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Green Neighborhoods Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8021
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Census and government statistics
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Housing supply and affordability
Indian lands and resources rights
Insurance industry and regulation
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Green Neighborhoods Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish annual energy efficiency participation incentives to encourage participants in HUD programs to achieve substantial improvements in energy efficiency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Lobbying Disclosure Reform Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8022
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Criminal justice information and records
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
News media and reporting
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Lobbying Disclosure Reform Act of 2020

 
This bill makes a series of changes to requirements relating to registered lobbyists, including by requiring unique identification numbers for lobbyists, clients, and providers of strategic lobbying services, and by requiring additional disclosures and reporting with respect to such individuals and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Smithsonian and National Gallery of Art Collections Space Authorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-8023
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Maryland
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Smithsonian and National Gallery of Art Collections Space Authorization Act

 
This bill authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art to construct and use a collections storage space at the Museum Support Center at the Suitland Collections Center in Suitland, Maryland, to accommodate the care, preservation, conservation, storage, and study of national collections held in trust by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8024
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

WIC Waiver Extension Act of 2020

 
This bill extends authority through September 30, 2021, for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to grant certain waivers to participants under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
Specifically, USDA may 
 
 
grant waivers allowing participants under WIC to get certified or recertified without being physically present at a WIC clinic;
 
defer anthropometric and bloodwork requirements necessary to determine nutritional risk; and
 
grant waivers from administrative requirements for WIC if it determines that the requirement cannot be met by a state due to COVID-19, and the waiver is necessary to provide assistance under WIC.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Rural Access to Care Act

Bill: 116-hr-8025
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Public participation and lobbying
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Protecting Rural Access to Care Act

 
This bill limits the scope of guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the secondary road criteria for Medicare critical access hospitals (CAHs).
 
Currently, in order to qualify as a CAH under Medicare, a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area. 
 
The CMS issued guidance on July 31, 2015, that provided more detail as to the differences between primary and secondary roads for purposes of CAH certification. The bill specifies that this guidance does not apply to CAHs that were certified prior to July 31, 2015, and that these CAHs are instead subject to the standards that were in place before the guidance was issued. Ongoing CAH certifications are also subject to pre-guidance standards until the CMS issues new guidance after a specified public comment period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Social Connections Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8026
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Strengthening Social Connections Act of 2020

 
This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations to the Administration for Community Living for various activities to address the health effects of extended social isolation and loneliness among older individuals due to factors such as the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Protect Minority Student Borrowers Act

Bill: 116-hr-8028
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Credit and credit markets
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Minority education
Racial and ethnic relations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Protect Minority Student Borrowers Act

 
This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of a credit applicant's institution of higher education (IHE).
 
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful for a private education lender to discriminate against a credit applicant based on the IHE that the applicant plans to attend, currently attends, or previously attended. The Department of Justice may bring a civil action against a private education lender for violations.
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the extent to which private education lenders discriminate against applicants who attend minority-serving IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating areas within the island of Guam as a National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8029
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Historic sites and heritage areas
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating areas of Guam as a National Heritage Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase certain penalties for assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8030
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 
This bill increases certain criminal penalties for assaulting, resisting, or otherwise interfering with a federal officer or employee who is performing official duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
David Dorn Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8031
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil disturbances
Criminal procedure and sentencing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

David Dorn Act of 2020

 
This bill increases criminal penalties for rioting and related acts, such as inciting or organizing a riot.
 
Specifically, this bill increases the maximum term of imprisonment for such offenses from 5 to 10 years. Additionally, if a fine is imposed for an offense, the bill sets a minimum fine amount of $1,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Health Savings Accounts For All Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8032
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Marriage and family status
Prescription drugs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Health Savings Accounts For All Act of 2020

 
This bill revises provisions relating to health savings accounts (HSAs). Specifically, the bill 
 
 
repeals the annual limitation on tax-deductible contributions to HSAs by plan participants and their employers;
 
eliminates the requirement that an HSA participant must be enrolled in a high deductible health plan as a condition of eligibility;
 
expands qualified medical expenses to include prescription and over-the-counter drugs;
 
allows payments from HSAs for health insurance premiums;
 
allows payment of medical expenses incurred prior to the establishment of an HSA and correction of administrative errors prior to the due date of an applicable tax return; 
 
allows a tax-free rollover of amounts in an HSA, upon the death of an account holder, to the account holder's child, parent, or grandparent; and 
 
extends bankruptcy protections to HSAs on the same basis as tax-preferred retirement plans. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Access to Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act

Bill: 116-hr-8033
Sponsor: Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Access to Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each of its medical centers has at least one full-time suicide prevention coordinator.
 
The VA must also ensure that its medical centers report to the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention regarding hiring plans to reach the recommended number of suicide prevention coordinators based on the current staffing model. Additionally, the VA must consider and implement findings from the assessment of the Government Accountability Office of the responsibilities, workload, and vacancy rates for suicide prevention coordinators.
 
The VA must conduct a study to determine the feasibility and advisability of the realignment and reorganization of suicide prevention coordinators within the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and the creation of a suicide prevention coordinator program office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8034
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Family services
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research
Military personnel and dependents
Sex and reproductive health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish infertility treatments, standard fertility preservation services, or both to a covered veteran, spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate if the individuals jointly apply for such treatments or services. A covered veteran is a veteran who has infertility and is enrolled in the VA health care system.
 
Under the bill, in vitro fertilization treatment may only be furnished for up to three completed cycles resulting in live birth or six attempted cycles, whichever occurs first.
 
The bill authorizes the VA to pay the adoption expenses (for up to three adoptions) for covered veterans.
 
 During the interim period before infertility treatment and adoption assistance regulations are in effect, the VA must ensure that fertility counseling and treatment for veterans may also be furnished to the partner of a veteran regardless of whether the veteran and the partner are married. Additionally, the VA may furnish such counseling and treatment using donated gametes or embryos.
 
The VA must facilitate research conducted collaboratively by the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services to improve the ability of the VA to meet the long-term reproductive health care needs of veterans who have infertility conditions.
 
Finally, the VA must ensure that useful information produced by such research is disseminated throughout the Veterans Health Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Jobs and Wages from Regulations Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8035
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Census and government statistics
Economic performance and conditions
Performance measurement
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Protecting Jobs and Wages from Regulations Act of 2020

 
This bill revises and expands the requirements for federal agency rulemaking by requiring agencies, in making a rule, to base all preliminary and final factual determinations on evidence and to consider the legal authority under which the rule may be proposed, the specific nature and significance of the problem the agency may address with the rule, any reasonable alternatives for the rule, and the potential costs and benefits associated with such alternatives.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8036
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 20

20

 
 This bill permits the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. The bill defines 
qualified relicensing costs
 as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Advancing America’s Interests Act

Bill: 116-hr-8037
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Research and development
Tariffs
Trade restrictions
U.S. International Trade Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Advancing America's Interests Act

 
This bill limits the ability of certain persons (e.g., patent or trademark holders) to bring complaints before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and it requires the ITC to consider the public interest when determining whether to exclude articles that are under investigation.
 
A complainant before the ITC must satisfy a domestic industry requirement obliging them to have made significant investment in the United States related to the articles that are the subject of the matter. One method to establish domestic industry is through reliance on licensing activities.
 
The bill requires a complainant attempting to demonstrate domestic industry through licensing activities to show that those activities led to the adoption and development of articles that incorporate the patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or design at issue. Further, the bill prohibits a complainant from relying upon activities by a licensee to demonstrate domestic industry unless the license leads to the adoption and development of articles that incorporate the claimed patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or design for sale in the United States. 
 
In addition, the bill requires the ITC to determine that any exclusion of articles pursuant to an investigation is in the public interest. The ITC must also identify at the beginning of an investigation whether the matter involves a dispositive issue that is appropriate for expedited initial determination and direct the assigned judge to issue such determination not later than 100 days after the investigation is instituted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House