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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6655 
To provide hazardous duty pay for Federal employees who may be exposed 
to COVID–19, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2020 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CORREA, Ms. 
TITUS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CLEAVER, and Ms. BARRAGA´N) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform 
A BILL 
To provide hazardous duty pay for Federal employees who 
may be exposed to 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 ‘‘Hazardous Duty Pay 
for Frontline Federal Workers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PAY DIFFERENTIAL FOR DUTY RELATED TO COVID– 
19. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5545 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e)(1) The Office shall establish a schedule or sched-
ules of pay differentials for duty during which an employee 
is exposed to an individual who has (or who has been ex-
posed to) COVID–19. 
‘‘(2) Under such regulations as the Office may pre-
scribe, during the period beginning on March 15, 2020, 
and ending on September 30, 2020, an employee to whom 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 applies, and 
an employee appointed under chapter 73 or 74 of title 38, 
is entitled to be paid the differential under paragraph (1) 
for any period in which the employee is carrying out the 
duty described in such paragraph.’’. 
(b) TSA EMPLOYEES.—Section 111(d)(2) of the 
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 
44935 note) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY FOR COVID– 
19.—The provisions of section 5545(e) of title 
5, United States Code, shall to apply to any in-
dividual appointed under paragraph (1).’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6656 
To ensure Transportation Security Administration employees who contract 
COVID–19 are entitled to appropriate workers’ compensation and other 
benefits, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2020 
Mrs. DEMINGS (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. TITUS, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CARSON of In-
diana, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
HASTINGS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure Transportation Security Administration employees 
who contract COVID–19 are entitled to appropriate 
workers’ compensation and other benefits, 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 ‘‘Coronavirus Workers’ 
Compensation for TSA Employees Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FOR TSA EMPLOYEES 
WHO CONTRACT COVID–19. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any Transportation Security Ad-
ministration employee described in subsection (b) who is 
diagnosed with COVID–19 during the period between 
January 30, 2020, and January 30, 2022, shall, upon ap-
plication, presumptively be entitled to disability compensa-
tion, medical services, and any other benefit provided 
under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(b) TSA EMPLOYEE.—A Transportation Security 
Administration employee described in this subsection is 
any of the following: 
(1) A transportation security officer. 
(2) A Federal air marshal. 
(3) A canine handler. 
(4) Any employee carrying out duties that re-
quire substantial contact with the public. 
(c) ATTORNEYS’ FEES.—The Secretary of Labor 
shall approve any claim of reasonable legal or other serv-
ices furnished with respect to a case, claim, or award for 
any Transportation Security Administration employee 
under this section. 
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(2) The Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives. 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
(4) The Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 
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ulations that take into account the differences 
between a composite plan and a defined benefit 
plan that is a multiemployer plan.’’; 
(B) in subsection (f) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
FOR
COM-
POSITE
PLANS.—With respect to any composite 
plan— 
‘‘(A) the provisions of paragraph (1)(A) 
shall apply by substituting ‘current funded ratio 
and projected funded ratio (as such terms are 
defined in section 802(a)(2))’ for ‘funded per-
centage’ each place it appears; and 
‘‘(B) the provisions of paragraph (2) shall 
apply only to the extent prescribed by the Sec-
retary in regulations that take into account the 
differences between a composite plan and a de-
fined benefit plan that is a multiemployer 
plan.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) COMPOSITE PLANS.—A multiemployer plan that 
incorporates the features of a composite plan as provided 
in section 801(b) shall be treated as a single plan for pur-
poses of the report required by this section, except that 
separate financial statements and actuarial statements
(B) such additional guidance as the Direc-
tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention determines necessary. 
(3) SMALL
BUSINESSES.—The term ‘‘small 
businesses’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small 
business concerns’’ under section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6669 
To modify the Federal cost share of assistance provided under the emergency 
declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, relating to 
COVID–19, to modify the activities eligible for assistance under such 
emergency declaration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2020 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. TITUS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
A BILL 
To modify the Federal cost share of assistance provided 
under the emergency declaration issued by the President 
on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID–19, to modify 
the activities eligible for assistance under such emergency 
declaration, 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 ‘‘COVID–19 Cost Share 
Adjustment Relief Act of 2020’’. 
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cluding by seeking to ensure that military investiga-
tors are notified when a prosecution is declined and 
that such notice includes the reasons for the declina-
tion when appropriate. 
(11) The Secretary of each military department 
shall seek to develop a memorandum of under-
standing with the National Children’s Alliance that 
makes children’s advocacy center services available 
to all military installations of the department and in-
creases awareness of those services across the de-
partment. 
(c) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out the activities described in subsection (b) not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ means the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 
(2) The term ‘‘child abuse’’ means any abuse of 
a child (including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emo-
tional abuse, and neglect) regardless of whether the 
perpetrator of the abuse is another child, an adult, 
or a person in a noncaregiving role. 
(3) The term ‘‘Incident Determination Com-
mittee’’ means a committee established at a military 
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installation that is responsible for reviewing reported 
incidents of child abuse and determining whether 
such incidents constitute child abuse according to 
the applicable criteria of the Department of Defense. 
(4) The term ‘‘military-connected’’, when used 
with respect to child abuse, means child abuse occur-
ring on a military installation or involving a depend-
ent of a member of the Armed Forces. 
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years of service the qualified employee completed 
under the defined benefit plan as of the date the em-
ployee satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2), 
disregarding any years of service that had been for-
feited under the rules of the defined benefit plan be-
fore that date. 
‘‘(h) SPECIAL RULES FOR COMPUTING YEARS OF 
SERVICE UNDER LEGACY PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In determining a qualified 
employee’s years of service under a legacy plan for 
purposes of this section, and in addition to any serv-
ice under applicable regulations, the employee’s 
years of service under a composite plan shall be 
treated as years of service earned under the legacy 
plan. For purposes of such determination, a com-
posite plan shall not be treated as a defined benefit 
plan pursuant to section 801(d). 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of 
this subsection, an employee is a qualified employee 
if the employee first completes an hour of service 
under the composite plan (determined without re-
gard to the provisions of this subsection) within the 
12-month period immediately preceding or the 24- 
month period immediately following the date the em-
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 666 
To establish a scholarship program in the Department of State for Haitian 
students whose studies were interrupted as a result of the January 
12, 2010, earthquake, or the October 4, 2016, hurricane, Hurricane 
Matthew. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2019 
Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SOTO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LEVIN 
of Michigan, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish a scholarship program in the Department of 
State for Haitian students whose studies were inter-
rupted as a result of the January 12, 2010, earthquake, 
or the October 4, 2016, hurricane, Hurricane Matthew. 
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 ‘‘Haitian Educational 
Empowerment Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew 
devastated Haiti, killing over 1,000 people, and di-
rectly affected 2.1 million people, including the in-
ternal displacement of 175,000 and 1.4 million peo-
ple in need of urgent humanitarian aid. 
(2) The storm damage has been estimated to be 
$1,000,000,000, or about 11.4 percent of the gross 
domestic product of Haiti. 
(3) Hurricane Matthew was the worst hurricane 
to hit Haiti in over 50 years. 
(4) Haiti is the poorest country in the Western 
Hemisphere. 
(5) Eighty percent of the population lives below 
the poverty line, and approximately 45 percent of 
the population is illiterate. 
(6) On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude 
earthquake struck the country of Haiti. 
(7) The earthquake caused massive devastation 
across Haiti, destroying government buildings, hos-
pitals, schools, and vital aid offices, including the 
headquarters of the United Nations mission to 
Haiti. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6670 
To provide for an exploration of strategies to increase domestic manufacturing 
and diversify the supply chain of critical drugs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2020 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for an exploration of strategies to increase domes-
tic manufacturing and diversify the supply chain of crit-
ical drugs, 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 ‘‘Prescription for Amer-
ican Drug Independence Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL ACADEMIES STRATEGIES TO INCREASE 
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF CRITICAL 
DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6672 
To amend the CARES Act to increase the authority for commitments and 
appropriations for paycheck protection program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2020 
Mr. GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the CARES Act to increase the authority for 
commitments and appropriations for paycheck protection 
program, 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. INCREASED AUTHORITY FOR COMMITMENTS 
AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAYCHECK PRO-
TECTION PROGRAM. 
Title I of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 1102— 
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Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine (referred to in this section as the ‘‘National Acad-
emies’’) under which, not later than 90 days after the date 
of entering into the agreement, the National Academies 
will— 
(1) establish a committee of experts who are 
knowledgeable about drug supply issues, including— 
(A) sourcing and production of critical 
drugs; 
(B) sourcing and production of active 
pharmaceutical ingredients in critical drugs; 
(C) the raw materials and other compo-
nents for critical drugs; and 
(D) the public health and national security 
implications of the current supply chain for 
critical drugs; 
(2) convene a public symposium to— 
(A) analyze the impact of United States 
dependence on the foreign manufacturing of 
critical drugs on patient access and care, in-
cluding in hospitals and intensive care units; 
and 
(B) recommend strategies to end United 
States dependence on foreign manufacturing to 
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ensure the United States has a diverse and vital 
supply chain for critical drugs to protect the 
Nation from natural or hostile occurrences; and 
(3) submit a report on the symposium’s pro-
ceedings to the Congress and publish a summary of 
such proceedings on the public website of the Na-
tional Academies. 
(b) SYMPOSIUM.—In carrying out the agreement 
under subsection (a), the National Academies shall consult 
with— 
(1) the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the 
Department of Defense, the Department of Com-
merce, the Department of State, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, the Department of Justice, and 
any other Federal agencies as appropriate; and 
(2) relevant stakeholders, including drug manu-
facturers, health care providers, medical professional 
societies, State-based societies, public health experts, 
State and local public health departments, State 
medical boards, patient groups, health care distribu-
tors, wholesalers and group purchasing organiza-
tions, pharmacists, and other entities with experi-
ence in health care and public health, as appro-
priate. 
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘critical drug’’ means a drug that 
is described in subsection (a) of section 506C of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
356c) (relating to notification of any discontinuance 
or interruption in the production of life-saving 
drugs). 
(2) The term ‘‘drug’’ has the meaning given to 
such term in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6671 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to aid States in the deployment 
of fueling infrastructure to increase the use of higher blends of biofuels, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2020 
Ms. FINKENAUER (for herself, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. BACON) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to aid States in 
the deployment of fueling infrastructure to increase the 
use of higher blends of biofuels, 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 ‘‘Clean Fuels Deploy-
ment Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF FUELING INFRA-
STRUCTURE TO INCREASE THE USE OF HIGH-
ER BLENDS OF BIOFUELS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) According to the Energy Information Ad-
ministration, 
United 
States 
fuel 
consumption 
reached a new record high in 2018, breaking the 
previous record from 2007. 
(2) Biofuels are an immediately available path 
toward decarbonizing the transportation sector while 
lowering fuel prices, driving economic growth, and 
creating jobs. 
(3) Ninety-eight percent of the gasoline sold in 
the United States already uses a 10 percent ethanol 
blend, E10. 
(4) E15 has been approved since 2011 for any 
car or light truck model year 2001 or later, and as 
of January 2020, it is sold at 2,081 locations in 30 
States primarily at independently owned gas sta-
tions. 
(5) On May 30, 2019, the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency issued a final rule titled ‘‘Modifica-
tions to Fuel Regulations to Provide Flexibility for 
E15 and to Elements of the Renewable Identifica-
tion Number Compliance System’’ to permit year- 
round sale of E15. 
(6) E15 is dispensed using blender pumps or 
dedicated E15 pumps. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered data broker shall 
maintain an internet website and place a clear and 
conspicuous notice on that internet website instruct-
ing an individual how— 
(A) to review information under subsection 
(b)(1); and 
(B) to express a preference under sub-
section (e)(2). 
(2) FORM.—A covered data broker shall ensure 
that the notice the covered data broker places under 
paragraph (1) conforms to such model form as the 
Commission shall promulgate for purposes of this 
subsection. 
(e) CERTAIN MARKETING INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered data broker may 
not use, share, or sell any information for marketing 
purposes that is subject to an expressed preference 
under paragraph (2). 
(2) EXPRESSION OF PREFERENCES.—A covered 
data broker that maintains any information de-
scribed under subsection (a) and that uses, shares, 
or sells that information for marketing purposes 
shall provide each individual whose information the 
covered data broker maintains with a reasonable 
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(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘June 
30, 2020’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for 
such loans’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2020, the 
amount authorized for commitments for such 
loans’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 
PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.—During the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection 
and ending on the date that is 90 days after the date on 
which the ‘Proclamation on Declaring a National Emer-
gency 
Concerning 
the 
Novel 
Coronavirus 
Disease 
(COVID–19) Outbreak’ (issued March 13, 2020) no 
longer has force or effect, there is authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for commitments 
for loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), including loans made under 
paragraph (36) of such section.’’; and 
(2) in section 1107— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking para-
graph (1) and redesignating subsequent para-
graphs accordingly; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘(d) DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—During the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection 
and ending on the date that is 90 days after the date on 
which the ‘Proclamation on Declaring a National Emer-
gency 
Concerning 
the 
Novel 
Coronavirus 
Disease 
(COVID–19) Outbreak’ (issued March 13, 2020) no 
longer has force or effect, there is authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary under the heading 
‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro-
gram Account, CARES Act’ for the cost of guaranteed 
loans as authorized under paragraph (36) of section 7(a) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).’’. 
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