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Restore Veterans’ Compensation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6027
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Restore Veterans' Compensation Act of 2020

 
This bill eliminates the recoupment of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive payments from members of the Armed Forces who subsequently receive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition, the bill limits recoupment of such pay from service members who subsequently receive military retired or retainer pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Stable SSI Benefits and Housing Assistance Act

Bill: 116-hr-6028
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Stable SSI Benefits and Housing Assistance Act

 
This bill excludes certain relocation assistance from income and resource limits for purposes of Supplemental Security Income eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 1st Avenue in Amory, Mississippi, as the "Command Sergeant Major Lawrence E. 'Rabbit' Kennedy Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-hr-6029
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Mississippi
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 1st Avenue in Amory, Mississippi, as the "Command Sergeant Major Lawrence E. 'Rabbit' Kennedy Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow spouses of uniformed service members to make contributions towards such member's Thrift Savings Fund account, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6030
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Income tax deferral
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 
This bill allows the spouse of a member of the uniformed services to contribute to the member's Thrift Savings Fund account from the spouse's retirement plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Clery Compliance Officer Designation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6031
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Hate crimes
Higher education
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Clery Compliance Officer Designation Act of 2020

 
This bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that receives federal aid to designate a compliance officer to carry out the IHE's responsibilities related to (1) collecting campus crime statistics and campus security policies, and (2) submitting campus crime statistics annually to the Department of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Workforce Centers of Excellence Act

Bill: 116-hr-6032
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Transportation
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Transportation programs funding
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Transportation Workforce Centers of Excellence Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate certain two-year institutions of higher education as Community and Technical College Centers of Excellence in Transportation Workforce Training.
 
Additionally, DOT must establish a program to award competitive grants to the centers to address education and training related to careers in transportation sectors.
 
Grants under the program may not exceed $2 million, and the federal share of project costs may not exceed 50%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Pell to Grad Act

Bill: 116-hr-6033
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Pell to Grad Act

 
This bill raises from 12 to 16 the total number of semesters during which a student may receive a Pell Grant. It also allows income-eligible graduate students who received Pell Grants during their undergraduate education to utilize their remaining Pell Grant eligibility toward their first graduate degree, subject to this 16-semester duration limit. Currently, Pell Grants are available only to undergraduate students, subject to the 12-semester duration limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Hmong and Lao Refugee Deportation Prohibition Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6034
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Detention of persons
Foreign labor
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Laos
Presidential administrations
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Hmong and Lao Refugee Deportation Prohibition Act of 2020

 
This bill defers the removal of qualified individuals to Laos for 72 months beginning from this bill's enactment.
 
To qualify for deferral, an individual must (1) be born in Laos or the French colonial administration that preceded the present-day country of Laos, (2) have been ordered removed to Laos before this bill's enactment, and (3) have resided in the United States on or before January 1, 2011. 
 
An individual receiving deferral under this bill shall be authorized for employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
American Wild Game and Livestock Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-6035
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

American Wild Game and Livestock Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to issue as a final rule the proposed rule titled 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
.
 
This bill exempts the rule from judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
VA Family Leave Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6036
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

VA Family Leave Act of 2020

 
This bill provides employees of the Veterans Health Administration with the same family and medical leave benefits as other federal employees, beginning in FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Legal Counsel Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6037
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Due process and equal protection
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Fair Access to Legal Counsel Act of 2020

 
 
This bill requires a court to consider specified factors when determining whether to provide counsel for a civil litigant who cannot afford counsel. In addition, the bill authorizes a court to appoint, rather than merely request, counsel for such a litigant.
 
Under current law, a court may request counsel to represent a civil litigant who cannot afford counsel. The bill instead authorizes the court to appoint counsel upon request by the litigant. A court must inform civil litigants appearing without counsel of their right to make such a request.
 
In considering whether to grant a civil litigant's request for counsel, a court generally must consider factors such as the complexity of the case, any mental or physical limitations faced by the litigant, and whether any opposing party is represented by counsel. The court may also appoint counsel for limited purposes, including for the purpose of advising the court as to whether a full appointment is warranted.
 
The bill also eliminates the requirement for a court to dismiss a civil litigant's case if the litigant's allegation of poverty is untrue.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Aviation-Impacted Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-6038
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Community life and organization
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Noise pollution
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Aviation-Impacted Communities Act

 
This bill addresses noise mitigation for aviation-impacted communities. (An 
aviation-impacted community
 is a community that is located not more than one mile from any point at which a commercial or cargo jet route is 3,000 feet or less above ground level.)
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
expands Airport Improvement Program noise mitigation program funding for aviation-impacted communities that are not currently within the 65 day-night average sound level (DNL) standard;
 
requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study that summarizes the relevant literature and studies done on aviation impacts worldwide and focuses on large hub commercial airports and surrounding communities, including communities currently outside of the 65 DNL contour;
 
directs the FAA to conduct outreach to aviation-impacted communities to inform them of the opportunity to be a designated community;
 
requires the FAA to devise an action plan that alleviates or addresses the concerns of a designated community; and
 
provides grants for necessary noise mitigation in a designated community for residences, hospitals, nursing homes, adult or child day care centers, schools, and places of worship.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6039
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer to the VA of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, to be maintained as a national shrine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6040
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the definition of a 
disaster
 for which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may provide disaster loans to small business concerns to include communicable diseases for which the government issues a travel alert or travel warning, and it authorizes the SBA to make interest free disaster loans to small businesses affected by a disaster for which the government issues a public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
State and National Guard Fairness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6041
Sponsor: Rep. Wright, Ron [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2020-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: 

State and National Guard Fairness Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed expenses incurred by members of an Armed Forces reserve component or state defense forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Sanctity of Life Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6042
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2020-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Federal district courts
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local government operations
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: 

Sanctity of Life Act of 2020

 
This bill declares that (1) human life is deemed to exist from fertilization, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency; and (2) "person" includes all such human life.
 
The bill recognizes that each state has a compelling interest in protecting the lives of those within the state's jurisdiction whom the state rationally regards as human beings. 
 
The bill amends the federal judicial code to remove Supreme Court and district court jurisdiction to review cases arising out of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or practice, or any act interpreting such a measure on the grounds that such measure (1) protects the rights of human persons between conception and birth; or (2) prohibits, limits, or regulates the performance of abortions or the provision of public funds, facilities, personnel, or other assistance for abortions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Introduced in House
PAW Against Trafficking Act

Bill: 116-hr-6043
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Smuggling and trafficking
Travel and tourism
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: 

Protecting All Wildlife Against Trafficking Act or the PAW Against Trafficking Act

 
This bill sets forth requirements to provide warnings to travelers about wildlife trafficking (e.g., poaching and the illegal trade in wildlife) in foreign countries and reestablishes the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking.
 
Specifically, the bill makes permanent the requirement for the Department of State to identify certain countries that are major sources, transit points, or consumers of wildlife trafficking products. Additionally, the State Department, on any State Department website or web-based application providing country-specific information for international travel, must ensure that such countries are clearly identified with a warning label along with a warning that international law or U.S. law may prohibit the export, import, purchase, sale, possession, or transport of products produced from endangered or threatened wildlife.
 
In addition, the bill revises the duties of the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking. Among other duties, the task force must assess how consumption of illegally tracked wildlife in the United States may be driving illegal wildlife trafficking in such countries. The task force must also identify potential strategies to reduce domestic consumption of illegally trafficked wildlife products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2020-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Accurate Labels Act

Bill: 116-hr-6044
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2020-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cancer
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal preemption
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality
Radiation
State and local government operations
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: 

Accurate Labels Act

 
This bill restricts the authority of state and federal agencies to establish or enforce labeling requirements with respect to the chemical composition of, or radiation emitted by, consumer products. Specifically, such requirements (1) must exempt nonfunctional or naturally occurring substances; (2) must exempt the inclusion of trade secrets; (3) may not preclude the delivery of certain supplemental or clarifying information; (4) shall not apply to a substance if the concentration of the substance in the product is below a specified level; (5) shall not apply, with respect to the emission of radiation, if the level of emission is below a specified level; (6) must allow for certain information to be communicated to consumers electronically or digitally; and (7) must be risk based and meet other specified standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act

Bill: 116-hr-6045
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2020-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: 

Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to establish a separate category within the Standard Occupational Classification system for direct support professionals (i.e., individuals who provide services to promote independence in individuals with a disability) for data reporting purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Introduced in House