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To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish goals for the use of diverse investment advisers, brokers, and dealers in investment management agreements related to the Board of Governor's unusual and exigent circumstances authority, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish goals for the use of diverse investment advisers, brokers, and dealers in investment management agreements related to the Board of Governor’s unusual and exigent circumstances authority, and for other purposes. 1. Requirements for investment management agreements Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act ( 12 U.S.C. 347d(3) (F) Requirements for investment management agreements (i) In general With respect to any investment management agreement entered into by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System with respect to any program or facility established under this paragraph, the Board of Governors shall set goals in such agreement that require investment managers, to the maximum extent possible, to utilize— (I) investment advisers and sub-advisers that are diverse individual-owned and controlled firms as intermediaries; and (II) brokers and dealers that are diverse individual-owned and controlled firms. (ii) Report The Board of Governors shall include, in the report required under subparagraph (C), a description of goals set pursuant to clause (i). (iii) Definitions For the purposes of this subparagraph: (I) Affiliated person The term affiliated person (II) Broker The term broker (III) Dealer The term dealer (IV) Diverse individual-owned and controlled firm The term diverse individual-owned and controlled firm (aa) which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more individuals who are women, minorities, or veterans; or (bb) whose management and daily business operations are— (AA) in the case of a firm the shares of which are traded on a national securities exchange, controlled by a board with a majority of members who are women, minorities, or veterans; and (BB) in the case of any other firm, at least 51 percent controlled by one or more individuals who are women, minorities, or veterans. (V) Investment adviser The term investment adviser (VI) Minority The term minority (VII) Veteran The term veteran .

Summary: This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board to set goals related to woman-, minority-, or veteran-owned or controlled firms in certain investment management agreements made related to the board's authority in unusual and exigent circumstances.
Fair Chance for Small Business Relief Act

To amend the Small Business Act to ensure that applicants with a criminal record are eligible for certain loans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Chance for Small Business Relief Act 2. Eligibility for certain loans for applicants with a criminal record (a) General business loans Section 7(a)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(1)(B) (B) Criminal history The Administrator may not decline to provide a guarantee for a loan made under this subsection solely on the basis that an otherwise eligible applicant, or a person with any equity stake in the eligible applicant— (i) is on probation or on parole; (ii) is presently subject to an indictment, criminal information, arraignment, or other means by which formal criminal charges are brought in any jurisdiction; or (iii) has been arrested or convicted of any crime. . (b) Economic injury disaster loans The flush matter following subparagraph (E) of section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2) : Provided further,

Summary: Fair Chance for Small Business Relief Act This bill prohibits the Small Business Administration from declining to provide or guarantee certain small business loans solely on the basis that an applicant (1) is on probation or parole, (2) is presently subject to a means by which formal criminal charges are brought (e.g., indictment or arraignment), or (3) has been arrested or convicted of any crime.
Buzz Off Act

To prevent agencies from using unmanned aerial vehicles to conduct surveillance of United States citizens, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Buzz Off Act 2. Prohibiting use of unmanned aerial vehicles (a) Surveillance A Federal law enforcement agency may not use an unmanned aerial vehicle to intentionally conduct surveillance of, gather evidence or collect information about, or photographically or electronically record a specifically targeted United States citizen or the specifically targeted private property of a United States citizen. (b) Exception Notwithstanding subsection (a), a Federal law enforcement agency may use an unmanned aerial vehicle to photograph, or otherwise record a United States citizen for the purposes of publishing or otherwise publicly disseminating such photograph or recording if the agency obtains the written consent of such United States citizen. (c) Applicability Subsection (a) shall not apply in the case that— (1) the President, acting through the Secretary of Homeland Security, authorizes use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to conduct surveillance if the Secretary certifies in writing under oath that the surveillance is necessary to counter a high risk of a terrorist attack by a specific individual or organization; or (2) the head of a Federal law enforcement agency first obtains a search warrant signed by a judge authorizing the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Summary: Buzz Off Act This bill prohibits federal enforcement from using unmanned aerial vehicles to intentionally conduct surveillance of a specifically targeted U.S. citizen or the property of such an individual, with certain exceptions. Specifically, this prohibition shall not apply if (1) the federal law enforcement agency in question first obtains a search warrant, (2) the Department of Homeland Security certifies that such surveillance is necessary to counter a high risk of a terrorist attack by a specified person or organization, or (3) the citizen gives written consent.
No TikTok on Government Devices Act

To prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No TikTok on Government Devices Act 2. Prohibition on downloading or using TikTok by Federal employees (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), no employee of the United States, officer of the United States, Member of Congress, congressional employee, or officer or employee of a government corporation may download or use TikTok or any successor application developed by ByteDance or any entity owned by ByteDance on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation. (b) Exception Subsection (a) shall not apply to any investigation, cybersecurity research activity, enforcement action, disciplinary action, or intelligence activity.

Summary: No TikTok on Government Devices Act This bill prohibits federal employees from using the social media video application TikTok on government-issued devices. Specifically, the bill prohibits employees and officers of the United States, Members of Congress, congressional employees, and officers and employees of government corporations from downloading or using TikTok, or any successor application from the developer, on any device issued by the federal government or a government corporation, with the exception of specified activities (e.g., cybersecurity research).
DEFENSE Act of 2019

To amend title 49, United States Code, to limit eligibility for essential air service for certain locations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending Essential Flights and Ensuring National Security Efforts Act of 2019 DEFENSE Act of 2019 2. Exception for certain locations with high military use Section 41731 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Exception for certain locations with high military use Subparagraph (D) of subsection (a)(1) shall not apply with respect to any location— (1) that is certified under part 139 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; (2) that is not owned by the Federal Government; and (3) at which not less than 10 percent of aircraft takeoffs and landings in 2018 were by aircraft of the Armed Forces. .

Summary: Defending Essential Flights and Ensuring National Security Efforts Act of 2019 or the DEFENSE Act of 2019 This bill allows an exemption from certain eligibility requirements under the essential air service program for locations at which not less than 10% of aircraft takeoffs and landings in 2018 were by aircraft of the Armed Forces.
To allow expensing of amounts paid to move business property from China to the United States, and for other purposes.

To allow expensing of amounts paid to move business property from China to the United States, and for other purposes. 1. Expensing of amounts paid to move business property from China to the United States (a) In general The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall establish a program under which amounts paid by a United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30)) to move inventory and equipment and supplies used in a trade or business of the taxpayer from China to the United States are allowed as a deduction in the taxable year in which paid by the taxpayer. (b) Regulations The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall issue regulations under the program carried out under subsection (a) that restrict the amounts that may be expensed under such program to business moving expenses (within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations and guidance issued thereunder). (c) Expensing paid for with tariffs collected from China (1) Establishment of trust fund There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund consisting of such amounts as are appropriated to such trust fund under paragraph (2). (2) Appropriations to trust fund There are hereby appropriated to such trust fund amounts equivalent to the tariffs collected by the United States on goods manufactured in China. (3) Appropriations from trust fund There are hereby appropriated from such trust fund to the General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent to the reduction in revenue to such General Fund by reason of subsection (a). (4) Timing of transfers, etc Rules similar to the rules of section 9601

Summary: This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to treat amounts paid by U.S citizens or business entities to move their inventory, equipment, and supplies from China to the United States as items of expense, deductible in the year in which they are incurred. The cost of this expensing allowance shall be paid for with tariffs collected by the United States on goods manufactured in China.
Proven Wildfire Reduction Techniques Act of 2019

To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize insect and disease treatment programs on certain Federal land, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Proven Wildfire Reduction Techniques Act of 2019 2. Treatment areas Section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6591a (1) in the heading, by striking Designation of (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands The term Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands (2) Declining forest health The term declining forest health (A) substantially increased tree mortality due to insect or disease infestation; or (B) dieback due to infestation or defoliation by insects or disease. (3) Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands The term Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands (A) All lands in the State of Oregon revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), that are administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, pursuant to the first section of the Act of August 28, 1937 ( 43 U.S.C. 1181a (B) All lands in that State obtained by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the land exchanges authorized and directed by section 2 of the Act of June 24, 1954 ( 43 U.S.C. 1181h (C) All lands in that State acquired by the United States at any time and made subject to the provisions of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 ( 43 U.S.C. 1181f (4) Public lands The term public lands 43 U.S.C. 1702 (5) Qualified forest The term qualified forest (A) National Forest System lands; or (B) public lands. (6) Secretary concerned The term Secretary concerned (A) with respect to National Forest System lands, the Secretary of Agriculture; and (B) with respect to public lands, the Secretary of the Interior. ; (3) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Authority The Secretary concerned may carry out insect and disease treatment programs in a qualified forest that meets the requirements specified in subsection (c). ; (4) in subsection (c), by striking To be designated a landscape-scale area under subsection (b), the area shall be The Secretary concerned may only carry out projects under subsection (b) in a qualified forest that is (5) in subsection (d)(1), by striking on Federal land in the areas designated

Summary: Proven Wildfire Reduction Techniques Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture, for National Forest System lands, and the Department of the Interior, for public lands, to carry out insect and disease treatment programs in qualified forests (i.e., forests located in National Forest System lands or public lands) that meet the criteria specified under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003.
ER Hero and Patient Safety Act

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Room Hero and Patient Safety Act ER Hero and Patient Safety Act 2. Regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, but not later than one year after such date, through rulemaking, issue final regulations to provide that physicians who are employed by or under contract with a hospital for furnishing emergency medical services have a fair hearing and appellate review through appropriate medical staff mechanisms before any termination or restriction of the professional activity of such physicians or staff privileges of such physicians at such hospital and that such a hearing and review are not denied through a third-party contract.

Summary: Emergency Room Hero and Patient Safety Act or the ER Hero and Patient Safety Act This bill requires hospitals that employ, or contract with, physicians who furnish emergency medical services to provide specified due process protections before taking certain actions with respect to their employment. Specifically, hospitals may not terminate or restrict the professional activity or staff privileges of these physicians without a fair hearing and appellate review process through appropriate medical staff mechanisms. Third-party contracts shall not deny these processes.
Keep Employees' Earnings Protected Act of 2020

To temporarily suspend payroll taxes during the emergency relating to COVID–19. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Employees’ Earnings Protected Act of 2020 2. Temporary suspension of payroll taxes (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) with respect to any taxable year which begins in the payroll tax suspension period, the rate of tax under section 1401(a) (2) with respect to remuneration received for pay periods ending during the payroll tax suspension period, the rate of tax under 3101(a) of such Code shall be 0 percent (including for purposes of determining the applicable percentage under sections 3201(a) and 3211(a)(1) of such Code), and (3) with respect to remuneration paid for pay periods ending during the payroll tax suspension period, the rate of tax under section 3111(a) of such Code shall be 0 percent (including for purposes of determining the applicable percentage under section 3221(a) of such Code). (b) Payroll Tax Suspension Period The term payroll tax suspension period (1) 90 days later, or (2) with the termination of the emergency involving Federal primary responsibility determined to exist by the President under the section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191(b) whichever is shorter. (c) Employer notification The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall notify employers of the payroll tax suspension period in any manner the Secretary (or the Secretary’s delegate) deems appropriate. (d) Transfers of funds (1) Transfers to federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund There are hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 (2) Transfers to social security equivalent benefit account There are hereby appropriated to the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account established under section 15A(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 ( 45 U.S.C. 231n–1(a) (3) Coordination with other Federal laws For purposes of applying any provision of Federal law other than the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the rate of tax in effect under section 3101(a) of such Code shall be determined without regard to the reduction in such rate under this section.

Summary: Keep Employees' Earnings Protected Act of 2020 This bill allows employers to suspend payment of payroll taxes (i.e., employer and employee taxes and self-employment taxes) for the period beginning on the enactment of this bill and ending either 90 days later, or upon the termination of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period, whichever is shorter. The bill authorizes transfers to specified Social Security trust funds to cover the loss of revenue to such funds resulting from this payroll tax suspension.
Base Applications Sped Expeditiously Protection Act

To require the Corps of Engineers to expedite review of applications for certain flood control projects near military installations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Base Applications Sped Expeditiously Protection Act BASE Protection Act 2. Expedited review for certain projects near military installations Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 ( 33 U.S.C. 408 (d) Expedited review (1) In general The Secretary shall prioritize, and expedite review of, any application by a non-Federal interest for permission to take action affecting public projects pursuant to subsection (a) that will provide a military installation (as defined in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code) with new or enhanced resilience. (2) Annual report Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this subsection, including specification of— (A) the number of applications described in paragraph (1) that are pending as of the date of the report; (B) the number of applications described in paragraph (1) that were received in the year covered by the report; and (C) for each application described in paragraph (1) with respect to which a decision was made in the year covered by the report, the length of time between the date on which the Secretary received the complete application and the date on which the Secretary made such decision. .

Summary: Base Applications Sped Expeditiously Protection Act or the BASE Protection Act This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize the review of applications for alterations to flood control projects that will provide a military installation with new or enhanced resilience.
Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2020

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt from regulation as devices non-invasive diagnostic devices, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2020 2. Exempting non-invasive diagnostic devices from regulation as devices Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321(h) (1) in the second sentence by inserting before the period at the end the following: or any non-invasive diagnostic device (2) by adding at the end the following: For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term non-invasive

Summary: Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2020 This bill exempts non-invasive diagnostic devices from the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration. The bill defines non-invasive diagnostic device as one that does not penetrate the skin or any other membrane of the body, is not inserted or implanted into the body, causes no more than ephemeral compression or temperature changes to in situ bodily tissues, and does not subject bodily tissues to ionizing radiation.
MIND Act

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide coverage and payment under title XIX of the Social Security Act for services furnished to individuals who are patients in institutions for mental diseases during the COVID–19 emergency period and 180-days thereafter, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Meeting IMD Needs with Direction Act MIND Act 2. Coverage and payment under Medicaid for services furnished to certain individuals who are patients in institutions for mental diseases during the COVID–19 emergency period and 180-days thereafter Section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(a) (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting , provided, however, that this exclusion for services in an institution for mental diseases does not apply to services furnished to any individual during the period beginning on the first day of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the last day of the 180-day period succeeding such emergency) diseases (2) in paragraph (30)(B), by inserting provided, however, that this subparagraph (B) does not apply to services furnished to any such individual during the period beginning on the first day of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the last day of the 180-day period succeeding such emergency section 1915(l)) (3) by adding at the end of the flush left matter succeeding paragraph (30) the following new sentence: All other laws in this title are hereby repealed, to the extent that they exclude services (or payment for services) in an institution for mental diseases furnished to any individual during the period beginning on the first day of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the last day of the 180-day period succeeding such emergency.

Summary: Meeting IMD Needs with Direction Act or the MIND Act This bill temporarily allows states to receive federal Medicaid payment for services provided in institutions for mental diseases (IMDs) during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and for 180 days after the emergency ends. Current law generally prohibits federal payment under Medicaid for services provided in IMDs for individuals under the age of 65 (although states may receive payment through certain mechanisms, such as through a Medicaid demonstration waiver).