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Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act 2. Effluent limitations for wastewater, spills, and runoff from plastic polymer production facilities, plastic molding and forming facilities, and other point sources associated with the transport and packaging of plastic pellets or other pre-production plastic materials Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator (1) the discharge of plastic pellets or other pre-production plastic materials (including discharge into wastewater and other runoff) from facilities regulated under part 414 or 463 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), is prohibited; (2) the discharge of plastic pellets or other pre-production plastic materials (including discharge into wastewater and other runoff) from a point source (as defined in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1362 (3) the requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) are reflected in— (A) all wastewater, stormwater, and other permits issued by the Administrator and State-delegated programs under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342 33 U.S.C. 1362 (B) all standards of performance promulgated under section 312(p) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1322(p) 33 U.S.C. 1362

Summary: Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a final rule that prohibits certain discharges of plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic into waters of the United States.
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, as the "Robert L. Brown Post Office".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, as the Robert L. Brown Post Office 1. Robert L. Brown Post Office (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, shall be known and designated as the Robert L. Brown Post Office (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Robert L. Brown Post Office

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, as the "Robert L. Brown Post Office."
A bill to prohibit assistance to foreign governments that violate human rights with respect to religious freedom.

To prohibit assistance to foreign governments that violate human rights with respect to religious freedom. 1. Identification of countries with laws imposing severe criminal penalties for apostasy, blasphemy, or interfaith Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives (1) anti-apostasy laws that explicitly prohibit disaffiliation from a particular religion; (2) anti-blasphemy laws; or (3) laws prohibiting marriage between individuals of different religious faiths. 2. Prohibition on assistance to foreign governments that violate human rights with respect to religion The United States Government is prohibited from obligating or expending any Federal funds to provide assistance to the government of any country identified in the report submitted by the President pursuant to section 1.

Summary: This bill requires the President to submit a report listing each foreign government that imposes a death sentence or life imprisonment pursuant to laws against apostasy, blasphemy, or interfaith marriages, and it prohibits the United States from using any funds to provide assistance to the government of a country identified in the report.
Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020

To provide disaster assistance to cannabis businesses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020 2. Eligibility for Federal disaster assistance (a) Definitions In this Act: (1) Cannabis The term cannabis marihuana 21 U.S.C. 802 (2) Disaster assistance The term disaster assistance (A) made available in connection with a federally declared disaster; or (B) made available in connection with the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 Public Law 116–136 Public Law 116–139 Public Law 116–142 Public Law 116–147 (3) State The term State (4) State-legal cannabis business The term State-legal cannabis business (A) participates in any business or organized activity that involves handling cannabis, including the manufacture, production, possession, distribution, dispensation, administration, or delivery of cannabis; and (B) engages in such activity pursuant to a law established by a State, a unit of local government, or an Indian Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country in which the activity occurs. (b) Eligibility Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State-legal cannabis business shall not be denied disaster assistance administered by a Federal agency solely because the business is involved in the manufacture, production, possession, distribution, dispensation, administration, or delivery of cannabis. (c) Application (1) In general In the case of disaster assistance described in subsection (a)(2)(A), this Act shall apply to any request for disaster assistance with respect to a Federal disaster declaration issued after December 31, 2019. (2) COVID–19 relief legislation In the case of disaster assistance described in subsection (a)(2)(B), this Act shall apply to any request for disaster assistance under an Act described in subsection (a)(2)(B). (3) Retroactive application for disaster assistance Notwithstanding any other provision of law or disaster assistance request deadline, the head of each agency that administers disaster assistance shall, to the greatest extent practicable, allow State-legal cannabis businesses to retroactively apply for such disaster assistance.

Summary: Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020 This bill makes state-legal cannabis businesses eligible for disaster assistance, and it requires each agency that administers disaster assistance to allow these businesses to retroactively apply. Disaster assistance is any service, grant, loan, tax credit, tax deduction, or any other assistance that is made available in connection with (1) a federally declared disaster, or (2) specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief programs.
BEST Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide requirements for agency decision making based on science. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Evaluation of Science and Technology Act BEST Act 2. Use of scientific information in rule­mak­ing Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) To the extent that an agency makes a decision based on science when issuing a rule under this section, the agency shall use scientific information, technical procedures, measures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models, employed in a manner consistent with the best available science, and shall consider as applicable— (1) the extent to which the scientific information, technical procedures, measures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models employed to generate the information are reasonable for and consistent with the intended use of the information; (2) the extent to which the information is relevant for use by the head of the agency in making a decision related to issuing the rule; (3) the degree of clarity and completeness with which the data, assumptions, methods, quality assurance, and analyses employed to generate the information are documented; (4) the extent to which the variability and uncertainty in the information, or in the procedures, measures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models, are evaluated and characterized; and (5) the extent of independent verification or peer review of the information or of the procedures, measures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models. (g) An agency shall make a decision described in subsection (f) based on the weight of the scientific evidence. (h) Each agency shall make available to the public— (1) all notices, determinations, findings, rules, consent agreements, and orders of the head of the agency in connection with a rule; (2) a nontechnical summary of each risk evaluation conducted in connection with a rule; and (3) a list of the studies considered by the agency in carrying out each risk evaluation described in paragraph (2), along with the results of those studies. .

Summary: Better Evaluation of Science and Technology Act or the BEST Act This bill requires federal agencies to use the best available scientific information during rulemaking and publish specified documentation of the rulemaking process. Specifically, the bill requires a federal agency, to the extent it is making a decision based on science when issuing a rule, to use scientific information, technical procedures, methods, protocols, methodologies, or models in a manner that is consistent with the best available science and the intended use of the information, based on the weight of the scientific evidence. Each federal agency shall make available to the public (1) all of its notices, determinations, findings, rules, consent agreements, and orders in connection with a rule; (2) a nontechnical summary of each risk evaluation conducted in connection with a rule; and (3) a list of the studies considered by the agency in carrying out each evaluation, along with the results of those studies.
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act

To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act 2. Treatment of hours worked under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement Section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination relating to eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay under this section. (2) For purposes of this subsection— (A) the term qualified trade-of-time arrangement (B) the term firefighter .

Summary: Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act This bill provides that any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for, or the amount of, any overtime pay. The bill defines qualified trade-of-time arrangement as an arrangement under which two firefighters who are employed by the same agency agree, solely at their option and with the approval of their employing agency, to substitute for one another during scheduled work hours in the performance of work in the same capacity.
USACE Military Augmentation Act of 2020

To amend the Act of August 10, 1956, to provide for the payment of pay and allowances for certain officers of the Army who are assigned to the Corps of Engineers. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the USACE Military Augmentation Act of 2020 2. Payment of pay and allowances of certain officers from appropriation for improvements Section 36 of the Act of August 10, 1956 (70A Stat. 634, chapter 1041), is amended— (1) by striking Regular officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army, and reserve officers of the Army who are assigned to the Corps of Engineers, (a) In general The personnel described in subsection (b) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Personnel described The personnel referred to in subsection (a) are the following: (1) Regular officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army. (2) The following members of the Army who are assigned to the Corps of Engineers: (A) Reserve officers. (B) Warrant officers (whether regular or reserve). (C) Enlisted members (whether regular or reserve). .

Summary: USACE Military Augmentation Act of 2020 This bill expands the types of Army personnel entitled to receive certain pay and allowances while assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers on nonmilitary public works projects. Currently, regular Corps officers and reserve Army officers assigned to the Corps are entitled to receive pay and allowances from funds appropriated for the project that they are working on. The bill also entitles warrant officers and enlisted members of the Army, whether regular or reserve, to receive such pay and allowances when assigned to the Corps.
Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2020

To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to future interstate designations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2020 2. Future interstate designation and operation (a) Inclusion of certain route segments on interstate system Section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ( Public Law 102–240 (1) in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence— (A) by inserting subsection (c)(14)(A)(ii) (relating solely to the portion from Limon to I–76 in the vicinity of Brush), subsection (c)(13), (B) by inserting subsection (c)(38), subsection (c)(37), (2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by adding at the end the following: A State having jurisdiction over any segment of the routes referred to in subsection (c)(14)(A)(ii) (relating solely to the portion from Limon to I–76 in the vicinity of Brush) or (c)(38) shall erect signs, as appropriate and approved by the Secretary, identifying such segment as a future addition to the Interstate System. (b) Vehicle weight limitations Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (v) Operation of vehicles on certain Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico highways If any segment of the routes referred to in paragraph (14)(A)(ii) (relating solely to the portion from Limon to I–76 in the vicinity of Brush) or paragraph (38) of section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ( Public Law 102–240 .

Summary: Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2020 This bill expands and designates certain route segments on the National Highway System. Specifically, the bill (1) designates the portion of the Heartland Expressway (relating solely to the portion from Limon, Colorado to Interstate Route I-76 in the vicinity of Brush, Colorado) and the Ports-to-Plains Corridor as future parts of the Interstate System; and (2) permits the continued operation of vehicles on any segment of the Heartland Expressway (relating solely to the portion from Limon, Colorado to I-76 in the vicinity of Brush, Colorado) and the Ports-to-Plains Corridor that is designated as a route on the Interstate System in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico, without regard to vehicle weight limitation requirements.
West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2020

To amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to authorize the use of certain funds received pursuant to leases entered into under such Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2020 2. Treatment of land use revenues under West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (a) In general Subsection (d) of section 2 of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–226 (d) Land use revenues at the campus (1) In general Any land use revenues received by the Secretary shall be credited to the applicable Department medical facilities accounts or minor construction accounts and shall be available, without fiscal year limitation and without further appropriation, exclusively for any of the following: (A) Supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the Campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. (B) Renovating and maintaining the land and facilities at the Campus. (C) Carrying out minor construction projects at the Campus. (D) Carrying out community operations at the Campus that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. (2) Land use revenue defined In this subsection, the term land use revenue (A) any funds received by the Secretary under a lease described in subsection (b); (B) any funds received as compensation for an easement described in subsection (e); and (C) any funds received as proceeds from any assets seized or forfeited, and any restitution paid, in connection with any third-party land use at the Campus. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to funds received by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs after the date of the enactment of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–226 3. Modification to enhanced use leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus Paragraph (1) of section 2(b) of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–226 Notwithstanding section 8162(b)(2) of such title, the term of such an enhanced-use lease at the Campus may not exceed 99 years.

Summary: West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2020 This bill requires that land use revenues received by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with the use of an easement, certain leases, or third-party land use at the VA's West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California, be used exclusively for specified purposes on campus. The bill prescribes that such revenues be used exclusively for the renovation and maintenance of the land and facilities at the campus; supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families; implementing minor construction projects at the campus; or implementing community operations at the campus that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families.
Maternal Immunization Coverage Act

To amend title XIX requiring coverage under Medicaid of vaccines for pregnant women. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maternal Immunization Coverage Act 2. Mandatory coverage under Medicaid of vaccines for pregnant women (a) In general Section 1905(a)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(4) (1) by striking and (D) (D) (2) by inserting after subsection (bb)) ; and (E) for individuals who are eligible under the State plan or a waiver of such plan and are pregnant (including individuals whose eligibility for medical assistance is on the basis of being pregnant and limited to services related to pregnancy), approved vaccines recommended for such individuals by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the administration of such vaccines to such individuals (b) Prohibition of cost sharing (1) In general Section 1916 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396o (A) by striking and counseling counseling (B) by inserting , and vaccines described in section 1905(a)(4)(E) that are furnished to pregnant women and the administration of such vaccines section 1905(bb)(2)(A) (2) Application to alternative cost sharing Section 1916A(b)(3)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396o–1(b)(3)(B)(iii) (A) by striking and counseling counseling (B) by inserting , and vaccines described in section 1905(a)(4)(E) that are furnished to pregnant women and the administration of such vaccines section 1905(bb)(2)(A) (c) Effective date (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Delay permitted if State legislation required In the case of a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396

Summary: Maternal Immunization Coverage Act This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover, without cost-sharing, certain vaccines that are recommended for pregnant women by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway, to amend title 23, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to the operation of vehicles on that highway, and for other purposes.

To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway, to amend title 23, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to the operation of vehicles on that highway, and for other purposes. 1. Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway (a) Designation as high priority corridor Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ( Public Law 102–240 (92) The Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway from the interchange with Interstate 65 in Barren County, Kentucky, east to the interchange with U.S. Highway 27 in Somerset, Kentucky. . (b) Designation as future interstate Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ( Public Law 102–240 and subsection (c)(91) subsection (c)(91), and subsection (c)(92) (c) Numbering of Parkway Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ( Public Law 102–240 The route referred to in subsection (c)(92) is designated as Interstate Route I–365. (d) Operation of vehicles Section 127(l)(3)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), in the first sentence, by striking clauses (i) through (iv) of this subparagraph clauses (i) through (v) (2) by adding at the end the following: (v) The Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway (to be designated as a spur of Interstate Route 65) from the interchange with Interstate 65 in Barren County, Kentucky, east to the interchange with U.S. Highway 27 in Somerset, Kentucky. .

Summary: This bill designates the Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway from the interchange with the Interstate 65 in Barren County, Kentucky, east to the interchange with U.S. Highway 27 in Somerset, Kentucky, as (1) a high priority corridor on the National Highway System, (2) a segment of the Interstate System where vehicles are subject to a weight limitation, and (3) Interstate Route I-365.
Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt a portion of unemployment compensation received during 2020 from income taxes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act 2. Suspension of tax on portion of unemployment compensation (a) In general Section 85 (c) Special rule for 2020 In the case of any taxable year beginning in 2020, gross income shall not include so much of the unemployment compensation received by an individual as does not exceed $10,200. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.

Summary: Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act This bill excludes from employee gross income, for income tax purposes, unemployment compensation received in taxable years beginning in 2020 that does not exceed $10,200.