hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
American Agriculture First Act

Bill: 116-s-3980
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

American Agriculture First Act 

 
This bill requires the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to purchase at least 75% of an agricultural commodity for the Food Purchase and Distribution Program from domestically owned enterprises if it is necessary to respond to trade damage from retaliation by foreign nations with respect to the agricultural commodity.
 
The requirement does not apply if the Department of Agriculture reports to Congress that meeting the requirement 
 
 
 is not possible because the quantity of the agricultural commodity available from domestically owned enterprises cannot meet the supply needs of the AMS; or 
 
would result in a greater than 150% increase between the amount necessary to purchase the agricultural commodity, and the average cost of the agricultural commodity purchased by the AMS in the prior three years. 
 
 
The authority provided by this bill expires on September 30, 2023. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act

Bill: 116-s-3981
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Military command and structure
National Guard and reserves
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act 
 
 
This bill makes the Mayor of the District of Columbia, rather than the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act

Bill: 116-s-3982
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act

 
This bill restricts the authority of the President to assume control of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department during an emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

Bill: 116-s-3983
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

 
This bill requires an edge provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media website) to adopt and maintain written terms of service binding itself to a contractual duty of good faith in order to qualify for the statutory protection against being treated as the publisher of information distributed through the service by a third party.
 
An 
edge provider
 is a provider of an interactive computer service through which information published by other content providers is distributed and that has more than (1) $1.5 billion in annual global revenue, and (2) 30 million monthly users in the United States or 300 million monthly users worldwide. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that payments for waste and recycling collection services are allowable expenses under the paycheck protection program and eligible for loan forgiveness under the CARES Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3984
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Public utilities and utility rates
Small business
Solid waste and recycling
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 
This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to include amounts from a paycheck protection loan that a recipient expends for waste and recycling collection services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency.

Bill: 116-s-3985
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hate crimes
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Minority employment
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Personnel records
Photography and imaging
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex offenses
Smithsonian Institution
State and local government operations
U.S. Sentencing Commission
U.S. history
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 or the JUSTICE Act

 
This bill addresses policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. The bill funds state and local grants, incentivizes state and local reporting on the use of certain policing practices, creates new federal offenses for certain misconduct, establishes a commission to study the conditions affecting Black men and boys, and establishes best practices and training requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-01
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7995)
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7985)
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7972)
action_date: 2020-12-29
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7956)
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 126) entered in Senate.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 45. Record Vote Number: 126. (CR S3170)
action_date: 2020-06-22
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S3114)
action_date: 2020-06-22
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3114)
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 480.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to approve certain advanced biofuel registrations, to require the consideration of certain advanced biofuel pathways, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3986
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Licensing and registrations
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 
This bill sets forth an approval process for advanced biofuel registrations and directs the Environmental Protection Agency to take final action on certain pending petitions for renewable fuel pathways. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S3065)
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academics if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.

Bill: 116-s-3987
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 
This bill authorizes using certain grants to provide training to law enforcement recruits who agree to serve in their communities.
 
Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) may provide such a grant for a local law enforcement agency to provide training for a recruit who agrees to serve as a full-time law enforcement officer (1) for at least four of the eight years after completing the training, and (2) at a local law enforcement agency within a certain distance of the place where the recruit has resided for at least five years.
 
The recruit must repay the costs of the training to the local law enforcement agency if the recruit does not meet these conditions. DOJ shall establish categories of extenuating circumstances that may excuse a recruit from repayment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing Preparedness through Telehealth Act

Bill: 116-s-3988
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

Enhancing Preparedness through Telehealth Act

 
This bill increases the frequency and scope of certain evaluations and reporting by the Department of Health and Human Services related to the use of telehealth during public health and other emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3990
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2020

 
This bill removes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from the Federal Reserve System, converts the bureau into an independent commission, and modifies its leadership structure. Specifically, the bill eliminates the positions of director and deputy director and establishes a five-person commission appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus 2019 Special Enrollment Period Act

Bill: 116-s-3991
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

Coronavirus 2019 Special Enrollment Period Act

 
This bill establishes a special enrollment period beginning July 1, 2020, and ending October 1, 2020, for health plans offered through health insurance exchanges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3992
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations
Travel and tourism
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 
This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass chambers of commerce and certain destination marketing organizations with 300 or fewer employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Access to Care Act

Bill: 116-s-3993
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: 

Equal Access to Care Act

 
This bill temporarily authorizes a health care provider who is physically located and duly licensed in one state to provide telehealth services to individuals in one or more additional states in which the provider is not licensed during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Inspector General Independence Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3994
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Securing Inspector General Independence Act of 2020

 
This bill limits the circumstances under which the President or certain agency heads may remove an Inspector General or place an Inspector General on non-duty status.
 
Before an Inspector General may be removed, Congress must be given a detailed account of the reasons for the removal and the Inspector General shall remain on the job for 30 days while Congress considers those reasons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3995
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits the wages or other remuneration earned by an employee who performs employment duties in more than one taxing jurisdiction (i.e., states, localities, the District of Columbia, territories or possessions) from being subject to income tax in any other taxing jurisdiction other than (1) the taxing jurisdiction of the employee's residence, and (2) the taxing jurisdiction within which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days during the calendar year in which the wages or remuneration are earned. The 30-day requirement is extended to 90 days in 2020 for employees performing duties outside the taxing jurisdiction of their residence during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
The bill exempts employers from income tax withholding and information reporting requirements for employees not subject to income tax in the taxing jurisdiction. For purposes of determining penalties related to withholding and information reporting requirements, an employer may rely on an employee's annual determination of the time expected to be spent in the taxing jurisdiction in the absence of the employer's actual knowledge of fraud or collusion between the employer and employee to evade tax. 
 
For the purposes of this bill, the term 
employee
 excludes professional athletes, professional entertainers, production employees who perform services in connection with certain film, television, or other commercial video productions, and public figures who are persons of prominence who perform services for wages or other remuneration on a per-event basis. 
 
The bill also sets forth a rule for the classification of wages earned by employees working remotely.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S3102-3104)
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979, relating to the conduct of knowledge diplomacy.

Bill: 116-s-3996
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rule of law and government transparency
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 
This bill modifies U.S. policy and establishes requirements with respect to knowledge diplomacy (i.e., the role of international science and technology agreements in foreign relations).
 
Specifically, the bill declares it to be U.S. policy that federally supported international science and technology agreements should serve U.S. national security and economic interests.
 
Further, it requires the Department of State to (1) identify vulnerabilities in international cooperation that may place federally funded research at risk, (2) strengthen the security and integrity of U.S. scientific and research collaborations with foreign partners, and (3) encourage the international scientific community to adopt and adhere to U.S. scientific values.
 
The bill also requires the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to submit a biennial report on compliance with U.S. policy across such science and technology agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3998
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a particular Medicare payment methodology for telehealth services furnished by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires payments to be made in accordance with the same methodology that is used for non-telehealth services, rather than in accordance with a separate methodology determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Mental and Behavioral Health Connectivity Act

Bill: 116-s-3999
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Mental and Behavioral Health Connectivity Act

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill excludes mental and behavioral health services from restrictions that (1) require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in certain rural areas and to be a specific type of facility, (2) allow only certain types of health care practitioners to furnish such services, and (3) require the use of video technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate