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Protecting America's Economy from the Carbon Bubble Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4835
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Coal
Corporate finance and management
Credit and credit markets
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: 

Protecting America's Economy from the Carbon Bubble Act of 2020 

 
This bill prohibits certain financial companies (including bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, and insured depository institutions) from involvement in fossil fuel production. Prohibited activities include 
 
 
providing loans to and making investments in fossil fuel companies or projects, 
 
facilitating transactions that funds new fossil fuel production, 
 
securitizing assets that provide funds for new fossil fuel production, and 
 
entering into certain derivatives transactions related to new fossil fuel production. 
 
 
Violators are subject to criminal and civil penalties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Lands Leadership Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4836
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2020-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Department of the Interior
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judicial review and appeals
Land use and conservation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: 

Public Lands Leadership Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Justice (DOJ) from taking a certain position in the case of 
Bullock v. United States Bureau of Land Management
. Specifically, DOJ may not argue that an individual exercising the authority of the head of an agency, regardless of the individual's title and the individual serving without congressional consent for over a year, does not violate the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. (That Act generally sets out the means by which an individual may temporarily serve in an executive agency position that requires the advice and consent of the Senate, including the categories of qualifying individuals and the duration of such service.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Neighbors Not Enemies Act

Bill: 116-s-4837
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: 

Neighbors Not Enemies Act

 
This bill repeals provisions authorizing the President to apprehend and remove from the United States the citizens of a particular nation, if the United States has declared war against that nation or that nation has threatened an invasion against the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6380)
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research Act

Bill: 116-s-4838
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2020-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
International scientific cooperation
Israel
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: 

United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research Act

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Legal Support Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4839
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Lawyers and legal services
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: 

Veterans Legal Support Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide support, including financial support, to one or more university law school programs to provide veterans with legal assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4840
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2020-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: 

Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020

 
This bill allows audio-only diagnoses that are made via telehealth to be used for purposes of determining risk adjustments to payments under Medicare Advantage. Additionally, the bill requires payments for Medicare telehealth services that are furnished during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be made in the same amounts as those for in-person services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
AIM Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4841
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Historical and cultural resources
Judicial review and appeals
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: 

ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2020 or the AIM Act of 2020

 
This bill removes certain limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws. The bill removes, among other provisions, those provisions that limit the use of firearms tracing data, require National Instant Criminal Background Check System records to be destroyed within 24 hours, and prohibit the denial of a federal firearms license due to lack of business activity. In addition, the bill removes the de novo standard of judicial review for appealing the revocation or denial of a federal firearms license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the suspension or limitation of the admission to the United States of au pairs for military families during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4842
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Armed Forces and National Security
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor market
Military personnel and dependents
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: 
This bill limits the application of a June 22, 2020, presidential proclamation that suspended the entry of certain classes of aliens.
 
Specifically, if an alien is entering the United States on a J-1 visa to provide childcare for a member of the Armed Forces through an au pair program, the proclamation shall not bar such an alien's entry unless the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and Department of State jointly issue a written justification for the bar.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-4843
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Political parties and affiliation
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: 

Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act

 
This bill requires an agent of a Chinese business entity to register as an agent of a foreign principal in certain instances.
 
The bill's provisions shall apply to an entity that (1) is organized under the laws of China and has its principal place of business there, unless the entity is a Chinese subsidy or affiliate of a non-Chinese entity; or (2) has been designated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as being subject to the Chinese Communist Party's extrajudicial direction.
 
Generally, under current law, an agent of a foreign principal engaging in lobbying in the United States must periodically file disclosures with DOJ, with specified exemptions. Under the bill, an existing exemption for a foreign agent that engages only in private and nonpolitical activities to further trade and commerce shall not apply to an agent operating on behalf of such a Chinese entity. Similarly, another existing exemption for an agent that has already registered as a lobbyist shall not apply to an agent working for such a Chinese entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Families for Success Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4844
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Debt collection
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: 

Strengthening Families for Success Act of 2020

 
 This bill reauthorizes, establishes, and revises programs related to healthy families, parenting time arrangements, and child support. This includes temporarily waiving certain state requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program related to the enforcement of child support orders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Emissions Data Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4845
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2020-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Census and government statistics
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: 

Agricultural Emissions Data Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct surveys and data analysis to collect agricultural subsector-specific information and data regarding (1) the prevention, reduction, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, including livestock emissions reductions; (2) soil carbon sequestration; and (3) forest wood and tree carbon sequestration.
 
Additionally, the establishment of federal agricultural baselines for the prevention, reduction, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration, and forest wood and tree carbon sequestration must be determined by modeling based on the information and data collected by USDA.
 
USDA must submit to the Environmental Protection Agency and other appropriate federal agencies, and make publicly available, the results of the surveys.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Nursing Home Pandemic Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-4846
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: 

Nursing Home Pandemic Protection Act

 
This bill establishes several requirements for skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities to address the outbreak of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill requires these facilities to establish crisis plans and to maintain at least a 30-day supply of personal protective equipment to respond to the outbreak. The bill also incorporates a memorandum from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services about new regulations that require skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities to report COVID-19 cases to residents, families, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the requirements took effect May 8, 2020).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Tourism in the United States Act

Bill: 116-s-4847
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Travel and tourism
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: 

Protecting Tourism in the United States Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to study and report on the effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on the travel and tourism industry, including considerations of changes in industry employment rates and business revenues during the pandemic. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4848
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Currency
Digital media
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental education
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Smuggling and trafficking
Technology assessment
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: 

Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2020

 
This bill permanently authorizes the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking and revises requirements concerning the task force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Ambassador Oversight and Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-4849
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-10-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: 

Ambassador Oversight and Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the President and each individual appointed or assigned to be a chief of mission to make certain disclosures, including (1) the source and extent of the individual's knowledge related to the area in which they have been nominated to serve, and (2) specified campaign contributions. The President must also certify that any contributions made by the nominee played no role in the nomination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-10-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4850
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural research
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Healthy Soils Healthy Climate Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies the Environmental Quality Incentives Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide permanent incentive payments to producers to adopt practices designed to improve soil health through increasing carbon levels in soil.
 
USDA must 
 
 
conduct a study regarding changes in soil health and soil organic carbon levels as a result of the adopted practices to improve soil health;
 
develop ranking and scoring criteria under the program that prioritize practices that score highest in soil carbon sequestration on eligible land;
 
create a soil organic carbon conservation activity plan under the program to measure and monitor sequestration and mitigation improvement levels from the practices; 
 
provide for streamlined and coordinated procedures for the program and the conservation stewardship program, including contracting, conservation planning, conservation practices, and related administrative procedures; and
 
 establish a program to provide grants to land-grant colleges and universities to conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science, and conduct research relating to soil health and carbon science at its agricultural research stations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-s-4851
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer certain coronavirus aid and relief funds to various accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4852
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Department of Veterans Affairs
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to transfer certain unobligated COVID-19 funds from the Veterans Health Administration to other specified VA accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in Senate