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Military PFAS Testing Disclosure Act

Bill: 116-hr-7392
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: 

Military PFAS Testing Disclosure Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to publicly disclose the results of any testing for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (i.e., PFAS) conducted on military installations or formerly used defense sites. Prior to conducting any testing for PFAS, DOD must also provide written notice to the managers of the public water system and the publicly owned treatment works serving the areas located immediately adjacent to the military installation where such testing is to occur.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7393
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2020-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Farmland
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: 

Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a voluntary program to certify technical assistance providers and third-party verifiers that assist farmers, ranchers, or private forest landowners in preventing or mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, sequestering carbon, or verifying processes described in protocols for greenhouse gas credit markets. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Business Interruption Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7394
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2020-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insurance industry and regulation
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: 

Business Interruption Relief Act of 2020 

 
This bill establishes the Business Interruption Relief Program within the Department of the Treasury to provide financial assistance to insurers that voluntarily pay benefits under certain policies for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) losses. Specifically, insurers qualify for the program if the insurer has at least one outstanding and existing policy for business interruption coverage that (1) expressly covers losses during a civil authority shutdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) expressly excludes coverage for a virus. Participation in the program is voluntary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
American Flag Production Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7395
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2020-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
National symbols
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: 

American Flag Production Act of 2020

 
This bill subjects a person to a fine if the person purchases a U.S. flag that is not 100% domestically made. Federal agencies are prohibited from purchasing such a flag.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
GOOD Act

Bill: 116-hr-7396
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: 

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

 
This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must (1) publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, (2) publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on a designated website, (3) display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and (4) indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.
 
The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7397
Sponsor: Rep. Spano, Ross [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
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
Tax-exempt organizations
Travel and tourism
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 
This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass chambers of commerce and certain destination marketing organizations with 300 or fewer employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Western Emergency Refined Petroleum Products Reserve.

Bill: 116-hr-7398
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 
This bill requires the Defense Logistics Agency to establish a Western Emergency Refined Petroleum Products Reserve to store refined petroleum products. The products may be made available to military and governmental entities during an emergency situation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Smarter Purchasing Act

Bill: 116-hr-7399
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Smarter Purchasing Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a study and report on whether it is feasible for agencies to factor in the 
shadow price of carbon
 in their internal decision-making processes for procurement, acquisitions, contracting, and other investments. The 
shadow price of carbon 
means the hypothetical surcharge to market prices for goods or services that involve significant carbon dioxide emissions in their supply chain. 
 
The EPA must make the final report available to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Energy Production Act

Bill: 116-hr-7400
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations
Mining
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Protecting American Energy Production Act

 
This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act

Bill: 116-hr-7401
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act

 
This bill expands the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)to act as the lead agency for the purpose of coordinating all applicable federal authorizations and environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) with respect to authorizing a natural gas pipeline project under the Natural Gas Act.
 
Federal, state, and local agencies involved in the environmental review process must defer to FERC's approved scope for a NEPA review.
 
FERC must 
 
 
invite and designate the other participating agencies involved in the authorization process, and
 
 track and publicly display on its website specific information related to the actions required to complete an authorization. 
 
 
The bill establishes a 90 day deadline to complete an authorization application for other authorizing agencies and requires concurrent reviews when multiple agencies are involved in the authorization process.
 
If a federal or state agency considering an aspect of an application for authorization requires the person applying for such authorization to submit data, the agency must consider any such data gathered by aerial or other remote means that the person submits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Renters from Eviction and Fees Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7402
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Protecting Renters from Eviction and Fees Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the moratorium on evictions to include all tenants, as opposed to tenants of federally assisted properties, and extends the moratorium until March 27, 2021 (the current moratorium expires on July 25, 2020).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E585)
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Small Business Contracting Opportunities Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7403
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Protecting Small Business Contracting Opportunities Act of 2020

 
This bill exempts certain contracts awarded to small businesses from the procedural requirements of any federal rule or guidance on category management or contract consolidation and limits the inclusion of such contracts when measuring the attainment of any federal goal or benchmark for category management or contract consolidation.
 
Such contracts are government contracts awarded pursuant to Small Business Administration programs that facilitate contracting with small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or entities, women, or veterans, or are located in historicaly underutilized business zones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7404
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act
 
of 2020

 
This bill grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the authority to approve or deny applications for facilities, such as Liquefied Natural Gas terminals, to export natural gas from the United States to foreign countries or import natural gas from foreign countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act

Bill: 116-hr-7405
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Civil actions and liability
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Nuclear power
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act

 
This bill requires expedited consideration of certain nuclear technology exports, and it requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to author specified reports.
 
Specifically, DOE must establish procedures to expedite consideration of authorization requests regarding the transfer of a technology that involves specified low-proliferation-risk reactors to certain foreign countries.
 
DOE must also report on U.S. civil nuclear commerce, including (1) an assessment of current practices with respect to the civilian nuclear industry and the impacts of such practices on both the industry and in foreign commerce, (2) a comparison of U.S. practices to the practices of foreign countries with respect to their own civilian nuclear industry, and (3) recommendations to improve the competitiveness of U.S. civil nuclear commerce.
 
The GAO must report on the feasibility and implications of modifying or repealing specified restrictions on issuing licenses for certain nuclear facilities to an alien or an entity owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, foreign corporation, or foreign government. The GAO must also report on actions by DOE with respect to the retrospective risk pooling program that requires each nuclear supplier to help cover the contingent cost resulting from certain nuclear incidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act

Bill: 116-hr-7406
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act

 
This bill revises the permitting and licensing process for nuclear production or utilization facilities.
 
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must follow specified procedures when reviewing an application for an early site permit, construction permit, operating license, or combined construction permit and operating license for a nuclear production or utilization facility.
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the effects of eliminating mandatory hearings for uncontested licensing and construction permit applications under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
 
The bill revises the composition of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, and provides specific timelines for the committee to complete its review for a construction permit or an operating license for a nuclear facility.
 
The bill also places a limit on the amount of annual fees that may be charged to a nuclear fuel facility, with specified exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Mandatory End to Needle Distribution in Our Neighborhoods Act

Bill: 116-hr-7407
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Mandatory End to Needle Distribution in Our Neighborhoods Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using federal funds to support needle exchange or syringe exchange programs. 
 
Historically, language in appropriations bills prohibited federal funds from being used to support these programs. However, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 authorized federal support for them under certain circumstances, provided no funds are used to purchase needles or syringes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2671)
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Trade Modernization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7408
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2020-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: 

Foreign Trade Modernization Act of 2020

 
This bill abolishes the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and transfers from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State all functions that were authorized to be performed by the service under any statute, reorganization plan, executive order, or other provision of law. Specifically, the bill transfers to the State Department all contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds, as well as all personnel.
 
Further, the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and the relevant diplomatic missions shall, through specified activities, emphasize (1) the promotion of exports of goods and services from the United States, particularly by small and medium-sized businesses; and (2) the protection of U.S. business interests abroad.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-29
text: Introduced in House