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HOV Lanes for Heroes Act

Bill: 116-hr-8435
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Disability assistance
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation costs
User charges and fees
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

HOV Lanes for Heroes Act

 
This bill provides authority for a public authority to allow a disabled veteran to use a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility if such veteran has a license plate that clearly identifies the vehicle, a registered transponder, or other method of qualifying identification.
 
The public authority may not charge a toll to the veteran for use of the HOV facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Equal Health Care for All Act

Bill: 116-hr-8436
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Age discrimination
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicare
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

Equal Health Care for All Act

 
This bill prohibits discrimination in health care based on race, ethnicity, and other characteristics. It also revises reporting requirements, adds equity-related measures to certain Medicare programs, and makes other changes to reduce health disparities.
 
To enforce the prohibition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish an administrative process to resolve complaints about inequitable health care. HHS must investigate these complaints and mediate agreements to resolve issues. In the event of noncompliance with a mediated agreement, an aggrieved individual may bring a civil action.
 
Health care providers must also report data in formats that allow disaggregation by demographic factors. HHS must issue proposed regulations to carry out this requirement within 90 days.
 
Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must include measures related to equitable health care in the Medicare value-based purchasing program for hospitals. This program provides incentive payments based on quality of care. The CMS may also exclude providers that furnish inequitable health care from its programs.
 
In addition, the bill establishes the Federal Health Equity Commission to monitor implementation of the bill and establishes a grant program for hospitals to promote equitable health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5120)
action_date: 2020-09-29
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: 2020-09-29
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: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs of education pursued at educational institutions.

Bill: 116-hr-8437
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 
This bill extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide educational assistance through December 21, 2021, for programs of education that have been converted to distance learning due to an emergency or health-related situation. Such assistance includes monthly housing stipends or subsistence allowances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
FAIR FIGHT Act

Bill: 116-hr-8439
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

Freeing Americans' Interest Reimbursements From Improper Governmental Holdover Taxes Act or the FAIR FIGHT Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any interest allowed and paid upon a tax refund amount. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8440
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Disaster relief and insurance
Employee benefits and pensions
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill sets forth tax relief provisions for taxpayers residing in a disaster zone. Specifically, the bill 
 
 
allows penalty-free qualified disaster distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans up to $100,000, 
 
allows recontributions of distributions for home purchases cancelled due to disasters,
 
increases to $100,000 the limit on loans from retirement plans not treated as distributions, 
 
allows an employee retention tax credit for 40% of wages paid by employers affected by a disaster, 
 
expands eligibility for disaster-related personal casualty losses, 
 
permits the calculation of the earned income tax credit based upon income earned prior to 2020, and 
 
suspends the limitation on corporate charitable contributions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Frontline Heroes Act

Bill: 116-hr-8441
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial review and appeals
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Student aid and college costs
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

Frontline Heroes Act

 
This bill establishes temporary programs within the Department of Justice to compensate frontline health care workers or their survivors for disabilities or deaths resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect COVID-19 outcome and mortality data for personnel of health care facilities and long-term care facilities and to study the long-term health impacts of COVID-19, including its potential to cause disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8442
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2020

 
This bill includes ovarian and cervical cancers in the Department of Health and Human Services' national awareness campaign about gynecologic cancers. The campaign must include public service announcements targeting low-income women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Cottage Homes to Improve Lives for Dependents (CHILD) Act

Bill: 116-hr-8443
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Family services
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Cottages Homes and Improved Lives for Dependents (CHILD) Act

 
This bill requires states to consider foster family homes or cottage homes to be the least restrictive setting for children who have attained six years of age and have been removed from their homes, if suitable relatives or other designated caregivers are not available. A cottage home is a residential operation
 
 
 in which not more than 12 children reside; 
 
 that implements a trauma-informed care plan for its residents; 
 
 that involves family members of a child in the plan of service for the child, and maintains contact with the family of the child, if available and if the involvement supports the well-being of the child; and
 
 that is licensed by the state where it is located.
 
 
The bill makes cottage homes eligible for foster care maintenance payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Vital STATS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8444
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Vital Standardization of Thoughtful Administrative Techniques and Statistics Act of 2020 or the Vital STATS Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Medicine to study coordination and standardization of vital-statistics reporting and data sharing between federal, state, and local agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Hezbollah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8445
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Argentina
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bolivia
Brazil
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human rights
Latin America
Lebanon
Mexico
Middle East
Militias and paramilitary groups
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Political parties and affiliation
Sanctions
Terrorism
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Hezbollah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes measures to deter money laundering by Hezbollah in Lebanon and Latin America.
 
Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must prohibit or place conditions on the opening or maintaining of certain correspondent or payable-through accounts by the Central Bank of Syria if Treasury determines that certain jurisdictions in Lebanon or areas in Latin America are jurisdictions of primary money laundering concern.
 
Further, the President must sanction certain senior foreign political figures or foreign persons that the President determines have knowingly provided material support to or engaged in a significant transaction with Hezbollah.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial 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: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial 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: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial 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: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-hr-8446
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Utah
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act

 
This bill establishes in certain Utah counties (1) the Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve within the Escalante Canyons National Monument, (2) the Grand Staircase National Monument, and (3) the Kaiparowits National Monument.
 
The Department of the Interior shall convey to the state of Utah the Hole in the Rock Road (BLM Road 200). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Community Health and Clean Transit Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8447
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Public transit
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Community Health and Clean Transit Act of 20

20

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to make direct loans to eligible entities (i.e., grant recipients for buses and bus facilities or state and local governmental entities that operate fixed route bus service) for the costs of acquiring electric or fuel cell buses (zero emission vehicles) and for technical assistance in connection with such acquisition and related infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit certain signatures on checks and notices issued by the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8448
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Income tax credits
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 
This bill prohibits signatures of certain government officials, including the President, Vice-President, and cabinet officials, on 2020 recovery rebate checks issued to a taxpayer. A 
recovery rebate
 is a stimulus payment made to individual taxpayers to compensate them for losses due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Veterans’ Sentinel Act

Bill: 116-hr-8449
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Veterans' Sentinel Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program establishing a working group in the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention to collect and analyze data regarding on-campus (i.e., on VA property) suicides and on-campus attempted suicides by veterans. The working group is authorized to implement improvements to the process by which the VA collects data related to on-campus suicides to unify the disparate sources of such data.
 
The VA must annually brief Congress regarding the progress and findings of the working group.
 
The bill requires the VA to (1) annually evaluate the statistical trends of suicides and attempted suicides by veterans that occur on VA property, and (2) determine recommendations for preventing such suicides and attempted suicides.
 
Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report on (1) the actions the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention has taken to meet the priority objective of the VA with respect to preventing veteran suicide, (2) the challenges the office has faced in making such actions, and (3) recommendations for improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To treat certain face coverings and disinfectants as medical expenses for purposes of certain Federal tax benefits.

Bill: 116-hr-8450
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax deductions
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 
This bill allows a medical expense tax deduction for face masks, surface disinfectants, and hand sanitizers during the period of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency beginning on the enactment of this bill and ending when the COVID-19 emergency period has terminated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Home Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8451
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Digital media
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Know Your Home Act of 2020

 
This bill expands eligible activities under the Community Development Block Grant program to include payment of costs incurred by a local government in digitizing, and publishing online, information regarding violations of laws and regulations related to housing construction and safety. The bill also requires a local government, as a condition of grant eligibility in FY2026 or later, to collect and make publicly available such information upon request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in House