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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act

Bill: 116-hr-5589
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Horticulture and plants
Intergovernmental relations
International scientific cooperation
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Scientific communication
State and local government operations
Water quality
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act 

 
This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the protection and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national protection and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt water wetland that have the ability to sequester and store carbon. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Administration, 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: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Administration, 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: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Administration, 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: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Korean American VALOR Act

Bill: 116-hr-5590
Sponsor: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
South Korea
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act or the Korean American VALOR Act

 
This bill entitles certain veterans who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea to hospital and domiciliary care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill entitles those veterans who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or during a time period determined by the VA, and became U.S. citizens after such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Critical Habitat Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-5591
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Land use and conservation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Critical Habitat Improvement Act

 
This bill revises requirements governing the designation of critical habitat for an endangered or threatened species. Habitats outside of the geographical area occupied by the species must have at least one physical or biological feature that is essential to the conservation of the species in order to be considered as a potential critical habitat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

Bill: 116-hr-5592
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child health
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act or the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act 

 
This bill extends protections for a working mother who expresses breast milk for her nursing child to cover salaried employees and other types of workers not covered under existing law. The bill requires employers to pay a nursing mother who is paid on an hourly basis for time spent to express breast milk if she is also working. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 40, United States Code, to modify the definition of Appalachian region.

Bill: 116-hr-5593
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Rural conditions and development
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 
This bill modifies the definition of 
Appalachian region
 for purposes of the Appalachian Regional Commission to include Union County, South Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
EMPOWERS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5594
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2020 or the EMPOWERS Act of 2020 

 
This bill revises the petition process for listing, delisting, or reclassifying an endangered or threatened species, including by requiring petitioners to notify each county and state in which the species is located of the intent to submit a petition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Bill: 116-hr-5595
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2020-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Business records
Europe
European Union
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: 

Israel Anti-Boycott Act

 
This bill prohibits participation by certain entities and individuals in boycotts or requests for boycotts imposed by international governmental organizations (i.e., the United Nations and the European Union).
 
Specifically, the bill applies to covered persons the prohibition of specified actions in compliance with or in support of a boycott against a country that is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. The bill defines a covered person as a domestic concern, the U.S. government or a state government, or a representative or official of such domestic concern or government. The bill also adds to the list of specified prohibited actions the act of furnishing information to any foreign country or international governmental organization that furthers an imposed boycott.
 
Under current law, a person who violates the prohibitions against such boycotts may be subject to a monetary fine or imprisonment; however, the bill removes imprisonment as a potential penalty for certain violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Personalized Care Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5596
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Personalized Care Act of 2020

 
This bill revises provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs), including to 
 
 
redefine 
eligible individual
 for HSA purposes to allow increased participation in HSAs, 
 
increase the limit on contributions to HSAs, 
 
permit the payment of health insurance premiums from HSAs, 
 
include within the definition of 
qualified medical expenses
 periodic fees paid for medical services and amounts paid by a member of a health care sharing ministry,
 
treat periodic provider fees as deductible medical expenses,
 
allow payment of over-the-counter medicines or drugs from HSAs, and 
 
lower the 20% penalty for nonqualified distributions from HSAs to 10%. 
 
 
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the Clara Luper Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-5597
Sponsor: Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Oklahoma
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the "Clara Luper Post Office Building."
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Northwest 5th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the "Clara Luper Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-303.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-303.
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: 2020-09-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4358)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5597.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4358-4359)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-303
Fulfilling the Promise of the Housing Trust Fund Act

Bill: 116-hr-5599
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Fulfilling the Promise of the Housing Trust Fund Act

 
This bill specifies that amounts received from fee increases on mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or participation certificates guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) on or after October 1, 2021, must be deposited into the Housing Trust Fund, which is dedicated to producing and preserving affordable housing. Such amounts shall be available without further appropriation.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Offshoring Notification Act

Bill: 116-hr-5600
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Palau
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Offshoring Notification Act

 
This bill revises worker adjustment and retraining notification requirements to require employers to disclose whether they plan to continue to produce the goods and services that their employees were producing or providing prior to a plant closing or mass layoff. It also requires such employers to state whether production will be performed for them by employees or contractors outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Property Rights Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5601
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Property rights
State and local government operations
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Property Rights Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill specifies certain rights for private property owners or lessees.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior from
 
 
conditioning the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any land use or occupancy agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States, or on any impairment of title or interest granted or otherwise recognized under state law, by federal or state judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact; or 
 
requiring any water user to apply for or acquire a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition for the issuance, renewal, or extension of any land use or occupancy agreement. 
 
 
Non-federally owned land and water may not be designated as critical habitat without the written consent of the property owners unless a threatened or endangered species is at risk of extinction without such a designation. 
 
The department concerned must pay an owner or lessee 150% of the fair market value of real property and is responsible for all related costs.
 
Interior shall issue a final rule that requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to follow rules substantially similar to the requirements for the U.S. Geological Survey to obtain permission for certain access to private lands.
 
Furthermore, it shall not be a violation of law to take any animal if it poses a recurring threat to life and property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5603
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Athletes
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

 
This bill requires that, for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (which prohibits discrimination based on sex in any federally funded educational program or activity), sex shall be determined on the basis of sex assigned at birth by a physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Manufacturing Jobs in America Act

Bill: 116-hr-5604
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

Advanced Manufacturing Jobs in America Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish demonstration and pilot projects, through the awarding of grants or contracts, to facilitate training and education in advanced manufacturing.
 
A local educational entity (e.g., technical college, community college, or an entity that assists educationally underserved communities) in partnership with a manufacturer that employs individuals who have advanced manufacturing skills is eligible to receive such grants or contracts. The corresponding project must (1) develop skills and competencies in communities with expected growth in advanced manufacturing; (2) provide education and training for available and anticipated jobs in advanced manufacturing; (3) educate individuals about career advancement opportunities within advanced manufacturing; and (4) give priority to incumbent workers, dislocated workers, and unemployed individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research Act

Bill: 116-hr-5605
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2020-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
International scientific cooperation
Israel
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: 

United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program for collaborative efforts between the United States and Israel to advance research on post-traumatic stress disorders.
 
The Department of Defense, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of State, shall award grants to eligible academic institutions or nonprofit entities in the United States.
 
Work shall be conducted by the eligible entity and an entity in Israel under a joint research agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Introduced in House
School Food Recovery Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5607
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government studies and investigations
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

School Food Recovery Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide competitive grants and technical assistance for local educational agencies to implement food waste measurement and reporting, prevention, education, and reduction projects.
 
In awarding grants, USDA must give priority to agencies that agree to use grant funds for carrying out specific projects, including (1) experiential education activities that encourage children enrolled in such agencies to participate in food waste measurement and education; and (2) the establishment of food waste measurement, prevention, and reduction projects with long-term sustainability.
 
The federal share of project costs may not exceed 75% of the total cost of carrying out such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House