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Use Your Endowment Act

Bill: 116-hr-6651
Sponsor: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Use Your Endowment Act

 
This bill deems certain institutions of higher education (IHEs) ineligible to receive certain emergency relief funds to address the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19).
 
Specifically, an IHE with an endowment greater than $10 billion in 2019 is generally ineligible to receive such funds and must return any funds it received to the Department of Education (ED). However, such an IHE may receive and keep these funds if it provides documentation to ED that it expended 1,000% of the amount of the funds on emergency relief (e.g., financial-aid grants to students). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Flexibility for Localities and Eligibility Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6652
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Property tax
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
State and local finance
State and local taxation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Flexibility for Localities and Eligibility Expansion Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the permissible uses of funds under the Coronavirus Relief Fund.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes a state, tribal government, or unit of local government to use funds (1) to offset revenue shortfalls that occurred between March 1 and December 30, 2020, related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, or (2) for COVID-19-related costs or revenue shortfalls of units of local government too small to qualify for direct funding.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
MASKS ON Act

Bill: 116-hr-6653
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Make Americans Savvy and Knowledgeable Safeguarding Ourselves from the Novel coronavirus Act or the MASKS ON Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct a national campaign to inform the public on the use of personal protective equipment with respect to the virus that causes COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). In carrying out the campaign, the CDC may (1) coordinate with other governmental departments and agencies; and (2) award grants to, and enter into contracts with, public or private entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Emergency COVID Telehealth Response Act

Bill: 116-hr-6654
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Emergency COVID Telehealth Response Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow, when exercising its waiver authority, the following providers to furnish telehealth services under Medicare during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019): physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, speech-language pathologists, clinical social workers, and audiologists. (Currently, the CMS is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency, and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Hazardous Duty Pay for Frontline Federal Workers Act

Bill: 116-hr-6655
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Hazardous Duty Pay for Frontline Federal Workers Act

 
This bill temporarily entitles federal employees, including certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration and the Transportation Security Administration, who are exposed to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) during duty to a pay differential, as set by the Office of Personnel Management.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Coronavirus Workers’ Compensation for TSA Employees Act

Bill: 116-hr-6656
Sponsor: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Homeland Security
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees and court costs
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Coronavirus Workers' Compensation for TSA Employees Act

 
This bill entitles certain employees of the Transportation Security Administration who are diagnosed with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) during a specified period to federal workers' compensation benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
WUHAN Rescissions Act

Bill: 116-hr-6657
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional operations and organization
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government trust funds
HIV/AIDS
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Higher education
Historical and cultural resources
House of Representatives
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Humanities programs funding
Indian social and development programs
Legal Services Corporation
Minority education
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Peace Corps
Performing arts
Pollution liability
Public transit
Railroads
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Smithsonian Institution
Transportation programs funding
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Working Under Humanity's Actual Needs Rescissions Act or the WUHAN Rescissions Act

 
This bill rescinds specified funds that were provided to several federal agencies by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Insular Area Medicaid Coronavirus Recovery Act

Bill: 116-hr-6658
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Guam
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Insular Area Medicaid Coronavirus Recovery Act

 
This bill establishes a 100% Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for U.S. territories until the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or through September 30, 2021, whichever is later. (Currently, the Medicaid FMAP for all states and U.S. territories is increased by 6.2% until the end of the public health emergency.)
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
OMAR Act

Bill: 116-hr-6659
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Family relationships

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Obstructing Monetary Allocations to Relatives Act or the OMAR Act

 
This bill prohibits a candidate for election to federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate's campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by an immediate family member of the candidate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
LOSS Act of 202

Bill: 116-hr-6660
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Limit Ongoing Shortages and Stabilize Supply Act of 2020 or the LOSS Act of 2020 

 
This bill addresses drug shortages, including by requiring drug manufacturers to conduct risk assessments and implement risk-mitigation plans with respect to such shortages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
PROMOTES Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6661
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Military education and training
Performance measurement
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Providing Resources and Organization to Maximize Opportunities for Training and Education in STEM Act of 2020 or the PROMOTES Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to carry out a grant program to assist high schools in providing education to students in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps in subjects including science, technology, math, engineering, computer science, and related areas. Local educational agencies may use grant funds for purposes including training and other support for instructors, acquisition of instructional materials, travel opportunities, mentoring programs, and certifications for students. In making the grants, DOD must give preference to schools with high percentages of children from low-income families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6663
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Medical ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits as an unfair or deceptive trade practice a person from misrepresenting (1) whether the person holds a state health care license or (2) the person's education, training, degree, license, or clinical expertise. 
 
A person's advertisement for the person's health care services must disclose the license under which the person is authorized to provide those services. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Coronavirus Public Safety and Economic Recovery Act

Bill: 116-hr-6664
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Small business
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Coronavirus Public Safety and Economic Recovery Act

 
This bill limits, under certain conditions, a business's liability under federal law for death or disability related to COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019) and promotes alternative dispute resolution mechanisms with respect to such liability. 
 
Specifically, the bill establishes the COVID-19 Response Commission to make recommendations to mitigate the spread of the disease. An individual may not sue a business that follows a national or state guideline aligned with these recommendations unless the individual notifies the business of practices that placed the individual at risk of contracting COVID-19 and the business failed to remedy those practices. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with the commission, must also provide education for state and local governments and businesses on strategies to minimize exposure to COVID-19. 
 
In addition, the Judicial Conference of the United States must develop an alternative dispute resolution program to resolve federal COVID-19 liability claims, and the Small Business Administration, when awarding certain general business loans, must give priority to states that enact similar laws to limit liability and promote alternative dispute resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to submit a report on the actions of the World Health Organization to address the spread of the virus responsible for COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6665
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 
This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress on the actions of the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the spread of the virus responsible for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The report shall address topics including (1) the failures of the WHO to address the spread of the virus, (2) the extent to which the WHO withheld information from United Nations member states, and (3) the relationship between the WHO and China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act

Bill: 116-hr-6666
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants for testing, contact tracing, monitoring, and other activities to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Entities such as federally qualified health centers, nonprofit organizations, and certain hospitals and schools are eligible to receive such grants. In awarding the grants, the CDC shall prioritize applicants that (1) operate in hot spots and medically underserved communities, and (2) agree to hire individuals from the communities where grant activities occur. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
End Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Act

Bill: 116-hr-6667
Sponsor: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

End Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to carry out activities to improve the ability of DOD to effectively prevent, track, and respond to military-connected child abuse, consistent with the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office in the report titled 
Increased Guidance and Collaboration Needed to Improve DOD's Tracking and Response to Child Abuse
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6668
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020

 
This bill permits an inspector general to be removed by the President or by a federal entity before the expiration of his or her term only for permanent incapacity, inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral turpitude.
 
The bill provides for a seven-year term of office for each inspector general. An individual may serve for more than one term.
 
Any individual appointed to fill a vacancy in such position, occurring before the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for a full seven-year term.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House