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HSAT Act

Bill: 116-hr-8526
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-02
text: 

Health Smart Air Travel Act or the HSAT Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot program to improve the application of public health risk mitigation measures related to the public health risks presented by COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019) in airports and on passenger aircraft.
 
DOT may provide grants under the program to states, commercial airlines, airports, public health institutions, and other entities to to carry out development, testing, or evaluation of such public health risk mitigation measures.
 
DOT, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must each designate federal facilities for receiving, processing, and analyzing data collected and experience gained by recipients of grants under the program.
 
DOT, DHS, and HHS must use the data collected and experience gained to (1) jointly identify technical, regulatory, or policy challenges to the integration of public health risk mitigation measures related to the public health risks created by COVID-19 in airports and on passenger aircraft; and (2) inform ongoing initiatives by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop operational standards and procedures to mitigate such public health risks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2020-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2020-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2020-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8528
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2020-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Income tax deductions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-02
text: 

Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020

 
This bill extends through December 31, 2025, several telehealth flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), such as expanded Medicare coverage of such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8529
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits additional rebates for certain drugs under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Specifically, the bill prohibits additional rebates with respect to noninnovator multiple-source drugs (i.e., generics) for which the average manufacturer price is less than $1. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Energy Opportunity Zones Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8530
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Department of the Treasury
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Great Lakes
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 
 
Energy Opportunity Zones Act of 2020

 
This bill designates energy opportunity zones for areas that are within 120 miles of a nuclear or coal power plant used to generate electricity that has ceased operations or is scheduled to cease operations within 6 years, or areas that can demonstrate how changes in the nuclear or coal economy have resulted or may result in job losses. 
 
The bill modifies or extends the new energy efficient home tax credit, the nonbusiness energy property tax credit, the investment tax credit, and the tax credit for production of electricity, and establishes a new tax credit for offshore wind and energy storage. The bill also extends through 2050 the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Food Deserts Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8531
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee hiring
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health promotion and preventive care
Inflation and prices
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Food Deserts Act of 20

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This bill establishes a Department of Agriculture program to provide grants to states for revolving funds to support the establishment and operation of grocery stores in underserved communities. 
 
An underserved community is a community that has (1) limited access to affordable, healthy foods, including fresh fruits and vegetables, in grocery retail stores or farmer-to-consumer direct markets; and (2) a high rate of hunger or food insecurity or a high poverty rate. 
 
States must use the funds to make loans to support grocery stores in underserved communities, including for opening a store (excluding new construction), or supporting or purchasing an existing store.
 
States may only make loans for grocery stores that meet requirements related to 
 
 
 emphasizing unprocessed, healthful foods; 
 
providing staple foods and a variety of raw fruits and vegetables; 
 
 having a plan to keep the foods in stock; 
 
charging prices at or below market averages;
 
meeting specified matching requirements using nonfederal funds; and
 
being qualified to operate a store or having partnerships with organizations that provide technical assistance. 
 
 
States must prioritize loan applications from entities that meet criteria related to
 
 
 hiring workers from the underserved community, 
 
 providing classes or educational information about a healthful diet, 
 
sourcing food from local urban farms and gardens,
 
 not selling alcohol or tobacco products, or
 
demonstrating existing supply chain relationships or expertise in the grocery industry. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E934)
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
National Center for the Advancement of Aviation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8532
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Federally chartered organizations
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

National Center for the Advancement of Aviation Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the National Center for the Advancement of Aviation as a federally chartered entity to serve as a national independent forum to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between aviation and aerospace stakeholders for the purpose of supporting and promoting civil and military aviation and aerospace in order to address the demands and challenges associated with ensuring a safe and vibrant national aviation system.
 
In furtherance of that purpose, the center must focus on the
 
 
development and sustainability of a well-qualified, well-trained civil and military aviation and aerospace workforce;
 
conduct of research and development of new aviation and aerospace training materials and products;
 
coordination of the dissemination of grants for the development of aviation and aerospace oriented high school STEM education curriculum;
 
facilitation of collaboration between institutions of higher education or other research institutions engaged in aviation, aerospace or related research or technical development, including those institutions designated as Centers of Excellence or Test Centers of the Federal Aviation Administration and aviation and aerospace stakeholders; and
 
engagement in other workforce development activities consistent with addressing the demands and challenges facing the aviation and aerospace industry.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E931)
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Federally-Assisted Housing Act

Bill: 116-hr-8533
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing industry and standards
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Low- and moderate-income housing
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Support Allowing Volume Exception for Federally-Assisted Housing Act or the SAVE Federally-Assisted Housing Act

 
This bill allows an exception to the volume cap requirement for private activity bonds used to finance the preservation, improvement, or replacement of federally-assisted buildings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8534
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act of 2020

 
This bill revises requirements for the food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to allow direct certification of dependent children in households of active duty members of the Armed Forces for the school meal programs.
 
State agencies must establish procedures to certify child dependents of active duty members whose income does not exceed 185% of the federal poverty line for the school meal programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
GO Ag Act

Bill: 116-hr-8535
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural education
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Growing Opportunities in Agriculture Act or the GO Ag Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities (e.g., local educational agencies) to create new agricultural education programs in secondary schools. 
Agricultural education
 refers to career and technical education that is focused on agriculture, including classroom or laboratory instruction, work-based learning, and leadership education that is delivered through career and technical student organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act

Bill: 116-hr-8536
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Debt collection
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act 

 
This bill prohibits credit reporting agencies from including certain medical debt on a consumer report. Specifically, agencies may not include on a report medical debt that has not been placed for collection, medical debt that was placed for collection within a year prior to the report, or medical debt fully paid or settled within a certain period of time. 
 
Before a person provides information regarding a consumer's medical debt to a credit reporting agency, that person must notify the consumer of the restrictions regarding the reporting of medical debt and provide the consumer with details regarding the medical debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to modify any caps on emergency EIDL advances to certain veterans service organizations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8537
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 
This bill prohibits the Small Business Administration from placing a cap that is less than $5,000 on any advance for an economic injury disaster loan that is made in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to a veterans service organization (VSO) with only one employee. A VSO aids veterans with the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To allow certain governmental pension plans to include firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8538
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 
This bill expands the coverage of tax-exempt governmental pension plans to include emergency response providers, such as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics,


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act

Bill: 116-hr-8539
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Congressional elections
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Land transfers
Legislative rules and procedure
Maryland
Members of Congress
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act

 
 This bill cedes the District of Columbia to Maryland after Maryland's acceptance of the retrocession. Furthermore, the bill declares that the National Capital Service Area in the District shall not be ceded and relinquished to Maryland and shall continue to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. The bill maintains the exclusive legislative authority and control of Congress over the area.
 
 Finally, excluding the District Building, the area shall include the principal federal monuments, the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, the federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the U.S. Capitol, and the Frances Perkins Building, including any portion of it north of D Street NW.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Seniors Safe from COVID-19 Through Home Design Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8540
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lighting, heating, cooling
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Keeping Seniors Safe from COVID-19 Through Home Design Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health and Human Services to study improved home and housing design features in nursing homes and assisted living facilities that can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To help ensure that COVID-19 does not prevent disabled veterans from using the medical treatment leave to which such veterans are entitled, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8541
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 
This bill allows certain veterans who are federal employees to retain disabled veteran leave for a longer period of time, and restores leave that was forfeited due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Currently, veterans may use specific medical leave for purposes of receiving treatment for service-connected disabilities during the first 12 months of federal employment; unused leave must be forfeited after this period.
 
The bill allows veterans whose first day of federal employment is between March 1, 2019, and June 1, 2021, to use such medical leave during the first 24 months of their employment. The bill also restores forfeited leave to these veterans if treatment was unavailable at a Veterans Affairs medical provider due to COVID-19; restored leave must be used within 12 months of initial forfeiture. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House