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Saving America's Future by Educating Kids Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7763
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2020-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: 

Saving America's Future by Educating Kids Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to develop and disseminate an evidence-based curriculum on substance use disorders (e.g., opioids, tobacco, and vaping) for grades K-12. ED must review and update such curriculum every two years.
 
Additionally, ED must award grants to state educational agencies to implement such evidence-based curriculum. In awarding such grants, ED must give priority to those states that have experienced the highest drug overdose death rates per capita.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Child Nutrition Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7764
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: 

Child Nutrition Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill extends the authority of the Department of Agriculture to waive certain requirements for the school meal programs due to COVID-19. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
COLA Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7765
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: 

Certainty for Older Living Americans Act of 2020 or the COLA Act of 2020

 
This bill sets out an alternative method to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits and requires the Social Security Administration to use whichever method results in a greater increase each year.
 
The current method is based on the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which may result in no or small increases to benefits in years with deflation or low inflation. The alternative method established by this bill is based on a 10-year average of cost-of-living adjustments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the research tax credit and provide better access to the credit for business startups.

Bill: 116-hr-7766
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax credits
Research and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: 
This bill increases from 20% to 40% the rate of the tax credit for increasing research activities. It also increases the rate of the alternative simplified research credit and the credit rate where there have been no research expenses for the preceding three years. 
 
The bill also increases the amount of research expenses for purposes of calculating the payroll tax credit allowed to certain small businesses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for credits against tax for domestic medical and drug manufacturing and advanced medical manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 116-hr-7767
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Industrial policy and productivity
Inflation and prices
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Sales and excise taxes
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: 
This bill allows employers tax credits for domestic medical and drug manufacturing expenses and for advanced medical manufacturing equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Freedom from Regulations Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7768
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Freedom from Regulations Act of 2020

 
This bill requires independent regulatory agencies to comply with the requirements applicable to regulatory actions by other federal agencies, including the rulemaking process under the Administrative Procedure Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Small Business, 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: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Small Business, 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: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Small Business, 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: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
RETAIN Act

Bill: 116-hr-7769
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Retaining Educators Takes Added Investment Now Act or the RETAIN Act

 
This bill allows a refundable tax credit for the employment of early childhood educators, teachers, early childhood education program directors, school leaders, and school-based mental health services providers that is based upon the number of school years for which such individuals have been continuously employed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Fallen Pandemic Heroes Flag Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7770
Sponsor: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Food industry and services
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
National symbols
Transportation employees
U.S. Capitol
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Fallen Pandemic Heroes Flag Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes a Member of Congress to give a flag flown from the Capitol and a signed certificate containing an expression of sympathy to the immediate family of a frontline worker (a worker whose occupation presents an increased risk of exposure) who died in responding to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
The Architect of the Capitol must issue regulations to accomplish this, including by identifying other workers who qualify as frontline workers and by establishing procedures for requesting a flag flown from the Capitol. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Citizen Participation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7771
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
First Amendment rights
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Citizen Participation Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes that an act in furtherance of the constitutional right of petition or free speech, without knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard of falsity on the actor's part, shall be immune from civil liability. The bill also contains other related provisions.
 
The party seeking to overcome this immunity shall have the burden of proving that the party claiming the immunity acted with knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard of falsity. 
 
A party in such a case may file a special motion to dismiss any claim related to an act of petitioning the government or free speech. The court involved shall hear such a motion on an expedited basis.
 
Furthermore, a party asserting immunity under this bill in state court may remove the case to federal court. 
 
In addition, if a party in such a case in federal court is seeking an order to obtain the personal identifying information of a person, that person may file a special motion to quash the order seeking that personal identifying information.
 
A party that successfully obtains a special motion to dismiss or motion to quash under this bill shall be entitled to litigation costs, including reasonable attorney's fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Tax Parity for U.S. Mutual Funds Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7772
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Tax Parity for U.S. Mutual Funds Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes international regulated investment companies (IRICs) and specifies rules for the taxation of such companies. An IRIC is a regulated investment company (i.e., a mutual fund) that has all of its outstanding stock held by foreign shareholders, including nonresident alien individuals (and their foreign estates) and qualified foreign pension funds, and meets other specified requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Unlocking Opportunities in Emerging Markets Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7773
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small Business Administration
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Unlocking Opportunities in Emerging Markets Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the Office of Emerging Markets within the Small Business Administration to oversee the planning, coordination, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of efforts to enhance the economic well-being of small business concerns in emerging markets. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
DIGITAL Reservations Act

Bill: 116-hr-7774
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Census and government statistics
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Educational facilities and institutions
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency communications systems
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Health facilities and institutions
Indian lands and resources rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Libraries and archives
Licensing and registrations
Natural disasters
Public contracts and procurement
Radio spectrum allocation
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Deploying the Internet by Guaranteeing Indian Tribes Autonomy over Licensing on Reservations Act or the DIGITAL Reservations Act

 
This bill grants Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations with exclusive rights to all available or unlicensed electromagnetic spectrum over their tribal lands and prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from taking specified actions related to spectrum licenses over tribal lands. It also requires the FCC to establish a fund to support tribal access to broadband and telecommunications services.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.

Bill: 116-hr-7775
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 
This bill moves portions of four counties encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall from the Middle District to the Eastern District of North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7776
Sponsor: Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Mental health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Children's Mental Health Care Access Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes child care providers to use payments received through the Child Care and Development Fund for mental health supports for children in the provider's care and employees of the provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3906)
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act

Bill: 116-hr-7777
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act

 
This bill modifies loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill provides for automatic forgiveness of a paycheck protection loan that is not more than $150,000 if the recipient submits a one-page form. Such form must allow a recipient to submit specified demographc and expenditure information, and certain individuals (e.g., the President, the Vice President, or the head of an executive department) are not eligible for such forgiveness.
 
 Further, the bill prohibits any enforcement or other action against a lender relating to loan origination, forgiveness, or guarantee based on the lender's reliance on certifications or documentation submitted by a loan applicant or recipient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Child Care Access Grants Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7778
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Expanding Child Care Access Grants Act of 2020

 
 This bill establishes a grant program for businesses to provide child care services for their employees. Businesses may also use such grants to partner with child care providers serving children through a child care program in operation prior to March 1, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To designate the mountain at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, as Mount Rushmore, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7779
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Monuments and memorials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
South Dakota
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 
This bill designates the mountain at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota as Mount Rushmore.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Virtual Community Support Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7780
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Virtual Community Support Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to award grants for community-based mental health services, substance-use disorder services, and peer support services to governmental health departments, behavioral health programs, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education.
 
Recipients may use grant funds for purposes including care coordination, technology and training to provide services virtually, and certain workforce activities.
 
SAMHSA must report on the grant program, including specifically with respect to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Local News Deserts Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7782
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2020-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Licensing and registrations
News media and reporting
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: 

Eliminating Local News Deserts Act of 2020

 
This bill requires a cable company operating within a state to carry certain low power stations if, among other requirements, (1) the state has no exclusive, in-state broadcast television market within its boundaries; (2) there are no full power commercial network affiliates (i.e., ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX) that are licensed to, and principally operate within, the state; and (3) such low power station provides a minimum of 19 weekly hours of locally produced news, public affairs, and informational programming relevant to the residents and communities of the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-24
text: Introduced in House