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To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program for the development of rapid and cost-effective medical countermeasures to pandemics, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program for the development of rapid and cost-effective medical countermeasures to pandemics, and for other purposes. 1. Pandemic Prevention Platform (a) Designation The Secretary of Defense shall designate a lead within the Department of Defense to implement and advance a program for the development of rapid and cost-effective medical countermeasures to pandemics. (b) Objectives The Secretary shall ensure that the program carries out the following within 60 days of identifying a virus or other pathogen that may cause a pandemic with the goal of reducing this time frame to 28 days: (1) Grow the virus or other pathogen. (2) Identify an antibody or biologic product that targets the virus or other pathogen for use in a medical countermeasure. (3) Evolve the antibody or biologic product for increased potency. (4) Clinical grade product manufacturing. (5) Deliver the product to patients to induce protection in fewer than three days following administration. (6) Any other objective the Secretary of Defense deems necessary. (c) Collaboration and information sharing In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense— (1) may collaborate with such Secretaries pursuant to the National Biodefense Strategy under section 1086 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 6 U.S.C. 104 (2) shall ensure that information from the program is shared with such Secretaries pursuant to the National Biodefense Strategy under section 1086 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 6 U.S.C. 104 (3) through regular, structured, and close consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall ensure that the activities of the Department of Defense in carrying out the program are coordinated with, complement, and do not unnecessarily duplicate activities of other Federal agencies pursuant to the National Biodefense Strategy under section 1086 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 6 U.S.C. 104

Summary: This bill requires the Department of Defense to implement a program for the development of rapid and cost-effective medical countermeasures to pandemics.
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2020

To require the submission of a report to the Congress on parasitic disease among poor Americans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2020 2. Report to Congress on the current state of parasitic diseases that have been overlooked among the poorest Americans (a) In general Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall report to the Congress on the epidemiology of, impact of, and appropriate funding required to address neglected diseases of poverty, including neglected parasitic diseases such as— (1) Chagas disease; (2) cysticercosis; (3) toxocariasis; (4) toxoplasmosis; (5) trichomoniasis; (6) the soil-transmitted helminths; and (7) other related parasitic diseases, as designated by the Secretary. (b) Required information The report under subsection (a) (1) accurately evaluate the current state of knowledge concerning diseases described in such subsection and define gaps in such knowledge; and (2) address the threat of such diseases.

Summary: Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report on the domestic impact of certain neglected diseases of poverty (e.g., Chagas disease and hookworms).
REDTAPE Act

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing EPA Duplication to Advance Pesticide Enforcement Act REDTAPE Act 2. Use of authorized pesticides Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ( 7 U.S.C. 136a(f) (5) Use of authorized pesticides Except as provided in section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator or a State may not require a permit under such Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under this Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide. . 3. Discharges of pesticides Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342 (s) Discharges of pesticides (1) No permit requirement Except as provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be required by the Administrator or a State under this Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide. (2) Exceptions Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pesticide residue: (A) A discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of a provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting water quality, if— (i) the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation; or (ii) the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation. (B) Stormwater discharges subject to regulation under subsection (p). (C) The following discharges subject to regulation under this section: (i) Manufacturing or industrial effluent. (ii) Treatment works effluent. (iii) Discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from ballasting operations or vessel biofouling prevention. .

Summary: Reducing EPA Duplication to Advance Pesticide Enforcement Act or the REDTAPE Act This bill modifies requirements governing the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency or states from requiring permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharges of pesticides into navigable waters if the pesticides are (1) registered, (2) used for their intended purposes, and (3) used in compliance with their pesticide label requirements. The bill establishes exemptions from this prohibition.
Supply Chain Security and Pharmaceutical Authentication Act of 2020

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reduce the threat of counterfeit drugs to the pharmaceutical supply chain, and to make the pharmaceutical supply chain more robust, while ensuring the authenticity, content, purity, and manufacturing location and batch number of drugs (including COVID–19 therapeutics and vaccines) and allowing patient verification of authenticity, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supply Chain Security and Pharmaceutical Authentication Act of 2020 2. Packages subject to pharmaceutical distribution supply chain requirements Subparagraph (B) of section 581(11) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360eee(11) (B) Individual saleable unit For purposes of this paragraph, an individual saleable unit .

Summary: Supply Chain Security and Pharmaceutical Authentication Act of 2020 This bill modifies the application of requirements for drug packaging to include certain information, such as the product's lot number and expiration date. Under the bill, the requirements shall apply to the packaging of the smallest or individual solid oral dosage form of the product. Currently, such requirements apply to the smallest container (which might contain multiple dosages) of the product that is intended for individual sale to a dispenser, such as a pharmacy.
Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act

To require the Natural Resources Conservation Service to review the national conservation practice standards, taking into consideration climate benefits, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act 2. Consideration of climate benefits in conservation practice standards Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3842(h) (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A) not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act ; (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ; and (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (E) evaluate the climate benefits of the standards. ; (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking conservation innovations and climate benefits, conservation innovations, and (3) by adding at the end the following: (5) Climate benefit defined In this subsection, the term climate benefit (A) a reduction in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions; (B) an increase in carbon sequestration; or (C) mitigation against, or adaptation to, increased weather volatility. .

Summary: Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act This bill requires the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture to review the national conservation practice standards, taking into consideration the climate benefits of such standards. Climate benefit is defined as a reduction in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions; an increase in carbon sequestration; or mitigation against, or adaptation to, increased weather volatility.
Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020

To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide public benefits to citizens of the freely associated states, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020 2. Public benefits for citizens of freely associated states Section 431(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1641(b) (1) in paragraph (6), by striking or (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or (3) by adding at the end the following: (8) a citizen of a freely associated state, if section 141 of the applicable compact of free association approved in Public Law 99–239 . 3. Application (a) In general Subtitle D of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1641 437. Special rule for citizens of freely associated states In the case of an alien described in paragraph (8) of section 431(b), any otherwise applicable residency requirement related to eligibility for benefits shall not apply. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amended by inserting after the item related to section 436 the following: 437. Special rule for citizens of freely associated states. .

Summary: Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020 This bill eliminates residency requirements for a citizen of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, or Palau to be eligible to receive certain federal public benefits. (A citizen of one of these countries may stay and work in the United States as a nonresident alien without a visa. But as a nonresident alien, that individual is ineligible for most federal public benefits under current law.)
Risk Management for Derivatives Clearing Organizations Act

To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to permit certain non-designated clearinghouses access to a deposit account at a Federal reserve bank, to apply certain risk management standards to non-designated clearinghouses receiving certain services from a Federal reserve bank, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Risk Management for Derivatives Clearing Organizations Act 2. Access to Federal reserve bank accounts and services Section 806 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( 12 U.S.C. 5465 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking a designated financial market utility and a designated financial market utility, a derivatives clearing organization registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act that has been approved to hold such an account by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or a clearing agency registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that has been approved to hold such an account by the Commission, and (B) by striking designated financial market utility that financial market utility that (C) by inserting after by the Board of Governors , as well as any applicable rules, orders, standards, or guidelines, including, in particular, liquidity requirements, prescribed by the financial market utility’s primary financial regulatory agency. Access to discount and borrowing privileges may only be provided to a financial market utility in accordance with subsection (b) (2) in subsection (c), by striking designated financial market utility financial market utility (3) in subsection (d), by striking designated financial market utility financial market utility

Summary: Risk Management for Derivatives Clearing Organizations Act This bill allows derivatives clearing organizations and clearing agencies to maintain accounts at a Federal Reserve Bank.
Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2020

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the consideration of climate change, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2020 2. Climate change mitigation Section 121 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9621 (1) in subsection (b)(1), in the fifth sentence— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking account: account— (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking and (C) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (D) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following: (H) the potential threat to human health and the environment associated with local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including any projected exacerbation or change in those disasters and hazards due to climate change. ; and (2) in subsection (c), by inserting after the first sentence the following: The President shall include in the review an assessment of whether the selected remedial action remains protective after taking into account local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including any projected exacerbation or change in those disasters and hazards due to climate change.

Summary: Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2020 This bill requires the consideration of factors related to climate change when selecting remedial actions for the cleanup of Superfund sites (sites contaminated with hazardous substances). Specifically, the potential threat to human health and the environment associated with local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including those exacerbated by climate change, must be taken into account when selecting remedial actions. Under current law, some remedial actions result in hazardous substances remaining at the site, so there must be a review every five years to assure that human health and the environment are being protected. The bill requires such review to include an assessment of whether the selected remedial action remains protective after taking into account local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including those exacerbated by climate change.
To amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, and for other purposes.

To amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, and for other purposes. 1. Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act amendments The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act ( Public Law 109–338 16 U.S.C. 461 (1) Commission In section 295D(d), by striking 15 years 25 years (2) Meeting requirements By repealing section 295E(a)(4). (3) Funding In section 295K(a), by striking $10,000,000 $30,000,000 (4) Technical amendment By striking Gullah/Geechee Gullah Geechee

Summary: This bill extends the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission and increases the total amount that may be appropriated for the corridor.
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization of the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.

To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization of the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes. 1. Extension of authorization of South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–333 (1) in section 607, by striking 2019 2031 (2) in section 608(a), by striking $17,000,000 $30,000,000

Summary: This bill extends through FY2031 the authority of the Department of the Interior to make any grant or provide any assistance to the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor and increases the total amount that may be appropriated for the corridor.
COVID?19 Cold Storage Expansion Act of 2020

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse qualified health care providers for the costs of purchasing, leasing, installing, and operating qualified equipment for cold storage of COVID–19 vaccines. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COVID–19 Cold Storage Expansion Act of 2020 2. Reimbursing health care providers for equipment for cold storage of COVID–19 vaccines (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall reimburse qualified health care providers for the costs of purchasing, leasing, installing, and operating qualified equipment for cold storage of COVID–19 vaccines. (b) Definitions In this Act: (1) The term COVID–19 vaccine (2) The term qualified equipment (3) The term qualified health care provider (A) is licensed or credentialed in the jurisdiction where vaccination takes place; and (B) completes and signs the CDC COVID–19 Vaccination Program Provider Agreement. (c) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, to be derived from amounts made available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136

Summary: COVID-19 Cold Storage Expansion Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse health care providers for costs to obtain and operate certain equipment capable of maintaining cold storage of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines.
Break Up Big Tech Act of 2020

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit interactive computer service immunity. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Break Up Big Tech Act of 2020 2. Limitation on interactive computer service immunity Section 230(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 230(c) (3) Limitation After the date of the enactment of this paragraph, paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to a provider of an interactive computer service with respect to a service if the provider after such date— (A) (i) sells advertising in which an advertisement is displayed to a user of such service based on— (I) personal traits of the user; (II) previous location information with respect to the user; (III) personal information from a profile about the user that is created for the purpose of selling advertisements; (IV) the previous online or offline behavior of the user; (V) the content of the website, online service, online application, or mobile application to which the user is connected; (VI) the location of the user, as of the time at which the advertising is directed to the user; or (VII) the search terms that the user applied to arrive at the website, service, or application to which the user is connected; and (ii) displays an advertisement in a manner described under clause (i) to a user who did not opt-in to having an advertisement displayed to such user in such a manner; (B) through such service, places items, or facilitates the placement of items, into the stream of commerce; (C) through such service, collects data for commercial purposes other than receiving from users of such service direct payment for the use of such service; or (D) uses a design or product that addicts, or whose purpose is to addict, users to such service. (4) Exception (A) In general Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an owner or operator of a social media service that displays user-generated content in an order other than chronological order, delays the display of such content relative to other content, or otherwise hinders the display of such content relative to other content, if for a reason other than to restrict access to or availability of material described in paragraph (2)(A) or to carry out the direction of the user that generated or requested such content or generated or requested restricted access to such content, shall be treated as a publisher or speaker of such content. (B) Definitions In this paragraph— (i) Social media service The term social media service (ii) User-generated content The term user-generated content .

Summary: Break Up Big Tech Act of 2020 This bill removes immunity protections from a provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) that engages in specified activities, such as selling and displaying personalized and contextual advertising without a user's consent.
John Lewis Prompt and Accurate Reporting of Elections Act

To amend the Help America Vote of 2002 to require States to complete prior to the date of an election for Federal office the tabulation of ballots for the election which were cast or received prior to the date of the election, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the John Lewis Prompt and Accurate Reporting of Elections Act 2. Deadline for completion of tabulation of ballots cast or received before date of election (a) In general Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 and 306; and (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new section: 304. Deadline for completion of tabulation of ballots cast or received before date of election (a) Deadline described Each State shall ensure that all valid ballots in an election for Federal office which are cast prior to the date of the election, or which are received by mail by the appropriate election official prior to the date of the election, are tabulated prior to the date of the election. (b) No requirement for publication of tabulation Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a State to publish the results of the tabulation of ballots under subsection (a) prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election. . (b) Conforming amendment relating to enforcement Section 401 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 and 303 303, and 304 (c) Clerical amendment The table of contents of such Act is amended— (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 306; and (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item: Sec. 304. Deadline for completion of tabulation of ballots cast or received before date of election. . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to any election for Federal office held after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: John Lewis Prompt and Accurate Reporting of Elections Act This bill requires states to count all ballots cast or received by early voting (e.g., early in-person voting or mail voting) prior to the date of the federal election.