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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6294 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To require data sharing regarding protecting the homeless 
from coronavirus, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Emergency 
Disease Response via Housing Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. DATA SHARING BETWEEN HUD AND HHS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of increasing the 
ability of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
target outreach to populations vulnerable to contracting 
coronavirus, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall share with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services information regarding the location of projects for 
supportive housing for the elderly assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) and 
the location of Continuums of Care with high concentra-
tion of unsheltered homelessness. 
(b) REMOVAL OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN-
FORMATION.—In sharing the information required under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall ensure that appropriate administrative 
and physical safeguards are in place to remove all person-
ally identifiable information. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall consult with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services promptly after the date of 
the enactment of this Act to provide for the sharing of 
the information required under subsection (a). 
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(d) LIMITATION.—Information shared pursuant to 
this Act shall not be shared beyond the Department of 
Health and Human Services or used for purposes beyond 
those intended in the Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6295 
To require issuance of guidance by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development regarding protecting the homeless who reside in certain 
federally assisted properties from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID- 
19), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2020 
Mr. STIVERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require issuance of guidance by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development regarding protecting the home-
less who reside in certain federally assisted properties 
from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Our Elderly 
Residents Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. GUIDANCE ON ACCESS TO PROPERTIES. 
Not later than the expiration of the 30-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue 
guidance setting forth limitations on non-emergency and 
non-resident access to public housing (as such term is de-
fined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b))) and projects for supportive 
housing for the elderly assisted under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) designed to limit 
the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6296 
To provide for the use of Public Housing Operating and Capital Fund 
amounts to address public health emergencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2020 
Mr. STIVERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide for the use of Public Housing Operating and 
Capital Fund amounts to address public health emer-
gencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PHA Public Health 
Flexible Funding Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUND AMOUNTS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
public housing agency plan of any public housing agency, 
during any fiscal year a public housing agency may use 
any amounts allocated under section 9 of the United 
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States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) for such 
fiscal year for such agency for eligible activities under sub-
sections (d)(1) and (e)(1) of such section 9 that are de-
signed to prevent the spread of or address an immediate 
threat to the health or welfare of a community from infec-
tious diseases, including the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID-19) regardless of the fund under such section 9 
from which the amounts were allocated and provided. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF COVID-19 CASES IN PUBLIC HOUS-
ING. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall establish such guidelines and requirements 
as may be necessary to require, and to establish a proce-
dure for, each public housing agency that operates or ad-
ministers public housing (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b))) to promptly inform residents of a public 
housing project, upon acquisition of reliable information 
that any resident of the project has been determined by 
a qualified health agency to have tested positive for the 
coronavirus or the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID- 
19), that a resident of the project has so tested positive. 
(b) MEANS OF NOTIFICATION.—The guidelines and 
requirements required under subsection (a) shall specify 
the manner by which residents of a public housing project 
are provided information required under such subsection. 
(c) REMOVAL OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN-
FORMATION.—In making the information required under 
subsection (a) available to the public, the Secretary shall 
ensure that appropriate administrative and physical safe-
guards are in place to remove all personally identifiable 
information. 
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(d) ISSUANCE; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall issue the guide-
lines and requirements required under subsection (a) not 
later than the expiration of the 30-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, which guidelines 
and requirements shall take effect upon issuance. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 629 
To provide limitations on maritime liens on fishing permits, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2019 
Mr. YOUNG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide limitations on maritime liens on fishing permits, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maritime Lien Reform 
Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MARITIME LIENS ON FISHING PER-
MIT AND PERMIT DESCRIPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 313 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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such use for such fiscal year pursuant to section 101(1) 
of this Act. 
SEC. 103. CONTINUUM OF CARE GRANT PROGRAM. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development, for the first 
fiscal year commencing after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and each of the next nine succeeding fiscal 
years thereafter, to make grants under the continuum of 
care program authorized under subtitle C of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 
seq.), an amount equal to the difference between 
$10,000,000,000 and the amount credited for such use for 
such fiscal year pursuant to section 101(2) of this Act. 
SEC. 104. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated, for the first fiscal year com-
mencing after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
each of the next nine succeeding fiscal years thereafter, 
$1,000,000,000 for emergency food and shelter grants 
under subtitle B of title III of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11341 et seq.). 
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‘‘§ 31310. Limitation on maritime liens on fishing per-
mit and permit description 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—This chapter— 
‘‘(1) does not establish a maritime lien on a 
permit that— 
‘‘(A) authorizes a person or use of a vessel 
to engage in fishing; and 
‘‘(B) is issued under State or Federal law; 
and 
‘‘(2) does not authorize any civil action to en-
force a maritime lien on such a permit. 
‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF FISHING PERMITS.—A fishing 
permit— 
‘‘(1) is governed solely by the State or Federal 
law under which it was issued; and 
‘‘(2) is not included in the whole of a vessel or 
as an appurtenance or intangible of a vessel for any 
purpose. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in subsections (a) and (b) shall be construed as 
imposing any limitation upon the authority of the Sec-
retary of Commerce to modify, suspend, revoke, or sanc-
tion any Federal fishery permit issued by the Secretary 
of Commerce or to bring a civil action to enforce such 
modification, suspension, revocation, or sanction.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 31309 the following: 
‘‘31310. Limitation on maritime liens on fishing permit and permit descrip-
tion.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6300 
To provide that under the Older Americans Act of 1965 the State Long- 
Term Care Ombudsman shall have continuing direct access (or other 
access through the use of technology) to residents of long-term care 
facilities to provide services during any portion of the COVID-19 public 
health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) that occurs in fiscal year 2020. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2020 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Mr. WRIGHT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide that under the Older Americans Act of 1965 
the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall have con-
tinuing direct access (or other access through the use 
of technology) to residents of long-term care facilities 
to provide services during any portion of the COVID- 
19 public health emergency declared under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) that 
occurs in fiscal year 2020. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advocating for Older 
Americans During Coronavirus Crisis Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. ACCESS OF THE STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDS-
MAN TO RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FA-
CILITIES 
DURING 
THE 
COVID-19 
PUBLIC 
HEALTH EMERGENCY IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
During any portion of the COVID-19 public health 
emergency declared under section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) that occurs in the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ending on September 31, 2020, the State Long-Term 
Care Ombudsman shall have continuing direct access (or 
other access through the use of technology to the greatest 
extent practicable) to residents of long-term care facilities 
to provide the services described in section 712(a)(3)(B) 
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3058h(a)(3)(B)). 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6301 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide 
resources and services to small business concerns in languages other 
than English, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2020 
Ms. JUDY CHU of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to provide resources and services to small busi-
ness concerns in languages other than English, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SBA Reaching all 
Communities Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN LANGUAGES OTHER 
THAN ENGLISH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall provide resources and serv-
ices to small business concerns (as defined under section 
3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) in the 10 
most commonly spoken languages, other than English, in 
the United States, which shall include Mandarin, Can-
tonese, Japanese, and Korean. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration $25,000,000 to carry out 
this section. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7036 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to modify requirements relating 
to the regulation and examination of credit union organizations and 
service providers, to provide the Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency with the authority to regulate the provision of services provided 
to the Government-sponsored enterprises and Federal Home Loan Banks, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2024 
Mr. FOSTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to modify require-
ments relating to the regulation and examination of cred-
it union organizations and service providers, to provide 
the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency 
with the authority to regulate the provision of services 
provided to the Government-sponsored enterprises and 
Federal Home Loan Banks, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(b) NATIONAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP.—Subsection 
(b) of section 301 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘6 mem-
bers’’ and inserting ‘‘ at least 8 members’’; 
(2) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘Each 
such member’’ and inserting ‘‘Four members’’; and 
(3) by inserting after and below paragraph (6) 
the following flush matter: 
‘‘At least 4 members shall be appointed from among indi-
viduals nominated by national organizations identified by 
the Director, in consultation with the United States Inter-
agency Council on Homelessness, that represent a popu-
lation at higher risk of homelessness (as such term is de-
fined in section 3 of the Housing is a Human Right Act 
of 2020).’’. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Subsection (a) of section 
313 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11343(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘hygiene,’’ 
after ‘‘food,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following new paragraphs: 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6308 
To address root causes of homelessness, meet the needs of community mem-
bers experiencing harms from homelessness, transition communities to-
wards providing housing for all, and ensure full democratic participation 
and inclusion of persons experiencing homelessness, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2020 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Ms. MENG, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. OMAR, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services, and in addition to the Committees on House Adminis-
tration, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To address root causes of homelessness, meet the needs 
of community members experiencing harms from home-
lessness, transition communities towards providing hous-
ing for all, and ensure full democratic participation and 
inclusion of persons experiencing homelessness, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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270 
(1) DECLARATION
OF
THE
NATIONAL
EMER-
GENCY.—The term ‘‘Declaration of the National 
Emergency’’ means the emergency declared by the 
President under section 501 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5191) relating to the COVID–19 pan-
demic. 
(2) FEDERAL
FINANCIAL
REGULATOR.—The 
term ‘‘Federal financial regulators’’ means the Bu-
reau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency, the Board of Governors of the Fed-
eral Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller 
of the Currency, the National Credit Union Adminis-
tration, and the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6309 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to encourage States and localities to adopt policies pertaining to the 
safe relocation of prisoners during major disasters and emergencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2020 
Ms. MENG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to encourage States and localities 
to adopt policies pertaining to the safe relocation of 
prisoners during major disasters and emergencies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Natural Disaster Safe 
Inmate Relocation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SAFE INMATE RELOCATION. 
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall encourage States and localities that 
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receive assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) to adopt policies regarding the safe relocation of pris-
oners before, during, and after major disasters and emer-
gencies, as appropriate. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6310 
To require the Secretary of Defense to make testing for the coronavirus 
disease 19 available to all members of the Armed Forces deployed to 
an area in which the United States Central Command has responsibility. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2020 
Mr. POCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense to make testing for 
the coronavirus disease 19 available to all members of 
the Armed Forces deployed to an area in which the 
United States Central Command has responsibility. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TESTING FOR COVID-19 FOR CERTAIN MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 7 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Director of the Centers for Dis-
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ease Control and Prevention, shall make testing for the 
coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) available to all mem-
bers of the Armed Forces deployed to an area in which 
the United States Central Command has responsibility. 
(b) REPORT ON POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS.—Not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
a report setting forth any formal policies or protocols pro-
vided to members of the Armed Forces regarding how to 
be tested for the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of De-
fense such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
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