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Environmental Justice Legacy Pollution Cleanup Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8271
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Appropriations
Cancer
Coal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Low- and moderate-income housing
Military facilities and property
Mining
Pollution liability
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local finance
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Environmental Justice Legacy Pollution Cleanup Act of 2020

 
This bill provides for funding and permitting restrictions in relation to environmental cleanup and remediation of areas with public health threats.
 
Specifically, the bill provides supplemental appropriations for FY2020 to the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Agriculture, and the Indian Health Service for various environmental cleanup and remediation projects, including those that affect low-income and tribal communities. For example, the bill appropriates $30 billion to HUD to provide grants to local governments to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards and other housing-related health and safety hazards in low-income housing.
 
The bill immediately prohibits the granting of a Title V permit for a major proposed source (relating to air pollution control requirements) for an overburdened census tract, which is an area that has been identified as having a specified amount of particulate matter and an identified heightened risk of cancer due to air pollution. The EPA must publish a list of overburdened census tracts and update the list annually based on the most recently available modeling and monitoring data.
 
After January 1, 2025, the bill also prohibits the renewal of Title V permits for major sources in an overburdened census tract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Services Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-8272
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Emergency Services Access Ac
t
 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for preventing emergency medical technicians assigned to ambulances or other emergency vehicles from providing medical care. It also makes it a criminal offense to block an emergency vehicle that is transporting an individual in need of treatment from a hospital entrance.
 
An individual who engages in this conduct is subject to criminal penalties--a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. If death results, the prison term may be for any term of years or for life.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Energizing Technology Transfer Act

Bill: 116-hr-8273
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Minority education
Research and development
Small business
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Energizing Technology Transfer Act

 
This bill establishes and expands various clean energy technology programs of the Department of Energy and supports the commercialization of clean energy research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8274
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government studies and investigations
Livestock
Rural conditions and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission.
 
The commission must conduct a comprehensive study on (1) decreasing real values of dairy farmer milk prices and income; (2) economic and policy causes for the declining number of small and medium-sized dairy operations; (3) levels of milk production in the United States with regional changes in farm numbers, cow numbers, and milk production per cow; (4) opportunities and challenges for increasing domestic and export demand for dairy products; (5) effects of declining dairy farm numbers on rural economies; and (6) causes for the consolidation within the dairy industry.
 
In conducting the study, the commission shall develop legislative, regulatory, and market-based recommendations to improve milk prices and dairy farm profitability, including for responding to periods of heightened dairy production during low prices, enhancing competitiveness of American dairy in world markets, and evaluating new markets for dairy exports.
 
The commission shall terminate on the earlier of (1) the date it submits to USDA and Congress a report containing the results of the study, including the legislative and regulatory recommendations; or (2) the date that is two years after the date of its first meeting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Veteran Homelessness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8275
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Public contracts and procurement
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Reducing Veteran Homelessness Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies certain Department of Veterans Affairs programs and services for homeless veterans, including by increasing the per diem rate for grant recipients that provide services to homeless veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bill: 116-hr-8276
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Iraq
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

action_date: 2020-11-10
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

action_date: 2020-12-04
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Became Public Law No: 116-210.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Became Public Law No: 116-210.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-04
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-11-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-11-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-11-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-11-10
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6654-6655)
action_date: 2020-11-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H4705)
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4705)
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Ms. Horn, Kendra S. asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-210
Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8277
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Community life and organization
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Public participation and lobbying
Radioactive wastes and releases
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2020

 
This bill (1) provides a mechanism for states, tribal and local governments to play a role in the development of post-shutdown decommissioning activities regarding the shutdown of a nuclear facility; and (2) establishes a grant program to support community advisory boards that aim to foster communication between a licensee involved in decommissioning activities and members of a community that may be affected by such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Show Your Exemption Act

Bill: 116-hr-8278
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congressional leadership
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Show Your Exemption Act

 
This bill requires both chambers of Congress to make publicly available the determinations of each of its Members regarding the designation of their congressional staff (including leadership and committee staff) as 
official
 for purposes of requiring those employees to enroll in health insurance coverage offered through a health benefit exchange. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Quantum Network Infrastructure Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8279
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Photography and imaging
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Quantum Network Infrastructure Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a research, development, and demonstration program to accelerate innovation in quantum network infrastructure in order to (1) facilitate the advancement of distributed quantum computing systems through the internet and intranet, (2) improve the precision of measurements of scientific phenomena and physical imaging technologies, and (3) develop secure national quantum communications technologies and strategies.
 
The DOE shall submit to Congress a four-year research plan that identifies and prioritizes basic research needs relating to quantum network infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act

Bill: 116-hr-8280
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2020-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employee benefits and pensions
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Self-employed
Service industries

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: 

Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act

 
This bill preempts any state law that classifies an individual providing labor or services for remuneration (i.e., an independent contractor) as an employee for purposes of wage-rate and benefit requirements. 
 
The bill also broadens the existing Securities and Exchange Commission registration exemption for the issuance of securities as part of an employee-compensation package. Specifically, the bill applies this exemption to the issuance of securities as compensation for independent contractors.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's effects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-8281
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Delaware
District of Columbia
Elementary and secondary education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Kansas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
South Carolina
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: 

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act

 
This bill expands the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site currently located in Topeka, Kansas, to include additional sites in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and establishes as affiliated areas specified sites in Farmville, Virginia; Wilmington and Hockessin, Delaware; and the District of Columbia.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Saving American History Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8282
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2020-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
News media and reporting
Racial and ethnic relations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: 

Saving American History Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds by an elementary or secondary school to teach the 1619 Project or by a local educational agency (LEA) to support its teaching in public schools. (The 1619 Project is an initiative that addresses the beginning of slavery in the United States.)
 
Additionally, an elementary or secondary school that teaches this project or an LEA that supports its teaching in public schools is ineligible to receive federal funds for professional development.
 
Further, the Departments of Education, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services must reduce federal funds in a prorated amount to an elementary or secondary school that teaches this project or an LEA that supports its teaching in public schools. However, federal funding shall not be reduced for programs for low-income students (e.g., free or reduced-price lunch) or students with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
TREAT Act

Bill: 116-hr-8283
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2020-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: 

Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act or the TREAT Act

 
This bill temporarily allows, subject to scope of practice and other requirements, a health care professional to provide in-person and telehealth services in any U.S. jurisdiction based on that individual's authorization to practice in any one state or territory.
 
Specifically, health care professionals may provide these services in jurisdictions other than where they are licensed, certified, or authorized to practice for up to 180 days after the end of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. In addition, the bill provides certain authorities to health care professional regulatory bodies, such as medical boards, to investigate and take disciplinary actions against a professional who provides telehealth services to a patient in that organization's jurisdiction pursuant to this bill.
 
The bill also permits the Department of Health and Human Services to similarly expand the authority of health care professionals to provide these services in the event of future major disasters or emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Integrity Act

Bill: 116-hr-8284
Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Self-employed
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: 

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Integrity Act

 
This bill requires applicants for pandemic unemployment assistance to provide state unemployment agencies with documentation substantiating their employment or planned commencement of employment, including self-employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House