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VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4545
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Performance measurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program for the purpose of improving safety and suicide care for veterans. The program must be implemented at five VA medical centers, including one that serves veterans in rural and remote areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Abiding by United States Commitments Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4546
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of State
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Abiding by United States Commitments Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of State to pay the full FY2020 U.S. assessment for certain international organizations, and it makes $118.9 million available to the World Health Organization (WHO) for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response. Such funds made available to the WHO may not be used for advance payment to withdraw the United States from the WHO.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4547
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Athletes
Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Mammals
Medical ethics
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Professional sports
Sports and recreation facilities
State and local government operations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020

 
This bill recognizes the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority for purposes of developing and implementing a horseracing anti-doping and medication control program and a racetrack safety program.
 
The authority shall establish an anti-doping and medication control standing committee and a racetrack safety standing committee to provide guidance to the authority on the development and maintenance of the programs.
 
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shall have oversight over the authority. The authority shall submit to the FTC any proposed rule, standard, or procedure developed by the authority to carry out the horseracing anti-doping and medication control program or the racetrack safety program. The authority shall seek to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency or an entity equal in qualification under which the entity acts as the anti-doping and medication control enforcement agency under this bill. 
 
Among the required elements of the horseracing safety program are sets of training and racing safety standards consistent with the humane treatment of horses, a system to maintain track surface quality, programs for injury and fatality analysis, investigation and disciplinary procedures, and an evaluation and accreditation program.
 
The bill sets forth other provisions regarding (1) funding, conflicts of interest, and jurisdiction; (2) registration with the authority; (3) program enforcement; (4) rule violations and civil sanctions; (5) testing laboratories; (6) review of final decisions of the authority by an administrative law judge; (7) unfair or deceptive acts or practices; and (8) agreements with state racing commissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5514-5515; text: CR S5515-5521)
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4548
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to report on the impact of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on learning and global basic education programs.
 
Such report shall include (1) an assessment of the global learning loss that will result from protracted school closures; (2) evaluations of the effectiveness, cost, accessibility, and reach of the most commonly used forms of distance learning in low-resource contexts; and (3) a description of the tools and resources needed for the USAID to support continued distance learning, safe school reopening, remedial and accelerated learning, and reenrollment campaigns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4549
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2020

 
This bill removes the presumption of pretrial detention for an individual who is charged with a federal drug offense for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 10 years or more. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4549)
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act

Bill: 116-s-4550
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Evidence and witnesses
Firearms and explosives
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

No Catch-and-Release for Rioters Act

 
This bill creates a rebuttable presumption that an individual who is charged with an offense related to rioting or civil disorder shall be detained pending trial.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Rioting Restitution Act

Bill: 116-s-4551
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Rioting Restitution Act

 
This bill allows individuals who are personally injured by a riot, or who suffer property damage because of a riot, to sue those responsible in federal court and receive triple damages.
 
Specifically, the bill allows victims to sue any person that (1) caused the injury or property damage; (2) traveled from out of state or used, for example, the internet, telephone, television, or mail with the intent to incite, organize, or participate in the riot; and (3) did incite, organize, or participate in the riot or attempted to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4552
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Hurricane Laura Recovery Funding Act, 2020

 
This bill provides $10 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Support Peaceful Protest Act

Bill: 116-s-4553
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement administration and funding
Protest and dissent
Unemployment
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Support Peaceful Protest Act

 
This bill requires an individual who is convicted of a federal offense related to the individual's conduct (e.g., rioting) during the course of a public gathering to pay the cost of federal policing activity during the public gathering. In addition, such an individual is ineligible for pandemic unemployment assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act

Bill: 116-s-4554
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2020-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Africa
Aviation and airports
Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Crime victims
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government trust funds
Libya
Middle East
Scotland
Terrorism
Transportation employees
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: 

Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act

 
This bill establishes a mechanism for compensating certain victims of the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988.
 
The Office of Aviation and International Affairs must determine whether the bombing was a proximate cause of Pan American's bankruptcy. If the office finds such proximate cause, then the Department of the Treasury must establish a fund to compensate qualifying victims of the bombing (generally, former employees of Pan American who were part of an earlier lawsuit seeking compensation from Libya for the bombing).
 
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission must establish a process for claimants to apply for compensation from the fund.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5521-5522)
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Elder Justice Reauthorization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4555
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Minority health
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Elder Justice Reauthorization Act of 2020

 
This bill appropriates funding to support adult protective services and reauthorizes various programs that address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
 
Specifically, the bill appropriates additional funding for certain adult protective services to states under the Social Services Block Grant Program and to tribes under the Community Services Block Grant Program.
 
In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 certain programs focused on preventing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation by, for example, supporting long-term care ombudsman programs, state and local adult protective services offices, and long-term care workforce activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4556
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health facilities and institutions
Land transfers
Minority health
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 
This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to purchase certain private land in Hemet, California, at fair market value and then construct a paved road on that land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center. The IHS shall maintain the road or enter an agreement with Riverside County, California, to maintain the road.

action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 
This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to purchase certain private land in Hemet, California, at fair market value and then construct a paved road on that land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center. The IHS shall maintain the road or enter an agreement with Riverside County, California, to maintain the road.

action_date: 2020-12-20
text: 
This bill authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to purchase certain private land in Hemet, California, at fair market value and then construct a paved road on that land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center. The IHS shall maintain the road or enter an agreement with Riverside County, California, to maintain the road.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7867; text: CR S7867)
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7867; text: CR S7867)
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-306.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-306.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-359.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5552)
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
COVER Act

Bill: 116-s-4557
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

COVid Enrollment Response Act or the COVER Act

 
This bill provides funds through FY2021 for the navigator program for health insurance exchanges (a program through which entities receive funding to provide education and enrollment assistance), particularly to help unemployed individuals and other specified populations obtain coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Thank You Act

Bill: 116-s-4558
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: First responders and emergency personnel
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Law enforcement officers
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Thank You Act 

 This bill allows a refundable tax credit beginning in 2020 for certain law enforcement officers. It also allows a $1,500 deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) for first responders.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Russia Bounty Response Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4559
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Alliances
Asia
Collective security
Computer security and identity theft
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
European Union
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Rule of law and government transparency
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Russia Bounty Response Act of 2020

 
This bill requires various actions in response to the influence of Russia's government in South and Central Asia and contains other related provisions.
 
The Department of State shall report to Congress a strategy for using U.S. diplomacy to counter such Russian influence. 
 
The bill imposes sanctions on various individuals and entities, including (1) Russian President Vladimir Putin or any person acting on his behalf, (2) any senior Russian government official involved in a program to provide bounties for killing members of the U.S. Armed Forces or certain North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Afghanistan, and (3) individuals and entities that facilitate illicit or corrupt activities on behalf of Putin or other specified persons. The bill imposes civil and criminal penalties related to violations of such sanctions. 
 
The bill also authorizes various activities, including (1) rewards for information about Russian bounties against U.S. Armed Forces anywhere in the world, and (2) State Department activities to counter Russian influence in South and Central Asia. 
 
The State Department shall seek to establish a working group involving officials from the government of Afghanistan to address threats to Afghanistan's security posed by Russia's government. The State Department must also create a Deputy Assistant Secretary position tasked with coordinating efforts to counter Russian influence in South and Central Asia. The President shall also appoint a special envoy tasked with countering Russian influence in the region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Remote Recreational Small Business Interruption Program Act

Bill: 116-s-4560
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Outdoor recreation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Remote Recreational Small Business Interruption Program
 
Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to make forgivable loans to certain remote recreational businesses that are impacted by border closures due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Eligible remote recreational businesses must (1) have experienced a loss in revenue that is greater than 50% between March 1, 2020, and July 1, 2020, as compared with the same period in the previous year; and (2) show that the closure of the U.S.-Canada border restricted the ability of American customers to access the location of such businesses.
 
The maximum loan amount shall be equal to 75% of the business's FY2019 revenue, and the SBA shall forgive 100% of the value of such loan, less the amount the borrower received from (1) any other loan forgiveness program, or (2) any emergency advance under the economic impact disaster loan program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act

Bill: 116-s-4561
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Political parties and affiliation
State and local government operations
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act

 
This bill restricts the political activities of the members of the Postal Service Board of Governors, including the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) prohibits the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General from taking an active part in political management or political campaigns; (2) prohibits the Board of Governors, the Postmaster General, and the Deputy Postmaster General from holding any political position while in office or soliciting funds for the campaign of a candidate for elected office or for a political party; and (3) restricts nominees for Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General to those who have not engaged in political activities in the four years prior to their appointments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate