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Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7483
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2020-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: 

Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020

 
This bill allows rural utility service providers to submit to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a request to adjust the interest rate or modify the terms of certain loans. The request shall include a report summarizing how the adjustment or modification will assist the borrower in providing critical utility services to a rural community.
 
Specifically, on receipt of a request, USDA must 
 
 
adjust the interest rate on the loan to match certain interest rates in effect when the bill is enacted for obligations of comparable maturity to the term remaining on the loan (or a higher rate requested by the borrower), and 
 
make modifications to the loan terms as necessary to address changes in the financial position of the borrower due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency and to promote the financial sustainability of the borrower.
 
 
In carrying out the adjustments or modifications, USDA shall not impose or collect any fee from, or impose any penalty on, a borrower.
 
The bill also provides funding to implement the adjustments and modifications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Preventing China from Exploiting COVID–19 Act

Bill: 116-hr-7484
Sponsor: Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Introduced: 2020-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
Australia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hong Kong
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
News media and reporting
Oceania
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Taiwan
Trade secrets and economic espionage
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: 

Preventing China from Exploiting COVID-19 Act

 
This bill directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress on efforts by China's government to exploit the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic to advance its national security and foreign policy interests. 
 
The report shall contain elements including (1) an assessment of Chinese government efforts to retaliate against countries seeking an inquiry into China's role in the spread of COVID-19, (2) a description of Chinese economic aid or medical assistance to countries affected by COVID-19 and how such activities may affect Chinese and U.S. foreign policy interests, and (3) an identification of different ways the Chinese government may be using the global disruption caused by COVID-19 to more aggressively pursue long-standing domestic and foreign policy objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act

Bill: 116-hr-7485
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Postal service
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: 

SAFE Workers Act or the Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act

 
 This bill requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to provide employees with the ability to vote remotely by telephone or the internet in union representation elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
 The bill further permits the NLRB's use of appropriations to issue directives or regulations providing for electronic voting methods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act

Bill: 116-hr-7488
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: 

Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act

 
This bill contains provisions related to federal investigations of state and local law enforcement activities, including an authorization of additional appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division for FY2020-FY2029.
 
Certain DOJ-imposed limitations on civil settlement agreements between the DOJ and a local or state entity shall have no effect. (Typically, such an agreement involves the entity agreeing to take certain actions, such as a law enforcement agency agreeing to require certain officer training or stop certain policing practices. In November 2018, DOJ announced that it would adopt certain procedures and requirements to limit such agreements, such as requiring approval by a senior DOJ official if an agreement would create long-term structural obligations for the entity.)
 
A certain portion of the increased funding for the Civil Rights Division authorized by the bill shall be available for investigations into law enforcement agencies or related entities that engage in a pattern or practice of depriving persons of their civil rights. 
 
The bill also authorizes a state attorney general's office to file a lawsuit under federal law against a law enforcement agency or related entity that engages in a pattern or practice of depriving persons of their civil rights, where currently only DOJ has such authority. DOJ may provide grants to state and tribal governments to investigate and pursue such cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
RAMP–UP Act

Bill: 116-hr-7490
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Industrial facilities
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: 

Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for Upgrading Plants Act or the RAMP-UP Act 

 
This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to meat and poultry processing facilities for assistance with costs incurred in making improvements to such facilities and carrying out other planning activities necessary to be subject to inspection and allow for interstate shipment of their products.
 
Each grant shall not exceed $100,000.
 
Grant recipients must provide matching nonfederal funds in an amount equal to the amount of a grant, except for grants awarded in FY2020 or FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Energy Tax Credit Direct Payment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7491
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2020-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: 

Energy Tax Credit Direct Payment Act of 2020

 
This bill reinstates in 2020 the program authorizing the Department of the Treasury to convert certain alternative clean energy tax credits into cash grants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-06
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: 2020-07-06
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: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To designate all of Puerto Rico as an opportunity zone.

Bill: 116-hr-7492
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Economic development
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: 
This bill removes conditions on the designation of Puerto Rico as a qualified opportunity zone. In general, a 
qualified opportunity zone
 is an economically-distressed community where new investment may be eligible for preferential tax treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Granny Pods Study Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7493
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Family relationships
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: 

Granny Pods Study Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to study the provision of certain long-term care services for physically or mentally impaired individuals through temporary family health care structures (also known as 
granny pods
). 
 
Specifically, the CMS must (1) identify services that are already covered by Medicare or Medicaid that could be provided in temporary family health care structures by caregivers, (2) determine reasonable reimbursement rates for such services, and (3) provide the cost differential between such rates and the rates for services provided in nursing facilities.
 
The bill defines 
temporary family health care structure
 as a transportable residential structure that helps a caregiver (i.e., adult relative) of an individual who is mentally or physically impaired to care for the individual. The structure must have been primarily assembled at a different location from where it is installed, may be no larger than 300 gross square feet, and must be limited to only one occupant (the individual in need of care).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Adoption and Opportunity Act

Bill: 116-hr-7494
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: 

Broadband Adoption and Opportunity Act

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish a pilot program seeking, through public-private partnerships, to (1) refurbish internet-capable devices; and (2) establish or carry out donation, lending, or purchasing programs that increase access to such refurbished devices for individuals who do not have internet-capable devices.
 
The NTIA must also develop recommendations for states and Native American tribes on best practices for reducing the barriers to, and increasing the adoption of, broadband internet access service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
WORK NOW Act

Bill: 116-hr-7495
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2020-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Family services
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: 

Work Opportunities and Resources to Keep Nonprofit Organizations Well Act or the WORK NOW Act 

 
This bill establishes a grant program for the purpose of providing emergency relief to nonprofit organizations, prioritizing organizations that provide services related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Organizations receiving funding must use not less than 60% of these funds to hire new employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Success for Rural Students and Communities Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7497
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2020-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Economic development
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: 

Success for Rural Students and Communities Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a grant program through which the Department of Education may award funds to eligible partnerships to support rural postsecondary education and economic growth and development in rural communities.
 
A grant recipient must be a partnership whose members represent at least three designated types of organizations, specifically (1) a local educational agency or educational service agency serving a rural area, (2) an institution of higher education (IHE), (3) a regional economic development entity, or (4) a rural community-serving organization with demonstrated success supporting rural students in accessing higher education and attaining degrees.
 
A grant recipient must use awarded funds to carry out no fewer than two specified activities, namely (1) improving postsecondary enrollment rates for rural secondary school students, (2) increasing enrollment and completion rates of rural nontraditional students in degree programs at IHEs, (3) creating or strengthening academic programs at rural-serving IHEs to prepare graduates to enter into high-need occupations in the regional and local economies, or (4) generating local and regional economic development that creates employment opportunities for rural students with postsecondary degrees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Uplifting Our Local Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-7498
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal Reserve System
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: 

Uplifting Our Local Communities Act 

 
This bill allows the Federal Reserve Board in unusual and exigent circumstances to authorize Federal Reserve banks to buy and sell municipal bonds and other specified financial instruments issued by a state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. territory or possession, or a federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
 
The Federal Reserve Board must revise the terms of operation of the Municipal Liquidity Facility through which the board purchases state and municipal debt. Specifically, the board must 
 
 
extend the operation of the facility to December 31, 2021, 
 
extend the maturity of eligible debt from three years to ten, 
 
ensure that purchases are made at an interest rate equal to the federal funds rate, 
 
allow for the purchase of the debt of U.S. territories and possessions, and 
 
reduce the minimum eligible population size for a municipality to 50,000. 
 
 
The bill also establishes a long-term municipal borrowing facility to provide capital for the duration of the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Additionally, the bill removes the prohibition on loan forgiveness for states and municipalities receiving specified COVID-19 aid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Introduced in House