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Small Business Lending Disclosure and Broker Regulation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7889
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Credit and credit markets
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Licensing and registrations
Small business
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: 

Small Business Lending Disclosure and Broker Regulation Act of 2020 

 
This bill applies specified commercial lending protections to small business lending and extends the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory authority regarding consumer financial products and services to include small business financing. Among other requirements, lenders offering financial products to small businesses must disclose the terms of the financing upon extending an offer and are prohibited from charging certain additional fees on a refinanced or modified loan. 
 
Additionally, the bill establishes an Office of Broker Regulation within the bureau to regulate brokers of small business financing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Introduced in House
IDEA Act

Bill: 116-hr-7890
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: 

Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2020 or the IDEA Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to request demographic information from the inventor on each patent application submitted to the USPTO.
 
Inventors shall not be required to provide the requested information, which shall include gender, race, and military or veteran status.
 
The USPTO shall (1) publish an annual public report about the collected data, including the collected data broken down by the types of technology covered by the patent applications; and (2) make the underlying data publicly available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act

Bill: 116-hr-7891
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business records
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial review and appeals
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Manufacturing
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: 

Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act

 
This bill requires certain technology companies to ensure that they can decode encrypted information on their services and products in order to provide such information to law enforcement. It also establishes requirements and procedures for assisting law enforcement agencies in accessing encrypted data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Expansion During Crisis Act

Bill: 116-hr-7892
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2020-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: 

Medicaid Expansion During Crisis Act

 
This bill alters certain provisions relating to Medicaid presumptive eligibility for pregnant women, children, breast and cervical cancer patients, and patients of certain family planning services. (Presumptive eligibility allows qualifying individuals to receive services before their applications are fully processed.)
 
Specifically, the bill extends the applicable presumptive eligibility periods by five months. The bill also provides a 100% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) to states for expenses related to such eligibility determinations during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Support During COVID–19 Act

Bill: 116-hr-7893
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Support During COVID-19 Act

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states and territories for outreach, treatment, and other activities to address increased mental health and substance abuse issues associated with the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-hr-7894
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax deductions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public participation and lobbying
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

Paycheck Protection Program Small Business Enhancement Act

 
This bill extends the duration of, authorizes subsequent loans under, and otherwise modifies the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill extends the Paycheck Protection Program through December 31, 2020. It also authorizes a recipient of a paycheck protection loan to apply for a subsequent loan made under the same terms, conditions, and process, and for which the recipient shall be eligible for forgiveness in the same manner, as an initial paycheck protection loan.
 
Further, the bill expands program eligibility to include (1) organizations such as business leagues and chambers of commerce, and (2) franchisors or franchisees that employ not more than 500 employees per physical location. The bill also prohibits the use of program amounts for lobbying activities and makes eligible expenses tax deductible. In addition, the bill provides for an abbreviated process for forgiveness of a paycheck protection loan that is not more than $150,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7895
Sponsor: Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

Separation of Powers Restoration Act
 
of 2020

 
This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (i.e., without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. 
 
No law may exempt a civil action from the standard of review required by this bill except by specific reference to such provision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
RECOUPS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7896
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 
 
Redeeming Effectiveness to Carbon Oxide Utilization Plus Sequestration Act of 2020 or the RECOUPS Act of 2020

 
This bill allows taxpayers who claim a carbon oxide sequestration tax credit to elect to treat the credit as a payment in excess of tax liability. This allows the taxpayer a direct payment of 90% of the dollar amount of the credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
BIAS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7897
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

Bias In Automobile Stops Act of 2020 or the
 
BIAS Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide grants to institutions of higher education for research and training in the operation or establishment of an implicit bias training program as it relates to racial profiling at traffic stops.
 
To be eligible for grants such institutions must (1) have an active research program or demonstrate that the applicant is beginning a research program to study implicit bias as it relates to racial profiling before and during traffic stops, and (2) partner with state and local police departments to conduct the research and carry out the implementation of implicit bias training with state and local police departments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7899
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2020

 
This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to provide a financial incentive for participants to purchase fruits and vegetables containing nutrients that promote the health of the population served by SNAP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Organ Donation Clarification Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7900
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical ethics
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

Organ Donation Clarification Act of 2020

 
This bill specifies that certain payments and pilot programs relating to organ donation do not violate the National Organ Transplant Act, which prohibits the exchange of valuable consideration for human organs. 
 
Specifically, it excludes additional types of reimbursements and payments related to organ donation from the definition of 
valuable consideration
, such as costs for (1) dependent care; (2) certain medical expenses for up to 10 years after a donation; (3) paperwork or legal services; and (4) term life insurance policies, subject to some limitations. 
 
In addition, the federal government, states, or local governments may carry out pilot programs to evaluate the effects of removing disincentives or providing noncash benefits on the availability of organs for transplant, provided these programs meet ethical and other conditions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
ANTI Viruses Act

Bill: 116-hr-7901
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Licensing and registrations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

A Necessary and Targeted Impediment to Viruses Act or the ANTI Viruses Act

 
This bill directs (1) the General Services Administration to procure an antivirus product suitable for federal agencies to provide to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised, and (2) a federal agency that experiences a compromise in its computer systems resulting in the loss of personally identifiable information to provide to any individual directly affected a one-year license of such product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7902
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint a psychiatrist who completes a residency at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility to a VHA health care position immediately after such residency, without regard to civil service or classification laws, if (1) the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in regulations prescribed for the position, and (2) the position has been unfilled for at least 35 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7904
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to support state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in providing (1) priority COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing for essential critical infrastructure employees; and (2) priority access to personal protective equipment, sanitizers, face coverings, and health-related or protective supplies necessary to safely perform essential critical infrastructure work. (
Essential critical infrastructure employees
 include, but are not limited to, medical and health care, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, law enforcement, and public works.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2020-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
EASE Act

Bill: 116-hr-7905
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: 

Emergency Assistance for Safe Elections Act or the EASE Act

 
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make payments to assist states with administering elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Further, it establishes a specified technology committee and unit within the EAC to address the security of election technology. It also makes a state ineligible to receive certain funding for elections unless it generally prohibits the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot in a federal election that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-31
text: Introduced in House