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Advanced Technological Manufacturing Act

Bill: 116-s-3704
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Environmental technology
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Advanced Technological Manufacturing Act

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct multiple pilot programs within the NSF to expand the number of institutions of higher education (including community colleges), and other eligible entities that the NSF determines appropriate, that are able to successfully compete for NSF grants.
 
The NSF shall review the results of the pilot programs and develop best practices for implementation across the NSF.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Private-Public Partnership to Preserve Jobs in the Aviation Manufacturing Industry Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3705
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Transportation employees
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Private-Public Partnership to Preserve Jobs in the Aviation Manufacturing Industry Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury, coordinating with the Department of Transportation, to partner with employers to supplement compensation of employees financially impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency and to facilitate the effective economic recovery of the aviation manufacturing industry.
 
Additionally, Treasury may partner with an aviation manufacturing company to provide to the employer a public-partner contribution, that together with the private-partner contribution, shall constitute an amount sufficient to maintain the total compensation level of the at-risk employee group for a period not to exceed one year..
 
Any authority established by this bill and any agreement entered into by Treasury under this bill shall end on April 30, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3706
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 
This bill generally permits a federal law enforcement officer to purchase a retired handgun from the agency that issued a handgun to the officer.
 
The bill directs the General Services Administration to develop policies to facilitate the sale and disposition of eligible handguns. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
COOL Online Act

Bill: 116-s-3707
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Country Of Origin Labeling Online Act or the COOL Online Act

 
 This bill requires sellers to conspicuously disclose the country of origin of products sold over the internet. This includes compliance with the labeling requirements for, among other products, new passenger motor vehicles, textile fiber products, wools products, fur products, covered commodities, and pharmaceutical products subject to the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration. These requirements also apply to the provider or publisher of any internet marketplaces of such products.
 
 The bill further makes it unlawful to falsely or deceptively represent that a products or parts of its processing are of United States origin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Agency Accountability Act

Bill: 116-s-3708
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Agency Accountability Act

 
This bill establishes a Federal Agency Sunset Commission to evaluate the need for each agency or advisory committee.
 
The commission shall 

 
review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency or advisory committee at least once every six years;
 
recommend whether each agency or advisory committee should be continued, abolished, or reorganized; and
 
propose legislative language based on its recommendations for abolishing or reorganizing an agency or advisory committee. 

 
When the commission is considering whether to recommend continuing, abolishing, or reorganizing an agency or advisory committee, the agency shall submit timely responses to a questionnaire provided by the commission, which shall include
 
 
 an explanation of why the functions of the agency or advisory committee continue to be necessary,
 
 what efficiencies taxpayers realize by the continued operation of the agency or advisory committee, and
 
 why the responsibilities of the agency or advisory committee cannot be better performed by the private sector or another agency or committee.
 
 
Legislation proposed by the commission shall be granted expedited consideration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
LIFE NOW Act

Bill: 116-s-3709
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Abortion
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Limiting Infant Fatality and Empowering Nonprofit Organization Workforces or the LIFE NOW Act

 
This bill modifies the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill expands the program to encompass any nonprofit organization regardless of size, and it strikes the affiliation requirements applicable to nonprofit organizations and veterans organizations.
 
The bill also makes any entity that provides abortions ineligible to receive a paycheck protection loan. An exception is allowed for abortions performed at hospitals or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest or endangers the life of the mother.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-3710
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Coal
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mining
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate health and safety standards to protect coal miners from occupational exposure to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Labor shall promulgate emergency standards within seven days of this bill's enactment. Such emergency standards shall be in force until Labor establishes permanent standards to protect miners from occupational exposure to infectious pathogens, including novel pathogens. 
 
The emergency and permanent standards shall prohibit mine operators from discriminating or retaliating against a miner for (1) reporting a violation of this bill or a good-faith concern about a workplace infectious disease hazard, or (2) voluntarily using personal protective equipment that provides a higher level of protection than the equipment provided by the mine operator if the miner's equipment does not create a hazard.
 
Labor shall also collect data to track and investigate cases of exposure to COVID-19 among coal miners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3711
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government trust funds
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. Under the program, the Department of Energy provides grants to local governments, states, and Indian tribes for energy efficiency and conservation projects and programs. This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds to include the deployment of energy distribution technologies that significantly expand access to alternative fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Leap Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3712
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 or the Cyber Leap Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish national cybersecurity grand challenges to achieve high-priority breakthroughs in cybersecurity.
 
These challenges will offer cash and noncash prizes to winners and shall include competitions that encompass
 
 
building more resilient systems that raise adversary costs of carrying out common cyberattacks,
 
empowering people with a sufficient level of digital literacy to make safe and secure decisions online and developing a cybersecurity workforce to protect and maintain information systems,
 
advancing cybersecurity efforts in response to emerging technologies,
 
maintaining usability while improving the security and safety of individuals' online activity, and
 
reducing cybersecurity risks to federal networks and systems and improving the response of federal agencies to cybersecurity incidents.
 
 
Commerce must designate an advisory council to seek recommendations for the scope of the challenges and for metrics to assess submissions for prizes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Support our National Guard Act

Bill: 116-s-3713
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Support our National Guard Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide a National Guard member separating from active service after full-time duty in support of the government response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) with the transitional health benefits provided to a separating active-duty reservist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
PPP DEAL Act

Bill: 116-s-3714
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 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
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

PPP Deadline Extension Adjustment for Loans Act or the PPP DEAL Act

 
This bill modifies the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) by (1) extending from 8 weeks to 16 weeks the period during which a loan recipient must use their paycheck protection loan to be eligible for forgiveness; and (2) allowing a recipient 16 weeks from the date of the loan to eliminate a reduction in workforce, salary, or wages that would otherwise reduce their forgivable amount. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
SAVE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3715
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Materials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies Act of 2020 or the SAVE Act of 2020 

 
This bill authorizes the President to make payments to manufacturers to increase supply-chain security if doing so is important to the national defense. The President must submit a strategy to Congress that includes, among other elements (1) a plan to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of medical articles essential to the national defense; and (2) plans to diversify, and address vulnerabilities in, supply chains for essential medical articles.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Main Street Enhancement and Safety Act

Bill: 116-s-3716
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Main Street Enhancement and Safety Act

 
This bill expands allowable and forgivable uses for loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to include reopening costs.
 
Reopening costs are costs for (1) acquiring health and safety supplies, including personal protective equipment, needed to prepare for reopening; and (2) creating a safe environment for customers upon reopening, including changing or modifying the recipient's business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Spectrum IT Modernization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3717
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Radio spectrum allocation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Spectrum IT Modernization Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and certain other federal agencies to outline plans for modernizing the information technology infrastructure used for the management of federal spectrum.
 
Specifically, the NTIA shall identify a process to establish goals, including parameters to measure the achievement of those goals, for the modernization of such infrastructure and submit to Congress a modernization plan.
 
The bill requires each agency to submit to the NTIA and the Policy and Plans Steering Group a report that describes the agency's plan to modernize its federal spectrum infrastructure so that such infrastructure is interoperable with that of the NTIA.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall review the federal spectrum infrastructure of agencies and oversee the implementation of the modernization plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Local News and Emergency Information Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3718
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
News media and reporting
Small business
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Local News and Emergency Information Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to include certain newspaper publishers, radio stations, and television broadcasters.
 
Specifically, such a media purveyor is eligible to receive a paycheck protection loan if (1) the individual physical location that applies for the loan does not exceed Small Business Administration size standards (up to 1,000 employees for newspaper publishers and $41.5 million in gross receipts for radio and television broadcasters); and (2) the proceeds of the loan are used to support the continued provision of local news, information, content, or emergency information. Such a recipient may not remit any portion of a paycheck protection loan to any entity other than the individual physical location that is the loan's intended recipient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3719
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aging
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Health care costs and insurance
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: 

Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2020

 
This bill revises the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits.
 
The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using the value of a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan, which is the diet required to feed a family of four, consisting of
 
 
a man and a woman 19-50 years of age,
 
a child 6-8 years of age, and
 
a child 9-11 years of age.
 
 
USDA must make adjustments to the plan to account for household size, changes in the cost of the diet, and the costs of food in specified areas, including U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and American Samoa.
 
The bill modifies the requirements for calculating household income to determine SNAP eligibility by (1) authorizing a standard medical expense deduction for households containing an elderly or disabled member, and (2) eliminating the cap on the deduction for excess shelter expenses.
 
The bill eliminates certain work requirements for SNAP. The requirements apply to able-bodied adults who are ages 18-49 and have no dependent children. Under current law, the requirements are partially suspended due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
The bill allows Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands to participate in SNAP after submitting a plan of operation that is approved by USDA. Under current law, the three territories receive block grants instead of participating in SNAP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate