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For the relief of Median El-Moustrah.

Bill: 116-hr-7572
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Provides for the relief of Median El-Moustrah.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 
Provides for the relief of Median El-Moustrah. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H7003)
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7003-7004; text: CR H7003)
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Ms. Bass asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Placed on the Private Calendar, Calendar No. 5.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-598.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-598.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Ordered to be Reported.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7576
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Idaho
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Nevada
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to deposit specified interest payments into the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Water Rights Development Fund and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Operation and Maintenance Fund. These funds were established under the water rights settlement agreement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Transition for Success Act

Bill: 116-hr-7577
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

Transition for Success Act

 
This bill allows members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces to participate in the Department of Defense's Skillbridge program. (The Skillbridge program provides job training to service members who are transitioning into civilian life.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 116-hr-7578
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman in recognition of his service to the United States and his courage to testify in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Jobs Act

Bill: 116-hr-7579
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy revenues and royalties
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian lands and resources rights
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

Save American Vital Energy Jobs Act or the SAVE Jobs Act

 
This bill extends energy-related tax provisions and expands incentives for job creation in the energy sector during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period. 
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
extends for one year the construction period for carbon oxide sequestration facilities for purposes of the tax credit, 
 
suspends capitalization rules in 2020 to permit immediate expensing of certain inventory costs, 
 
reduces the required deposit of certain motor fuel excise taxes from 95% to 25%,
 
allows expensing of intangible drilling costs in 2020, 
 
permits extensions and suspensions of production and operations under onshore and offshore leases during the COVID-19 emergency period,
 
requires a royalty rate reduction during the COVID-19 emergency period for a maximum 180-day period, and 
 
requires the Department of the Interior to delay until July 1, 2022, the effective date for compliance with the 2016 final rule titled 
Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform. 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
White House Open Data Act

Bill: 116-hr-7580
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

White House Open Data Act

 
This bill requires the White House to maintain a publicly accessible website that includes a visitor's log and salary and financial disclosure information for White House employees.
 
 Specifically, the Executive Office of the President shall make available on such website 
 
 
visitor records for any location where the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business, including the name of each visitor, the name of each individual with whom the visitor met, and the purpose of the visit, updated every 30 days;
 
 the annual salary of each White House employee, updated quarterly; and
 
the most recent financial disclosure statement for each White House employee filed pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, updated annually.
 
 
The bill (1) lists exceptions to these requirements, including those involving a national security threat and personal visits that do not involve official or political business; and (2) requires specified disclosure of records that are withheld.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To require certain officers and employees in the executive branch of the Federal Government to divest certain financial interests, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7581
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Corporate finance and management
Family relationships
Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 
This bill requires certain government officials in the executive branch and their spouses to divest corporate and other financial interests. 
 
Specifically, such officials must divest into a qualified blind trust any financial interest in a business for which the official is a trustee, partner, officer, director, or more than 10% shareholder. The trustee of the qualified blind trust must sell the interest and use the proceeds to purchase conflict-free holdings. 
 
The bill's requirements apply to cabinet officials, senior executives, policy advisors, presidential appointees, specified White House personnel, and their spouses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the President, the Vice President, an immediate family member of the President or the Vice President, and certain businesses from contracting with or receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7582
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Family relationships
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 
This bill prohibits the President, the Vice President, immediate family members of either, or a significant business interest of such individuals from contracting with the federal government or receiving federal funds, with limited exceptions.
 
Such exceptions include, among other things (1) a contract or agreement with the federal government entered into or negotiated before or after the period in which the President or the Vice President serves in office; and (2) a contract for employment with the federal government or a contract for service in the Armed Forces, or any benefits provided under such employment or service.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

Bill: 116-hr-7583
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

 
This bill requires manufacturers of internet-connected devices (e.g., smart appliances) that are equipped with a camera or microphone to disclose to consumers that a camera or microphone is part of the device.
 
The bill does not apply to mobile phones, laptops, or other devices that a consumer would reasonably expect to include a camera or microphone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach services provided through congressional offices, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7584
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 
This bill expands the list of work-study activities that qualify for payment of work-study allowances under Department of Veterans Affairs rehabilitation, training, and education programs. 
 
Under the bill, the following activities carried out at the offices of Members of Congress qualify as work-study activities:
 
 
the distribution of information to members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their dependents concerning benefits and services; and
 
the preparation and processing of documents, including those used to file veterans benefits claims.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Rosie the Riveter National Historic Site Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-7585
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Conflicts and wars
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Manufacturing
Military history
U.S. history
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

Rosie the Riveter National Historic Site Expansion Act

 
This bill adds to the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in California Nystrom Elementary School--The Maritime Building and other areas as the Department of the Interior deems appropriate.
 
Within the boundaries of the park, Interior may acquire lands, improvements, waters, or interests therein by donation, purchase, exchange, or transfer. Any lands, or interests therein, owned by California or any political subdivision of California may be acquired only by donation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To temporarily extend participation in the 8(a) program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7586
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to allow any small business participating in its 8(a) Business Development program to extend participation by a period of one year.
 
The 8(a) Business Development program limits competition for certain government contracts to small businesses that participate in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
FLUENT Act

Bill: 116-hr-7587
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Language arts
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2020 or the FLUENT Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to establish a grant program to improve the literacy and English skills of English language learners.
 
Specifically, ED may award grants to providers of family literacy services to provide these services to families with English language learners. These services may only be provided to a family in which each parent is 16 years of age or older and at least one child is under the age of 8.
 
Further, ED must make grants to or enter into contracts with at least two national organizations with expertise in providing family literacy services to English language learners. These national organizations must provide grantees with technical assistance and training.
 
Additionally, ED must annually evaluate the grant program.
 
The bill also requires grantees to meet specified outcome measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director and Assistant Directors Act

Bill: 116-hr-7589
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Department of Homeland Security
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director and Assistant Directors Act

 
This bill establishes term limits and alters the personnel classification and appointment process for certain leadership positions in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security. 
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a five-year term for the Director of CISA, limits service to two terms, and reclassifies the position to a higher rate of basic pay. The bill also requires the Assistant Director for Cybersecurity and the Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security to be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, rather than by the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security a pilot program for the purpose of carrying out a talent exchange program between the private sector and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7590
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2020-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Public-private cooperation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: 
This bill establishes a pilot program for carrying out a talent exchange between the private sector and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to improve national security through public-private collaboration.
 
To carry out the program, CISA may arrange for the temporary assignment of (1) the employees of a participating private sector entity to CISA, or (2) CISA employees to a participating private sector entity. CISA must report on the private sector entities to and from which employees were assigned, the positions held by such employees, and the tasks such employees performed while so assigned.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Introduced in House