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Student Apprenticeship Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5961
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Student Apprenticeship Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to certain partnerships to enable the development and implementation of a postsecondary apprenticeship program.
 
An eligible partnership must consist of (1) at least one institution of higher education, (2) at least one individual employer, and (3) a workforce intermediary (an entity that demonstrates expertise in fostering partnerships in order to support postsecondary apprenticeship programs). Such partnership may also include other entities such as a state agency responsible for administering career and technical education, a labor organization, or an economic development agency.
 
ED must not provide a grant to a partnership seeking to establish an apprenticeship in construction trades.
 
A partnership that receives a grant must use the funds to develop and implement a postsecondary apprenticeship program in a high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand industry sector or occupation. Additionally, an apprenticeship shall qualify as a work-study program through which a student apprentice is eligible for federal financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Gender Inclusive Passport Act

Bill: 116-hr-5962
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Gender Inclusive Passport Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to permit an applicant for a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad to use an unspecified (X) gender designation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
E-Cigarette Oversight and Accountability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5963
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Consumer affairs
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

E-Cigarette Oversight and Accountability Act of 2020

 
This bill requires manufacturers and importers of electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes or vape pens) to report consumer complaints to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bill also directs the FDA to establish and periodically update a public database of tobacco products authorized for sale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
TechSMART Workforce Development Act

Bill: 116-hr-5964
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Educational technology and distance education
Employment and training programs
Financial services and investments
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

TechSMART Workforce Development Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a TechSMART Workforce Development Program, under which Labor shall provide to eligible entities (i.e., a workforce intermediary, a public organization, or certain tax-exempt charitable organizations that include an advisory board) grants for technology sector job training and education programs that provide industry-recognized credentials during the five-year grant period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Leveraging our National Labs to Develop Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders Act

Bill: 116-hr-5965
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Business education
Congressional oversight
Energy research
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Leveraging our National Labs to Develop Tomorrow's Technology Leaders Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs within the Department of Energy (DOE). Under the programs, DOE must provide grants for entrepreneurial fellowships, with access to the research facilities, lab expertise, and mentorship opportunities of a National Laboratory, to perform research and development and gain expertise in the commercial application of research ideas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Restore and Modernize Our National Labs Act

Bill: 116-hr-5966
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Infrastructure development
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Restore and Modernize Our National Labs Act 

 
This bill provides funding to the Department of Energy (DOE) for deferred maintenance, critical infrastructure needs, and modernization of National Laboratories. 
 
DOE shall submit, with the annual budget submission of the President through FY2025, a list of projects for which DOE will provide funding under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Public Library Innovation Space Act

Bill: 116-hr-5967
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Business education
Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Humanities programs funding
Libraries and archives
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Public Library Innovation Space Act

 
This bill requires the Institute of Museum and Library Services to carry out a program for making competitive grants to eligible partnerships (composed of a public library and an economic development corporation, a local government, a tribal government, a state government, an elementary or secondary school, a museum, an institution of higher education, a nonprofit organization, a corporation, and/or other entities) to establish makerspaces at public libraries. 
 
A makerspace is a facility (which may be at a fixed location or a mobile unit) that is open to the public and provides individuals with access to (1) tools, technology, and educational resources designed to enable such individuals to create physical goods, including prototypes; and (2) educational opportunities, including vocational training and assistance with early-stage business ventures. 
 
A partnership must contribute, for the activities for which the grant was awarded, nonfederal matching funds in an amount determined appropriate by the institute.
 
Each eligible partnership that receives a grant may not use its grant funds, or the matching funds contributed by it, for construction activities at a public library that would provide extra square footage to house a makerspace. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Community Solar Consumer Choice Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5968
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Community Solar Consumer Choice Act of 2020

 
This bill supports the expansion of community solar energy and doubles the allowable time period for a long-term contract between the General Services Administration (GSA) and a public utility.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program for expanding community solar energy options, including options for low-income and moderate-income individuals. In addition, DOE must expand existing grant, loan, and financing programs to include community solar projects as specified by the bill.
 
Further, the bill revises requirements for electric utilities, including by requiring each electric utility to offer a community solar program.
 
Finally, the bill allows the GSA to make a public utility contract for a period of up to 20 years. Currently, the GSA may make a public utility contract for up to 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Fire Safety Act

Bill: 116-hr-5969
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Public Housing Fire Safety Act

 
This bill creates a grant program, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in certain public housing projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Language Equity in Social Security Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5970
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2020-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: 

Language Equity in Social Security Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to take into account an individual's linguistic limitations, including any lack of facility with the English language, when determining if the individual has a disability for purposes of eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits or Supplemental Security Income. SSA regulations scheduled to take effect on April 27, 2020, eliminate an individual's inability to communicate in English as an educational factor for purposes of determining whether the individual can make an adjustment to perform other work.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Case Backlog and Transparency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5971
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Case Backlog and Transparency Act of 2020

 
This bill amends reporting requirements related to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) efforts to address the backlog in immigration applications. 
 
DHS shall publish on its website and submit to Congress quarterly reports about the backlog. These reports shall include an annual report that contains information including (1) an analysis of factors contributing to the backlog, (2) a description of existing and planned policies to address the backlog, (3) state-by-state backlog data, and (4) approval and denial rates for each immigration benefit type.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall publish on its website and submit to Congress reports every two years assessing DHS efforts to address the backlog and to ensure fair and accurate adjudication of immigration benefit applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act

Bill: 116-hr-5972
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Delaware
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wilmington, Delaware, as the "Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office."

action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wilmington, Delaware, as the "Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office."

action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1, in Wilmington, Delaware, as the "Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-306.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-306.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7643-7644)
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-306
To direct the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to establish a pilot program to help State prisons and local jails improve the documentation of incarcerated veterans.

Bill: 116-hr-5973
Sponsor: Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Judicial procedure and administration
State and local courts
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a pilot program to improve documentation of whether inmates of state prisons and local jails are veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act

Bill: 116-hr-5974
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Computers and information technology
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for an air carrier to operate a single or multiengine, turbine-powered helicopter with one or more passenger seats and one or more pilots without a flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-5975
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act 

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2036 the Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts. 
 
The bill also repeals the limitation on the total amount of funding that may be appropriated for the corridor and heritage area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
P3 Act

Bill: 116-hr-5976
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Minority education
Minority employment
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Partnerships for Progress and Prosperity Act or the P3 Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education to improve students' education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). 
 
Each grantee shall partner with an employer in a STEM field to
 
 
assist students in obtaining internships or apprenticeships, 
 
develop STEM coursework curricula and metrics, 
 
carry out dual-credit courses, 
 
provide tutoring and mentoring, 
 
enable students and teachers to attend STEM events outside of the classroom, 
 
provide after-school and summer STEM programs, and 
 
purchase educational materials or equipment to facilitate STEM instruction.

 
In awarding grants under the program, ED shall give special consideration to applicants that
 
 
promote in-classroom engagement between STEM professionals and students; 
 
use technology-based instructional materials and content; 
 
pair mentors and tutors with students struggling to meet curriculum benchmarks; 
 
in the case of LEA applicants, serve schools in which most students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch; and 
 
propose to use grant funds to target interventions for populations that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields, including women, minorities, and low-income students.

 
Each grantee shall provide matching funds equal to 50% of the grant amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House