as necessary for recovery from such disaster or emergency or to prevent or mitigate future disasters or emergencies.

Summary: Wildfire Wireless Resiliency Act This bill excludes certain communications facility replacement projects from specified review requirements. Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project that replaces a communications facility damaged by a major disaster or a wildfire and that could reasonably be considered as necessary (1) for recovery from such disaster or emergency, or (2) to prevent or mitigate future disasters or emergencies.
Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act

To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise rules to exclude business development companies from certain Acquired Fund fees and expenses 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act 2. Excluding business development companies from certain Acquired Fund fees and expenses (a) Revision to rules Not later than the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall revise any rule of the Commission relating to investment company registration statements to specify that, when calculating the fees and expenses of an Acquired Fund, the term Acquired Fund (b) Failure To issue rules If the Commission does not make the revisions required under subsection (a) before the end of the 2-year period described in subsection (a), any reference to an Acquired Fund in a rule of the Commission relating to investment company registration statements (including in any item in or instruction to Forms N–1A, –2, –3, –4, and –6) shall, when used in the context of calculating the fees and expenses of an Acquired Fund, be deemed to not include a business development company. (c) Business development company defined In this section, the term business development company 15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a) (d) Rules of construction Any reference in this section to— (1) a form means such form and any successor form; and (2) the terms Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses Acquired Fund

Summary: Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to specify that a business development company is not considered an acquired fund for the purpose of certain fee and expense calculations as part of investment company registration statements.
DIGITAL Applications Act

To require the Department of Interior and Department of Agriculture to establish an online portal to accept, process, and dispose of an application for the placement of communications facilities on certain Federal lands. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act DIGITAL Applications Act 2. Establishment of an online portal for Form 299 (a) Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of congress The term appropriate committees of Congress (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (D) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate. (2) Assistant secretary The term Assistant Secretary (3) Department concerned The term Department concerned (4) Form 299 The term Form 299 47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2)(A) (5) Secretary concerned The term Secretary concerned (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land; and (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land. (b) Establishment of online portal (1) Establishment Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall establish an online portal for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299. (2) Notification Not later than 3 business days after the date on which the online portal has been established pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall notify the Assistant Secretary of such establishment. (c) Availability of online portal The Assistant Secretary shall publish on the internet website of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration a link to each online portal established pursuant to subsection (b)(1).

Summary: Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act or the DIGITAL Applications Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to establish online portals for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299. Form 299 is the application form for the right to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility on federal real property. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration must publish links to each portal on its website.
Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act

To provide that a request for the deployment or modification of a communications facility entirely within a brownfields site is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act 2. Application of NEPA and NHPA to brownfields (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Communications facility The term communications facility (A) any wireless or wireline infrastructure for the transmission of writing, signs, signals, data, images, pictures, or sounds of all kinds; (B) any transmitting device, tower, or support structure, and any equipment, switches, wiring, cabling, power sources, shelters, or cabinets, associated with the provision of communications service; and (C) any antenna or apparatus that— (i) is designed for the purpose of emitting radio frequency; (ii) is designed to be operated, or is operating, from a fixed location; and (iii) is added to a tower, building, or other structure. (2) Communications service The term communications service (3) Covered project The term covered project 42 U.S.C. 9601 (b) NEPA categorical exclusion (1) In general A covered project subject to the approval of the Commission shall be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 (2) Relation to extraordinary circumstances procedures The use of the categorical exclusion under paragraph (1) shall not be considered to include extraordinary circumstances under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, or section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor to such regulations). (c) National Historic Preservation Act exemption A covered project for which the Commission is required to issue a permit or that is otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.

Summary: Brownfields Broadband Deployment Act This bill excludes certain communications facility deployment or modification projects from specified review requirements. Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project for the deployment or modification of a communications facility that is to be carried out entirely within a brownfield site (real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant).
To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bend, Oregon, as the "Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bend, Oregon, as the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic 1. Designation of Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic (a) Designation The clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 2650 NE Courtney Drive, Bend, Oregon, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic (b) Reference Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic referred to in paragraph (1) shall be considered to be a reference to the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.

Summary: This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Bend, Oregon, as the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic.
HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act

To cancel the obligation of historically black colleges and universities to repay certain capital financing loans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act 2. Cancellation of debt under HBCU capital financing program Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall cancel the obligation of each eligible institution (as defined in section 342 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1066a 20 U.S.C. 1066

Summary: HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act This bill requires the Department of Education to, within 30 days, cancel the obligation of historically Black colleges and universities to repay the balance of principal and interest due on their capital financing loans.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to include a penalty for the destruction of a memorial of a constitutional leader, and for other purposes. 1. Destruction of veterans, Presidents of the United States, or signers of the Declaration of Independence memorials Section 1369 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the section heading by striking veterans ’ veterans, Presidents of the United States, or signers of the Declaration of Independence (2) in subsection (a) by inserting , a person or persons who signed the Declaration of Independence, or a President of the United States United States

Summary: This bill expands the applicability of an existing criminal statute that protects veterans' monuments. Currently, it is a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who served in the Armed Forces. This bill expands the prohibition to also make it a crime to willfully injure or destroy a monument that commemorates a person who signed the Declaration of Independence, or a President.
Guard and Reserve Retirement Points during COVID–19 Pandemic Act

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations that grant constructive credit towards retirement for a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training requirements due to cancellation or other extenuating circumstance arising from the COVID–19 pandemic. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guard and Reserve Retirement Points during COVID–19 Pandemic Act 2. Constructive credit for certain members of the reserve components who cannot complete minimum annual training requirements as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic (a) Authority Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary, in computing retired pay pursuant to Section 12733 of title 10, United States Code, may approve constructive credit, in addition to points earned under section 12732(a)(2) of such title, for a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training requirements due to cancellation or other extenuating circumstance arising from the covered national emergency. (b) Reporting (1) Report required Not later than one year after the date on which the covered national emergency ends, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the use of the authority under subsection (a). (2) Elements The report under this subsection shall include, with respect to each reserve component, the following: (A) The number of individuals granted constructive credit as a result of a training cancellation. (B) The number of individuals granted constructive credit as a result of another extenuating circumstance. (C) Recommendations of the Secretary whether the authority under subsection (a) should be made permanent and under what circumstances such permanent authority should apply. (3) Publication Not later than 30 days after submitting the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— (A) publish the report on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense; and (B) ensure that any data in the report is made available in a machine-readable format that is downloadable, searchable, and sortable. (c) Covered national emergency defined In this section, the term covered national emergency 50 U.S.C. 1601

Summary: Guard and Reserve Retirement Points during COVID-19 Pandemic Act This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to approve constructive credit towards retirement for a reservist of the Armed Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training requirements due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency.
RLF Act

To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for the release of certain Federal interests in connection with certain grants under that Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reinvigorating Lending for the Future Act RLF Act 2. Release of certain interests Section 601(d)(2) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3211(d)(2) (1) by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through The Secretary may (2) Release (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary may ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Certain releases (i) In general On written request from a recipient of a grant under section 209(d), the Secretary shall release, in accordance with this subparagraph, any Federal interest in connection with the grant, if— (I) the request is made not less than 7 years after the final disbursement of the original grant; (II) the recipient has complied with the terms and conditions of the grant to the satisfaction of the Secretary; (III) any proceeds realized from the grant will be used for one or more activities that continue to carry out the economic development purposes of this Act; and (IV) the recipient includes in the written request a description of how the recipient will use the proceeds of the grant in accordance with subclause (III). (ii) Deadline (I) In general Except as provided in subclause (II), the Secretary shall complete all closeout actions for the grant by not later than 180 days after receipt and acceptance of the written request under clause (i). (II) Extension The Secretary may extend a deadline under subclause (I) by an additional 180 days if the Secretary determines the extension to be necessary. (iii) Savings provision Section 602 shall continue to apply to a project assisted with a grant under section 209(d) regardless of whether the Secretary releases a Federal interest under clause (i). .

Summary: Reinvigorating Lending for the Future Act or the RLF Act This bill reduces reporting requirements for recipients of Revolving Loan Fund grants, which provide funds to capitalize lending programs for businesses that cannot obtain traditional bank financing. Specifically, upon request by a qualifying grantee, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) must release any federal interest in a grant—thereby relieving the grantee of associated federal reporting requirements—if the request is made at least seven years after the final disbursement of the original grant. Currently, the EDA may release the federal interest in a grant beginning 20 years after the grant was awarded.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to add to matters covered by counseling in the Transition Assistance Program.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to add to matters covered by counseling in the Transition Assistance Program. 1. Counseling in the Transition Assistance Program regarding sexual assault, sexual or gender harassment, and intimate partner violence Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (20) Information concerning health care (including mental health care) furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans and members of the Armed Forces who have survived sexual assault, sexual or gender harassment, or intimate partner violence. .

Summary: This bill requires the Transition Assistance Program for separating or retiring service members to include information on health care, including mental health care, furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans and service members who have survived sexual assault, sexual or gender harassment, or intimate partner violence.
Protect Telehealth Access Act of 2020

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove certain geographic and originating site restrictions on the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Telehealth Access Act of 2020 2. Removing certain geographic and originating site restrictions on the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program (a) In general Section 1834(m)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(C) (1) in clause (i), by striking and only if (2) in clause (ii)(X), by striking , but only for (b) Conforming amendments Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) (1) in paragraph (1), by striking paragraph (8) paragraph (6) (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph (8) paragraph (6) (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking paragraph (6)(C) paragraph (5)(B) (3) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph (8) paragraph (6) (B) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) paragraph (5) (C) in subparagraph (F)(i), by striking paragraph (8) paragraph (6) (4) by striking paragraph (5); (5) in paragraph (6)— (A) by redesignating such paragraph as paragraph (5); (B) by striking subparagraph (A); (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and (D) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking described in subparagraph (A) furnished on or after January 1, 2019, for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of symptoms of an acute stroke, as determined by the Secretary (6) by striking paragraph (7); and (7) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (6).

Summary: Protect Telehealth Access Act of 2020 This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in a rural area, and allows the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site for all services (rather than for only certain services).