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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8007 
To eliminate the authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System to hold closed meetings in planning economic stabilization under 
the Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 11, 2020 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself, Ms. GABBARD, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, and Mr. HICE of Georgia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To eliminate the authority of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System to hold closed meetings in 
planning economic stabilization under the Coronavirus 
Economic Stabilization Act of 2020. 
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 ‘‘Federal Reserve Sun-
shine Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL RE-
SERVE BOARD TO HOLD CLOSED MEETINGS 
IN 
PLANNING 
ECONOMIC 
STABILIZATION 
UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STA-
BILIZATION ACT OF 2020. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4009 of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4009. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENT 
FOR ADVANCE NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE 
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RE-
SERVE SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, if the Chairman of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System determines, in writing, that 
unusual and exigent circumstances exist, the Board may 
conduct meetings without advance notice as required by 
section 552b of title 5, United States Code, or by any 
other law, during the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this section and ending on the earlier of— 
‘‘(1) the date on which the national emergency 
concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID- 
19) outbreak declared by the President on March 
13, 2020, under the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) terminates; or 
‘‘(2) December 31, 2020. 
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‘‘(b) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Within 24 hours after the 
Chairman makes a determination under subsection (a), 
the Chairman shall make available to the public a written 
copy of the determination.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of such Act 
(Public Law 116–136) is amended in the table of contents 
by striking the item relating to section 4009 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 4009. Temporary suspension of requirement for advance notice of meet-
ings of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem.’’. 
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procedures establishing the time of the election, as 
may be established by law of the District of Colum-
bia.’’. 
(b) MAYOR.—The first sentence of section 421(c)(2) 
of such Act (sec. 1–204.21(c)(2), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended to read as follows: ‘‘To fill a vacancy in the Of-
fice of Mayor, the Board of Elections shall hold a special 
election in the District in accordance with such proce-
dures, including procedures establishing the time of the 
election, as may be established by law of the District of 
Columbia.’’. 
(c) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The first sentence of sec-
tion 435(b)(1) of such Act (sec. 1–204.35(b)(1), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended by striking ‘‘the Board of Elec-
tions’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘the Board of Elections shall hold a special election in 
the District in accordance with such procedures, including 
procedures establishing the time of the election, as may 
be established by law of the District of Columbia.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to vacancies occurring after the expiration of the 
one-year period which begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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(B) an examination of the assistance or 
options for required non-Federal cost shares for 
applicants that are, or serve, frontline commu-
nities; 
(C) an examination of whether priority for 
the investment may be given if the applicant is 
or primarily serves a frontline community; and 
(D) an examination of the diversity of the 
historical recipients of the investment. 
(c) NEW INVESTMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a new investment with an environmental 
or climate change nexus shall undergo an assessment to 
ensure that— 
(1) to the extent allowed by the laws governing 
the investment, frontline communities benefit from 
the investment; 
(2) an examination of the eligibility require-
ments for the investment to ensure that frontline 
communities can compete to receive the investment; 
(3) an examination of the assistance or options 
for required non-Federal cost shares for applicants 
that are, or serve, frontline communities; 
(4) an examination of whether priority for the 
investment may be given if the applicant is or pri-
marily serves a frontline community; and 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8012 
To amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit gender 
reassignment medical interventions on minors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 11, 2020 
Mr. LAMALFA (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. SPANO, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. FLORES, and Mr. HICE of 
Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, 
to prohibit gender reassignment medical interventions on 
minors, 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 Children 
From Experimentation Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. GENDER REASSIGNMENT MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS 
ON MINORS PROHIBITED. 
Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(ii) in the case of facilities operated by 
the Secretary, the Secretary shall close 
such facilities within 90 days. 
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) OBJECTIVES.—Not later than June 30 of 
each year, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives that describes the 
inspection and oversight activities at detention facili-
ties. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of each detention facility 
found to be in noncompliance with applicable 
detention standards issued by the Department 
of Homeland Security and other applicable reg-
ulations; 
(B) a description of the actions taken by 
the Department to remedy any findings of non-
compliance or other identified problems, includ-
ing financial penalties, contract or agreement 
termination, or facility closure; and 
(C) information regarding whether the ac-
tions described in subparagraph (B) resulted in 
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compliance with applicable detention standards 
and regulations. 
SEC. 8. REPLACEMENT OF FAMILY DETENTION WITH AL-
TERNATIVES. 
Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1226) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON DETENTION OF FAMILIES.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity is prohibited from— 
‘‘(A) detaining a family unit under the au-
thority of this section; or 
‘‘(B) separating a family unit whose mem-
bers were apprehended together in order to de-
tain a family member under this section. 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall establish community- 
based and community-supported case manage-
ment programs operated by nonprofit organiza-
tions for family units who are prohibited from 
being detained pursuant to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
ALTER-
NATIVES.—The Secretary may not use an 
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ankle-worn or other GPS tracking device as an 
alternative to detention under this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 9. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A person aggrieved of any viola-
tion of this Act or an amendment made by this Act may 
bring a civil action in an appropriate district court of the 
United States. 
(b) RELIEF.—For a prevailing plaintiff in a civil ac-
tion brought under subsection (a), the court— 
(1) shall award damages in the amount equal to 
the greater of— 
(A) the actual damages of the plaintiff; or 
(B) $1,000 for each violation of this Act or 
an amendment made by this Act; 
(2) may order injunctive relief; and 
(3) shall award reasonable attorney fees. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8009 
To ensure that individuals receive recovery rebates before the end of 2020. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 11, 2020 
Mr. HUDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To ensure that individuals receive recovery rebates before 
the end of 2020. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES TO ENSURE 
RECOVERY REBATES ARE RECEIVED BEFORE 
THE END OF 2020. 
The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 
designee) shall establish procedures designed to ensure 
that every claim for credit or refund under section 
6428(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is re-
solved before December 31, 2020, by either— 
(1) allowing or making such credit or refund, or 
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(2) providing the individual with a written de-
termination that such individual is not entitled to 
such credit or refund. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 800 
To amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to provide financial 
institutions with credit for providing assistance during Government shut-
downs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2019 
Mr. MEEKS (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. VARGAS, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. QUIGLEY, 
and Mr. PERLMUTTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to 
provide financial institutions with credit for providing 
assistance during Government shutdowns. 
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 ‘‘Federal Workers 
Banking Assistance Act’’. 
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(1) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 2260B. Gender reassignment medical interventions 
on minors 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly performs 
any gender reassignment medical intervention on a minor 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON PROSECUTION OF PERSON ON 
WHOM INTERVENTION IS PERFORMED.—No person on 
whom the gender reassignment medical intervention under 
subsection (a) is performed may be arrested or prosecuted 
for an offense under this section. 
‘‘(c) CIVIL ACTION.—A person on whom a gender re-
assignment medical intervention is performed under this 
section may bring a civil action for appropriate relief 
against each person who performed the gender reassign-
ment medical intervention. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) GENDER REASSIGNMENT MEDICAL INTER-
VENTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
chapter, except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the term ‘gender reassignment medical 
intervention’ means— 
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SEC. 2. CRA CREDIT FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE DURING 
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS. 
Section 804 of the Community Reinvestment Act of 
1977 (12 U.S.C. 2903) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE
DURING
GOVERNMENT
SHUT-
DOWNS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In assessing and taking 
into account, under subsection (a), the record of a 
financial institution, the appropriate Federal finan-
cial supervisory agency shall consider, as a factor, 
efforts of the financial institution to modify terms 
on existing loans, extend new loans with low- to no- 
interest rates, or the waiving of fees to help covered 
employees, if such modification or extension is done 
in a safe and sound manner. 
‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.—The appropriate Federal fi-
nancial supervisory agencies shall issue guidance 
with respect to this subsection not later than the end 
of the 7-day period following— 
‘‘(A) the date of enactment of this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(B) any lapse in Federal appropriations. 
‘‘(3) COVERED
EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of 
this 
subsection, 
the 
term 
‘covered 
employee’ 
means— 
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‘‘(A) a Federal or District of Columbia em-
ployee furloughed or excepted from such fur-
lough during any lapse in Federal appropria-
tions; and 
‘‘(B) a Federal contractor who, during any 
lapse in Federal appropriations, is not receiving 
pay by reason of such lapse.’’. 
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‘‘(i) performing a surgery that steri-
lizes an individual, including castration, 
vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, 
metoidioplasty, penectomy, phalloplasty, 
and vaginoplasty, to change the body of 
such individual to correspond to a sex that 
is discordant with biological sex; 
‘‘(ii) performing a mastectomy on an 
individual for the purpose described in 
clause (i); or 
‘‘(iii) administering or supplying to an 
individual medications for the purpose de-
scribed in clause (i), including— 
‘‘(I) GnRH agonists or other pu-
berty-blocking drugs to stop or delay 
normal puberty; 
‘‘(II) 
testosterone 
or 
other 
androgens to biological females at 
doses that are supraphysiologic to the 
female sex; or 
‘‘(III) 
estrogen 
to 
biological 
males 
at 
doses 
that 
are 
supraphysiologic to the male sex. 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
shall not apply to the following individuals: 
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‘‘(i) An individual with external bio-
logical 
sex 
characteristics 
that 
are 
irresolvably ambiguous, such as those born 
with 46 XX chromosomes with virilization, 
46 XY chromosomes with undervirilization, 
or having both ovarian and testicular tis-
sue. 
‘‘(ii) An individual with respect to 
whom a physician has determined through 
genetic or biochemical testing that the in-
dividual does not have normal sex chro-
mosome structure, sex steroid hormone 
production, or sex steroid hormone action 
for a biological male or biological female. 
‘‘(2) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means any per-
son under the age of eighteen years.’’; and 
(2) by amending the table of sections for such 
chapter by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘2260B. Gender reassignment medical interventions on minors.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8015 
To maintain prompt and reliable postal services during the COVID–19 health 
emergency, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 11, 2020 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To maintain prompt and reliable postal services during the 
COVID–19 health emergency, 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 ‘‘Delivering for America 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROMPT AND RELIABLE POSTAL SERVICES DURING 
COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the last 
day of the COVID–19 public health emergency or January 
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issuer offering a health plan from offering 
separate coverage for gender reassignment 
medical interventions described in such 
subparagraph, or a plan that includes such 
gender reassignment medical interventions, 
so long as such separate coverage or plan 
is not paid for with any employer contribu-
tion eligible for the credit allowed under 
this section.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO MULTI-STATE PLANS.—Section 
1334(a) of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 18054(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(7) COVERAGE
CONSISTENT
WITH
FEDERAL 
POLICY REGARDING GENDER REASSIGNMENT MED-
ICAL
INTERVENTIONS.—In entering into contracts 
under this subsection, the Director shall ensure that 
no multi-State qualified health plan offered in an 
Exchange provides health benefits coverage for 
which the expenditure of Federal funds is prohibited 
under chapter 4 of title 1, United States Code.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years ending after 
December 31, 2019, but only with respect to plan years 
beginning after such date, and the amendment made by 
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subsection (b) shall apply to plan years beginning after 
such date. 
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H. R. 6968—4 
relating to the joint resolution of disapproval shall be 
decided without debate. 
(G) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—Debate in the 
Senate of any veto message with respect to the joint resolu-
tion of disapproval, including all debatable motions and 
appeals in connection with such joint resolution, shall be 
limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and 
controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader 
or their designees. 
(6) PROCEDURES IN THE SENATE.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the following procedures shall apply 
in the Senate to a joint resolution of disapproval: 
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a joint 
resolution of disapproval that has passed the House of 
Representatives shall, when received in the Senate, be 
referred to the Committee on Finance for consideration 
in accordance with this subsection. 
(B) If a joint resolution of disapproval was introduced 
in the Senate before receipt of a joint resolution of dis-
approval that has passed the House of Representatives, 
the joint resolution from the House of Representatives 
shall, when received in the Senate, be placed on the cal-
endar. If this subparagraph applies, the procedures in the 
Senate with respect to a joint resolution of disapproval 
introduced in the Senate that contains the identical matter 
as the joint resolution of disapproval that passed the House 
of Representatives shall be the same as if no joint resolution 
of disapproval had been received from the House of Rep-
resentatives, except that the vote on passage in the Senate 
shall be on the joint resolution of disapproval that passed 
the House of Representatives. 
(7) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE 
SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and 
as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 
respectively, but applicable only with respect to the proce-
dure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint 
resolution of disapproval, and supersedes other rules only 
to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right 
of either House to change the rules (so far as relating 
to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same
1, 2021, whichever is later, the United States Postal Serv-
ice may not implement or approve any change to the oper-
ations or the level of service provided by the Postal Service 
from those in effect on January 1, 2020, that would im-
pede prompt, reliable, and efficient services, including any 
of the following actions: 
(1) Any change in the nature of postal services 
which will generally affect service on a nationwide or 
substantially nationwide basis. 
(2) Any revision of service standards. 
(3) Any closure or consolidation of any post of-
fice or reduction of facility hours. 
(4) Any prohibition on payment of overtime pay 
to Postal Service officers or employees. 
(5) Any change that would prevent the Postal 
Service from meeting its service standards or cause 
a decline in measurements of performance relative to 
those service standards. 
(6) Any change that would have the effect of 
delaying mail, allowing for the non-delivery of mail 
to a delivery route, or increasing the volume of unde-
livered mail. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH 
EMERGENCY.—In this Act, the term ‘‘COVID–19 public 
health emergency’’ means the public health emergency de-
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clared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
on January 27, 2020, with respect to the 2019 Novel 
Coronavirus. 
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