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Modernizing Notice of Lease Terminations for Servicemembers Act of 2020

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide clarification of delivery of notice of termination of leases of premises and motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Notice of Lease Terminations for Servicemembers Act of 2020 2. Clarification of delivery of notice of termination of leases of premises and motor vehicles for purposes of relief under Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (a) In general Section 305(c)(2) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955(c)(2) (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking or (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) by electronic means, including— (i) the direct delivery of material to an electronic address designated by the lessor (or the lessor’s grantee) or the lessor’s agent (or the agent’s grantee); (ii) the posting of material to a website or other internet or electronic-based information repository to which access has been granted to the lessee, the lessor (or the lessor’s grantee), or the lessor’s agent (or the agent’s grantee); and (iii) other electronic means reasonably calculated to ensure actual receipt of the material by the lessor (or the lessor’s grantee) or the lessor’s agent (or the agent’s grantee). . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to delivery of notice of lease terminations on or after the date the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Modernizing Notice of Lease Terminations for Servicemembers Act of 2020 This bill specifies that a service member who is authorized under current law to terminate a lease of premises or a motor vehicle lease without incurring an early termination fee may use electronic means to provide notice of the termination.
Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2020

To designate the Rocksprings Station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2020 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A native of the State of Washington, Agent Donna Marie Doss— (A) proudly and honorably served her country as an Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol for more than 15 years; (B) began her service with the U.S. Border Patrol in 2003; and (C) graduated as part of the 569th Session of the Border Patrol Academy with Class 584 on June 6, 2005. (2) Agent Doss— (A) served on a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force on the southern border for 3 years before being assigned to the northern border; (B) was promoted to Supervisory Border Patrol Agent in Laredo Border Patrol Sector, where she was named an Operations Officer in 2016; and (C) relocated to Abilene, Texas in 2017, where she served as a Resident Agent. (3) On February 2, 2019, Agent Doss responded to a call for assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety near Interstate 20 in Tye, Texas. While on scene, Agent Doss was struck and killed by a passing vehicle. (4) Agent Doss is survived by her husband, father, mother, 2 stepchildren, a sister and a brother. 3. Designation The Rocksprings station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, shall be known and designated as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station 4. References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the station described in section 3 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station

Summary: Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2020 This bill designates the Rocksprings station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act

To modify the boundary of the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Federal land The term Federal land Proposed transfer from USDA Forest Service to National Park Service (2) Map The term Map Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Draft Proposed Boundary Adjustment (3) Monument The term Monument 54 U.S.C. 320301 Public Law 101–612 (4) Secretary The term Secretary 3. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument boundary modification (a) Boundary modification The boundary of the Monument is modified to include the Federal land. (b) Map availability The Map shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. (c) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction to national park service Administrative jurisdiction over the Federal land is transferred from the Forest Service to the National Park Service. (d) Administration Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall administer the Federal land added to the Monument under subsection (a)— (1) as part of the Monument; and (2) in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).

Summary: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act This bill modifies the boundary of the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona to include approximately 97.71 acres of identified Forest Service land. The bill transfers administrative jurisdiction over the Forest Service land from the Forest Service to the National Park Service (NPS). The NPS shall administer the added land as part of the monument.
2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act

To extend certain deadlines for the 2020 decennial census. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act 2. Census deadline modification Notwithstanding the timetables provided in subsections (b) and (c) of section 141 of title 13, United States Code, and section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress 2 U.S.C. 2a(a) (1) the tabulation of total population by States required by subsection (a) of such section 141 for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States shall be— (A) completed and reported by the Secretary of Commerce (referred to in this section as the Secretary (B) made public by the Secretary not later than the date on which the tabulation is reported to the President under subparagraph (A); (2) the President shall transmit to Congress a statement showing the whole number of persons in each State, and the number of Representatives to which each State would be entitled under an apportionment of the then existing number of Representatives, as required by such section 22(a), and determined solely as described therein, not later than 14 days after receipt of the tabulation reported by the Secretary; and (3) the tabulations of population required by subsection (c) of such section 141 shall be completed by the Secretary as expeditiously as possible after the decennial census date of April 1, 2020, taking into account the deadlines of each State for legislative apportionment or districting, and reported to the Governor of the State involved and to the officers or public bodies having responsibility for legislative apportionment or districting of that State, except that the tabulations of population of each State requesting a tabulation plan, and basic tabulations of population of each other State, shall be completed, reported, and transmitted to each respective State not later than 16 months after the decennial census date of April 1, 2020. 3. 2020 census operations For the 2020 decennial census of population, the Bureau of the Census may not conclude the Nonresponse Followup operation or the Self-Response operation before October 31, 2020.

Summary: 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act This bill extends certain deadlines for the U.S. Census Bureau to complete the 2020 decennial census of population. The bill prohibits the bureau from concluding the Nonresponse Followup operation or the Self-Response operation before October 31, 2020.
DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act

To support remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act 2. Counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations (a) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022 to carry out remediation operations of illicit cross-border tunnels. (b) Counter illicit cross-Border tunnel operations strategic plan (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall develop a strategic plan to address the following: (A) Risk-based criteria to be used to prioritize the identification, breach, assessment, and remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels. (B) Promote the use of innovative technologies to identify, breach, assess, and remediate illicit cross-border tunnels in a manner that, among other considerations, reduces the impact of such activities on surrounding communities. (C) Processes to share relevant illicit cross-border tunnel location, operations, and technical information. (D) Indicators of specific types of illicit cross-border tunnels found in each U.S. Border Patrol sector identified through operations to be periodically disseminated to U.S. Border Patrol sector chiefs to educate field personnel. (E) A counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations resource needs assessment that includes consideration of the following: (i) Technology needs. (ii) Staffing needs, including the following: (I) A position description for counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations personnel. (II) Any specialized skills required of such personnel. (III) The number of such full time personnel, disaggregated by U.S. Border Patrol sector. (2) Report to Congress on strategic plan Not later than one year after the issuance of the strategic plan required under paragraph (1), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the implementation of paragraph (1).

Summary: DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act This bill authorizes for FY2021 and FY2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities to identify and remediate illicit cross-border tunnels. CBP shall also develop and report to Congress a strategic plan to improve such operations.
A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to make a technical correction to ensure that the extended lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency applies to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to make a technical correction to ensure that the extended lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency applies to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 1. Technical correction regarding extension of lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to local, national, or global emergency (a) In general Section 305(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3955(b) Public Law 116–158 (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), by inserting (or, in the case of the Coast Guard when operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security) Secretary of Defense (2) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii), by inserting (or, in the case of the Coast Guard when operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security) Secretary of Defense (b) Retroactive application The amendments made by this section shall apply to stop movement orders issued on or after March 1, 2020.

Summary: This bill extends certain lease protections for service members under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency to members of the U.S. Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security.
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2020

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2020, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2020 2. Increase in rates of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (a) Rate adjustment Effective on December 1, 2020, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase, in accordance with subsection (c), the dollar amounts in effect on November 30, 2020, for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under the provisions specified in subsection (b). (b) Amounts To be increased The dollar amounts to be increased pursuant to subsection (a) are the following: (1) Wartime disability compensation Each of the dollar amounts under section 1114 of title 38, United States Code. (2) Additional compensation for dependents Each of the dollar amounts under section 1115(1) of such title. (3) Clothing allowance The dollar amount under section 1162 of such title. (4) Dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouse Each of the dollar amounts under subsections (a) through (d) of section 1311 of such title. (5) Dependency and indemnity compensation to children Each of the dollar amounts under sections 1313(a) and 1314 of such title. (c) Determination of Increase Each dollar amount described in subsection (b) shall be increased by the same percentage as the percentage by which benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 42 U.S.C. 415(i) (d) Special rule The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may adjust administratively, consistent with the increases made under subsection (a), the rates of disability compensation payable to persons under section 10 of Public Law 85–857 chapter 11 3. Publication of adjusted rates The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish in the Federal Register the amounts specified in section 2(b), as increased under that section, not later than the date on which the matters specified in section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(D)

Summary: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2020, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. The percentage increase in benefits shall be the same as the cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients.
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. 1. Ethylene oxide emissions standards (a) In general Not later than 180 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) subparts O and FFFF of part 63 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to revise the standards for the emission of ethylene oxide under those subparts based on the results described in the report of the National Center for Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide (2) subpart O of part 63 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to apply maximum achievable control technology (within the meaning of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 (b) Notification (1) In general Not later than 30 days after the Administrator learns of a violation of the standards revised under subsection (a), the Administrator shall notify the public of the violation in a manner determined to be appropriate by the Administrator. (2) Failure to notify If the Administrator fails to notify the public under paragraph (1) by the end of the period described in that paragraph, the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency shall carry out an investigation to determine— (A) the reason or reasons for which the Administrator failed to notify the public; (B) the public health risks associated with the failure of the Administrator to notify the public; and (C) any steps the Administrator should take to ensure the Administrator meets the requirements described in paragraph (1) in the future.

Summary: This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to amend its regulations to revise the standards for the emission of ethylene oxide. Specifically, regulations must be revised based on results from the National Center for Environmental Assessment report titled “Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide.” The bill also requires revisions to apply maximum achievable control technology requirements to chamber exhaust vents. Maximum achievable control technology standards are established for sources of hazardous air pollutants to limit or control emissions. The EPA must notify the public of violations under the revised standards, and failure to do so will result in an investigation to assess the health risks and prevent a future failure of notification.
Training our Prosecutors Act

To reauthorize the Act entitled An Act to authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Training our Prosecutors Act 2. National training program for State and local prosecutors The Act entitled An Act to authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors 34 U.S.C. 10121 (1) in section 1, by inserting that regularly provides training and technical assistance to State and local prosecutors nationwide national nonprofit (2) in section 2, by inserting preventing and prosecuting violent crimes and crimes involving property destruction, staff training, (3) in section 3— (A) by striking $4,750,000 $5,000,000 (B) by striking 2009 through 2012 2021 through 2024

Summary: Training our Prosecutors Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 a Department of Justice grant program to provide training to state and local prosecutors. Further, it revises the program to include comprehensive continuing legal education in preventing and prosecuting violent crimes and crimes involving property destruction.
POST Act

To ensure the availability of mail collection boxes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Post Office Security and Transparency Act of 2020 POST Act 2. Mail collection boxes (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; (2) the term collection box (A) a blue, freestanding unit; (B) a post-mounted unit; and (C) a chute in a building; and (3) the term Postal Service (b) Moratorium on collection box removal; restoration of removed boxes (1) Moratorium The Postal Service may not remove any collection box during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the later of— (A) the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; or (B) the date on which the Postal Service submits the report to Congress under subsection (c). (2) Restoration of removed collection boxes Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Postal Service shall restore or replace any collection box that the Postal Service removed during the period beginning on June 16, 2020, and ending on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Report to Congress As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Postal Service shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes— (1) the metrics used to make decisions on collection box removals during fiscal year 2020; (2) the methods used to provide public notice of collection box removals during fiscal year 2020; (3) a cost-benefit analysis of collection box removals that occurred during fiscal year 2020; (4) a demographic analysis of the individuals who were most likely to use collection boxes during fiscal year 2020; and (5) with respect to collection boxes that were relocated during fiscal year 2020 to increase public access to collection boxes— (A) the new and old location of each collection box; and (B) the reason for each relocation, including density metrics used in determining whether and where to relocate the collection box.

Summary: Post Office Security and Transparency Act of 2020 or the POST Act This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to take specified actions to ensure the availability of mail collection boxes. Specifically, the bill (1) prohibits the USPS from removing any collection box during the period beginning on this bill's enactment and ending on the later of 180 days after enactment or the date on which the USPS submits a report to Congress providing details of collection box removals and relocations, and (2) requires the USPS to restore or replace any collection box that it removed during the period beginning on June 16, 2020, and ending on the day before this bill's enactment.
A bill to extend, temporarily, daylight saving time, and for other purposes.

To extend, temporarily, daylight saving time, and for other purposes. 1. Temporary extension of daylight saving time For each State and area of a State that is not exempt from section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 ( 15 U.S.C. 260a(a) September 16, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Summary: This bill extends daylight saving time through November 7, 2021.