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To block the implementation of a recent presidential proclamation restricting individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Bill: 116-hr-6065
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Burma
Eritrea
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures
Kyrgyzstan
Nigeria
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 
This bill prohibits any federal agency from using any funds, resources, or fees made available by Congress to implement or enforce Presidential Proclamation 9983. The proclamation, which came into effect on February 21, 2020, imposes immigration restrictions on the nationals of Burma (Myanmar), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Passenger Train Safety Act

Bill: 116-hr-6066
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads
Research and development
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 

Passenger Train Safety Act

 
This bill addresses passenger safety issues aboard trains.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
directs the Federal Railroad Administration to research safety issues relating to speed signs, seat securement mechanisms, and methods for mitigating derailment injuries;
 
requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to address various safety issues, including developing policies for the safe use of child safety seats and implementing enhanced crew training;
 
directs the Department of Transportation to require each railroad carrier that provides regularly scheduled intercity rail passenger or commuter rail passenger transportation to install inward- and outward-facing audio recording devices in or on all controlling locomotive cabs and cab car operating compartments on such passenger trains;
 
prohibits entities providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation from beginning service on certain routes unless a positive train control system is fully implemented and operational on such routes; and
 
requires railroad carriers to periodically review and update their speed limit action plans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
SALE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6067
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Agriculture
Federal district courts
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 

Securing All Livestock Equitably Act of 2020 or the
 
SALE Act of 2020

 
This bill requires all livestock purchased by a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or receivables or proceeds from, such livestock to be held by the dealer in a trust until all unpaid cash sellers of the livestock have been paid.
 
The bill exempts from the requirement any dealer whose average annual purchases of livestock do not exceed $100,000.
 
The bill also specifies requirements regarding enforcement, preserving a trust, notifying lien holders, and purchasing or transferring livestock that is subject to a trust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study on the health outcomes of the use of e-cigarettes during pregnancy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6068
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study health outcomes related to the use of e-cigarettes during pregnancy. HHS must also address the harmful effects of tobacco use on pregnancy in its youth-focused tobacco-prevention campaigns.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
American Job Centers Family Accessibility Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6069
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 

American Job Centers Family Accessibility Act of 2020 

 
This bill establishes a competitive grant program for states to provide access to childcare for individuals receiving services from specified workforce training and career programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1444)
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in House
FEMA Disaster Preparedness Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-6071
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

FEMA Disaster Preparedness Improvement Act

 
This bill increases Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support for disaster preparedness and emergency response to states and U.S. territories.
 
Specifically, the bill increases the federal cost share to 85% for (1) hazard mitigation measures with respect to a major disaster (currently, 75%); and (2) emergency management performance grants (currently, 50%).
 
The bill makes special flood hazard areas that have suffered at least one severe repetitive loss or repetitive loss under the National Flood Insurance Program eligible for FEMA hazard mitigation grants. It also exempts the time it takes to complete environmental reviews from the 36-month deadline to complete FEMA-funded hazard mitigation projects.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the challenges to states and U.S. territories in obtaining assistance under FEMA's public assistance program alternative procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E257-258)
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard Retirement Parity Act

Bill: 116-hr-6072
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Coast guard
Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Coast Guard Retirement Parity Act 

 
This bill modifies the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund to pay for U.S. Coast Guard retirement and survivor benefit programs in the same manner as other branches of the military. Currently, Coast Guard retirement and survivor benefit payments come out of the yearly Coast Guard budget as a mandatory appropriation. Such payments are not paid in the event of a government shutdown; however, retirement benefits for other branches of the military are still paid through the Military Retirement Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.

Bill: 116-hr-6073
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 
This bill modifies the process for repaying service members and veterans who paid to keep benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, but later chose to utilize Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Specifically, the bill removes the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue the repayments with the last monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This requirement has limited the repayments to individuals who are receiving stipends. Under the bill, the VA must make such a repayment before the exhaustion of the individual's entitlement to education assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6075
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Immigrant health and welfare
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2020

 
This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to take steps to address mental health issues among immigrants and CBP agents and officers. It also restricts the sharing of mental health information for use in certain immigration proceedings.
 
CBP shall develop training to enable its agents and officers to (1) identify mental health issues and risk factors in immigrants and refugees, (2) provide crisis intervention using a trauma-informed approach, and (3) better manage work-related stress and psychological pressures. 
 
CBP shall assign at least one qualified mental or behavioral health expert to each Border Patrol station, port of entry, checkpoint, forward operating base, secondary inspection area, and short-term custody facility. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services may not provide to the Department of Homeland Security information about the mental health of an alien that was obtained by a mental health professional while the alien was in federal government custody if the information will be used for (1) an asylum determination, (2) an immigration hearing, or (3) a deportation hearing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
IRS Enhancement and Tax Gap Reduction Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6076
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Computers and information technology
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

IRS Enhancement and Tax Gap Reduction Act of 2020

 
This bill appropriates additional amounts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in FY2021-FY2030 for tax enforcement, improving IRS technology infrastructure, and taxpayer services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Woman’s Right To Know Act

Bill: 116-hr-6077
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Lawyers and legal services
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Woman's Right To Know Act

 
This bill specifies requirements for informed consent that health care providers must obtain before performing an abortion procedure.
 
Providers must present a woman seeking an abortion with an authorization form at least 24 hours before performing the procedure. The form must (1) include specified information concerning gestational age, associated developmental characteristics, and medical risks; (2) disclose penalties that providers may face for failing to obtain the requisite informed consent; and (3) include an affirmation that the individual signing the form understands the information. The form must be signed and witnessed in person and retained in the medical file.
 
Providers do not have to obtain such consent if, in reasonable medical judgment, obtaining it would pose a greater risk of death or substantial physical impairment of a major bodily function, excluding psychological or emotional conditions, of the pregnant woman. 
 
The bill also establishes civil penalties for providers who do not comply with these requirements. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6078
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Rural conditions and development
Small Business Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies provisions related to the Small Business Administration's (SBA) disbursement of certain financial assistance.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a 5% technical assistance grant for intermediaries who make 25% of their loans to rural small businesses. Further, the bill requires the SBA to report certain metrics related to the disbursement of microloans to small businesses, including (1) the number, amount, and percentage of such loans that went into default in the previous year; (2) the extent to which microloans are provided to small businesses in rural areas; and (3) the average size, rate of interest, and amount of fees charged for each microloan. 

action_date: 2020-09-14
text: 

Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies provisions related to the Small Business Administration's (SBA) disbursement of certain financial assistance.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a 5% technical assistance grant for certain intermediaries, including intermediaries who make 25% of their loans to rural small businesses. Further, the bill requires the SBA to report certain metrics related to the disbursement of microloans to small businesses, including (1) the number, amount, and percentage of such loans that went into default in the previous year; (2) the extent to which microloans are provided to small businesses in rural areas; and (3) the average size, rate of interest, and amount of fees charged for each microloan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4347)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6078.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4347-4348)
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Drug Shortages Act

Bill: 116-hr-6080
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Preventing Drug Shortages Act

 
This bill expands existing manufacturer reporting requirements related to shortages of life-saving drugs and contains other related provisions.
 
The bill requires a manufacturer of an active pharmaceutical ingredient of a life-saving drug to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of an interruption that is likely to lead to a meaningful disruption in the ingredient's supply, whereas under current law this requirement generally applies only to the manufacturer of a life-saving drug that faces a supply disruption.
 
The notification must contain specified information, including any alternative sources for the ingredient.
 
The bill also requires a manufacturer of a life-saving drug or an active pharmaceutical ingredient for such a drug to include in its annual product registration the specific facilities where the drug or ingredient is manufactured. The FDA may also require the manufacturer to conduct periodic risk assessments to address vulnerabilities in its supply chain. 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on the FDA's intra-agency coordination in assessing drug shortage risks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6081
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Iran
Middle East
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Holding Iranian Leaders Accountable Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the President to report on the estimated total funds held in domestic and international financial institutions by certain Iranian leaders, and it requires the Department of the Treasury to brief Congress on any illicit or corrupt means employed to acquire or use such funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Forgotten Vietnam Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-6082
Sponsor: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Forgotten Vietnam Veterans Act

 
This bill revises the definition of 
Vietnam era
 for purposes of the laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, the bill adjusts the start date of the era to November 1, 1955 (currently February 28, 1961), when relating to veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House