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AI Careers Act of 2020

To direct the Director of the National Institute of Technologies to undertake certain activities with respect to the artificial intelligence workforce, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the AI Careers Act of 2020 2. Artificial intelligence education and workforce initiative The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in consultation with the National Science Foundation, other relevant Federal agencies, academia, Federal laboratories, industry, and nonprofit organizations, shall— (1) develop taxonomies and lexica to describe skills, jobs, and workforce requirements related to artificial intelligence for the purpose of guiding career development, education, and training activities in industry, academia, nonprofit organizations, and the Federal Government; (2) identify gaps in the artificial intelligence workforce, including in the public and private sectors; and (3) create criteria and measurements for credentials in careers related to artificial intelligence.

Summary: AI Careers Act of 2020 This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to (1) develop taxonomies and lexica to describe the skills, jobs, and workforce requirements related to artificial intelligence to guide career development, education, and training activities in industry, academia, nonprofit organizations, and the federal government; (2) identify gaps in the artificial intelligence workforce, including in the public and private sectors; and (3) create criteria and measurements for credentials in careers related to artificial intelligence.
Next Generation Votes Act

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to accept applications to register to vote in elections for Federal office in the State from individuals under 18 years of age at the time of application. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Next Generation Votes Act 2. Acceptance of voter registration applications from individuals under 18 years of age (a) Acceptance of applications Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20507 (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsection: (j) Acceptance of applications from individuals under 18 years of age (1) In general A State may not refuse to accept or process an individual’s application to register to vote in elections for Federal office on the grounds that the individual is under 18 years of age at the time the individual submits the application, so long as the individual is at least 16 years of age at such time. (2) No effect on State voting age requirements Nothing in paragraph (1) may be construed to require a State to permit an individual who is under 18 years of age at the time of an election for Federal office to vote in the election. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occurring on or after January 1, 2020.

Summary: Next Generation Votes Act This bill prohibits a state from refusing to accept an individual's application to register to vote in federal elections on the grounds that the individual is under 18 years of age, so long as the individual is at least 16 years of age.
Federal Small Businesses Contractor Prompt Payment Reporting Act

To require a report on accelerated payments to certain small business concerns, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Small Businesses Contractor Prompt Payment Reporting Act 2. Report on accelerated payments to certain small business concerns (a) Report Not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to Congress a report on the timeliness of payments made to a covered prime contractor. Such report shall include— (1) the date on which the Federal agency began providing accelerated payments in accordance with section 2307(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, or paragraphs (10) and (11) of section 3903(a) of title 31, United States Code, as applicable, to a covered prime contractor; (2) of contracts to which such sections apply, the amount and percentage of covered contracts with accelerated payment terms in accordance with such sections; and (3) whether and on what date the agency discontinued implementation of the Office of Management and Budget Circular M–11–32 titled Accelerating Payments to Small Businesses for Goods and Services (b) Definitions In this Act: (1) Covered prime contractor The term covered prime contractor (A) a prime contractor (as defined in section 8701 of title 41) that is a small business concern (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 (B) a prime contractor that subcontracts with a small business concern. (2) Covered contract The term covered contract (A) on or after August 13, 2018, with respect to a contract entered into the head of an agency (as defined in section 2302 of title 10, United States Code); or (B) on or after December 20, 2019, with respect to a contract entered into with the head of an agency (as defined in section 3901 of title 31, United States Code). (3) Federal agency The term Federal agency agency

Summary: Federal Small Businesses Contractor Prompt Payment Reporting Act This bill requires each federal agency to report to Congress on the timeliness, including acceleration, of payments made to a prime contractor that is a small business or that subcontracts with a small business.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 2020 recovery rebates to certain individuals, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 2020 recovery rebates to certain individuals, and for other purposes. 1. 2020 recovery rebate for certain individuals (a) In general Section 6428(g) (5) Special rule for certain spouses (A) In general Paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply in the case where at least 1 spouse satisfies paragraph (1)(A). (B) Recovery rebate amount In the case of individuals filing a joint return with respect to subparagraph (A), the amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the sum of $1200. . (b) Effective date The amendment made under this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of Public Law 116–136

Summary: This bill modifies the requirement for valid identification numbers for taxpayers claiming a 2020 recovery rebate (the stimulus payment provided to taxpayers in response to the COVID-19 [i.e., coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic). Specifically, it allows married taxpayers to claim the rebate if at least one spouse satisfies the identification requirement.
Standard FEES Act

To streamline the process for consideration of applications for the placement of communications facilities on certain buildings and other property owned by the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act Standard FEES Act 2. Establishment of common Federal fee schedule (a) In general Section 6409 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1455 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Common fee schedule (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of General Services shall establish a common fee schedule for the processing of applications under subsections (b)(1) and (c). (2) Fee guidelines The application fees established under paragraph (1) shall be— (A) based on direct and actual cost recovery; and (B) competitively neutral with regard to other users of the building or other property owned by the Federal Government. (3) Exceptions The Administrator of General Services may establish exceptions to the fee amounts established under paragraph (1)— (A) in consideration of the public benefit provided by a grant of an easement, right-of-way, or lease; and (B) in the interest of expanding wireless and broadband coverage. (4) Use of fees collected Any fee collected by an executive agency under this section may be made available, as provided in appropriation Acts, to the agency to cover the costs of granting the easement, right-of-way, or lease. . (b) Deadline The Administrator of General Services shall establish the fee schedule required under section 6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1455(d)

Summary: Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act or the Standard FEES Act This bill requires the General Services Administration to establish a common fee schedule for the processing of certain wireless facilities deployment applications, including (1) the grant of an easement, right-of-way, or lease to, in, over, or on property owned by the federal government; and (2) communications facility installation sitings. Such fees shall be competitively neutral and based on direct and actual cost recovery. Further, any fee collected may be used to cover the costs of granting such easement, right-of-way, or lease if the funds are provided in an appropriations bill.
Timely Replacement Under Secure and Trusted for Early and Dependable Broadband Networks Act

To provide that a project eligible for reimbursement under the Secure and Trusted Communications Act of 2019 shall not constitute an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code, or a major Federal action for the purposes of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Timely Replacement Under Secure and Trusted for Early and Dependable Broadband Networks Act TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act 2. Application of NEPA and NHPA to covered equipment and services (a) Covered project defined In this section, the term covered project 47 U.S.C. 1603 (b) NEPA categorical exclusion (1) In general A covered project shall be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 (2) Relation to extraordinary circumstances procedures The use of the categorical exclusion under paragraph (1) shall not be considered to include extraordinary circumstances under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, or section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor to such regulations). (c) National Historic Preservation Act exemption A covered project shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.

Summary: Timely Replacement Under Secure and Trusted for Early and Dependable Broadband Networks Act or the TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act This bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review certain projects to replace communications equipment or services.
Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act

To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit a plan to Congress to track requests for communications use authorization on Federal land. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act 2. Report on tracking form 299 (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. (2) Assistant Secretary The term Assistant Secretary (3) Department concerned The term Department concerned (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land; and (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land. (4) Form 299 The term Form 299 47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2)(A) (5) NTIA The term NTIA (6) Secretary concerned The term Secretary concerned (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land; and (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land. (b) Report on tracking form 299 (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report with the elements described in paragraph (2). (2) Elements described The elements described are as follows: (A) A plan describing how NTIA will track the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299 submitted to the Department concerned by a requesting party. (B) A description of how NTIA would most expeditiously implement the plan described in subparagraph (A). (C) How to increase transparency to a requesting party on the status of a Form 299 received by the Department concerned. (D) Any barriers the Assistant Secretary determines could delay the implementation of the plan described in subparagraph (A).

Summary: Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to submit a report on tracking Form 299 requests. Form 299 is the application form for the right to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility on federal real property. Such report must include (1) a plan describing how the NTIA will track a Form 299 submitted by a requesting party, (2) a description of how the NTIA would most expeditiously implement such plan, (3) a way to increase transparency to a requesting party on the status of a Form 299, and (4) an assessment of barriers that could delay implementation of the plan.
Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act

To provide that a request for the collocation of a personal wireless service facility is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act 2. Categorical exclusion from NEPA and NHPA for wireless collocations (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered project The term covered project (2) Eligible personal wireless service facility The term eligible personal wireless service facility (3) Personal wireless service The term personal wireless service (A) commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 332(d) (B) commercial mobile data service (as defined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1401 (C) unlicensed wireless service; and (D) common carrier wireless exchange access service. (4) State The term State (b) NEPA categorical exclusion (1) In general A covered project subject to the approval of the Commission shall be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 (2) Relation to extraordinary circumstances procedures The use of the categorical exclusion under paragraph (1) shall not be considered to include extraordinary circumstances under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, or section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor to those regulations). (c) National Historic Preservation Act exemption A covered project for which the Commission is required to issue a permit or that is otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.

Summary: Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act This bill excludes certain personal wireless facility projects from specified review requirements. Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project subject to the approval of the Federal Communications Commission that involves the placement, modification, or construction of personal wireless facilities (e.g., antennas, apparatuses, and transmitting devices) for the provision of personal wireless service.
Mount Rushmore Protection Act

To provide that no Federal funds shall be used to alter, change, destroy, or remove, in whole or in part, any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mount Rushmore Protection Act 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Mount Rushmore National Memorial is America’s Shrine of Democracy. (2) The Mount Rushmore National Memorial depicts the faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, with the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota. 3. Prohibition on use of Federal funds No Federal funds shall be used to alter, change, destroy, or remove, in whole or in part, any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Summary: Mount Rushmore Protection Act This bill prohibits the use of any federal funds to alter, change, destroy, or remove any name, face, or other feature on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
Protecting Europe's Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020

To clarify and expand sanctions applicable with respect to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream pipeline projects. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020 2. Clarification and expansion of sanctions relating to construction of Nord Stream 2 or Turkstream pipeline projects (a) In general Subsection (a)(1) of section 7503 of the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019 (title LXXV of Public Law 116–92 22 U.S.C. 9526 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or pipelaying activities pipe-laying (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (i)— (i) by inserting , or facilitated the sale, lease, or provision of, provided (ii) by striking ; or (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (iii) provided underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for those vessels; or (iv) provided services or facilities for technology upgrades or installation of welding equipment for, or retrofitting or tethering of, those vessels. . (b) Definitions Subsection (i) of such section is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) Pipe-laying activities The term pipe-laying activities . (c) Interim report required (1) In general As soon as practicable and not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit a report on the matters required by subsection (a) of section 7503 of the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019 ( 22 U.S.C. 9526 (A) beginning on the later of— (i) the date of the enactment of this Act; or (ii) the date of the most recent submission of a report required by such section 7503; and (B) ending on the date on which the report required by this subparagraph is submitted. (2) Treatment A report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be— (A) submitted to the same committees as a report submitted under subsection (a) of such section 7503; and (B) otherwise treated as a report submitted under such subsection (a) for purposes of all authorities granted by such section pursuant to such a report.

Summary: Protecting Europe's Energy Security Clarification Act of 2020 This bill expands existing sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that engage in certain activities relating to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream energy pipelines. Current law generally imposes visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that knowingly took actions such as selling or leasing vessels that engaged in pipe laying related to the pipelines. Under this bill, the President shall also impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that engage in other specified activities, such as (1) providing underwriting services or insurance for such vessels, or (2) installing welding equipment for such vessels.
Green Buses for Every Community Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to grants for buses and bus facilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Green Buses for Every Community Act 2. Low income community grants Section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the following: (H) the term low-income community (i) the poverty rate for such tract is at least 20 percent; or (ii) in the case of a tract— (I) not located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of statewide median family income; or (II) located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of the greater statewide median family income or the metropolitan area median family income. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (6) Low and moderate community grants Not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available under this subsection in a fiscal year shall be distributed to projects serving predominantly low-income communities. .

Summary: Green Buses for Every Community Act This bill requires at least 10% of funding made available in a fiscal year for the low or no emissions competitive grant program for buses and bus facilities to be distributed to projects serving predominantly low-income communities. The bill defines a low-income community as any population census tract if (1) the poverty rate for such tract is at least 20%; or (2) the tract is not located within a metropolitan area and the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80% of statewide median family income, or the tract is located within a metropolitan area and the median family income does not exceed the 80% or the metropolitan area median family income.
Brandon Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the process by which a member of the Armed Forces may be referred for a mental health evaluation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Brandon Act 2. Mandatory referral for mental health evaluation Section 1090a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: (e) Process applicable to member disclosure The regulations required by subsection (a) shall— (1) establish a phrase that enables a member of the armed forces to trigger a referral of the member by a commanding officer or supervisor for a mental health evaluation; (2) require a commanding officer or supervisor to make such referral as soon as practicable following disclosure by the member to the commanding officer or supervisor of the phrase established under paragraph (1); and (3) ensure that the process protects the confidentiality of the member in a manner similar to the confidentiality provided for members making restricted reports under section 1565b(b) of this title. .

Summary: Brandon Act This bill modifies the regulatory requirement for the referral of a member of the Armed Forces for a mental health evaluation. It requires that commanding officers or supervisors make referrals as soon as practicable and that the referral process protect the confidentiality of the member.