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Agricultural Security Risk Review Act

Bill: 116-s-4235
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Corporate finance and management
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign and international corporations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Agricultural Security Risk Review Act

 
This bill expands the membership of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to include the Secretary of Agriculture. The committee reviews the national security implications of certain foreign investments in U.S. businesses or real estate, including critical infrastructure or technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Temporary Federal ESOP Grant Program Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4236
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Temporary Federal ESOP Grant Program Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a grant program for businesses that establish or expand an employee stock ownership plan that meets the applicable federal requirements for such plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Loan Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-4237
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Student Loan Fairness Act

 
This bill establishes a temporary program to suspend payments and interest through September 30, 2020, on Federal Family Education Loans and Federal Perkins Loans that are not held by the Department of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4351)
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Cracking Down on Gangs and Deporting Criminals Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4238
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Cracking Down on Gangs and Deporting Criminals Act of 2020

 
This bill provides for additional instances when the prison sentence may be increased by up to ten years for an individual involved in a criminal street gang and is convicted of certain crimes, and contains other related provisions. 
 
Currently, the increased prison sentence applies to certain offenses related to (1) controlled substances, (2) violence involving physical force, or (3) human trafficking or sexual abuse. The bill establishes that certain offenses related to deriving income from or participating in a pattern of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt shall also be eligible for the sentence increase. 
 
The bill also expands the circumstances in which an individual may be considered to be involved in a criminal street gang and thus be eligible for the sentence increase.
 
In addition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) shall establish and maintain a national criminal street gang database. If an individual who is convicted and eligible for such a sentence enhancement is an alien, DOJ shall report the sentence enhancement to the Department of Homeland Security and the individual shall be subject to removal proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4351)
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Workforce Recovery and Training Services Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4239
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Small business
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Workforce Recovery and Training Services Act of 2020 

 
This bill establishes a grant program for states to provide employment training services to adults and dislocated workers. Of these funds, a specified amount must be allocated to areas most significantly impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
No WHO Withdrawal Act

Bill: 116-s-4240
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
International organizations and cooperation
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

No WHO Withdrawal Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to take any action to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4241
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Human trafficking
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Personnel records
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2020

 
 This bill requires businesses with annual revenue greater than $500 million to audit their supply chains for labor practices or human trafficking activities that violate specified national or international standards and report the results to the Department of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act

Bill: 116-s-4243
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Child safety and welfare
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act

 
This bill provides protections for an alien minor whose parent is the principal beneficiary of an employment-based immigrant petition. 
 
Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall not detain or remove such a minor. The minor shall be eligible for nonimmigrant status, either dependent on the parent's status or otherwise, until a decision has been made on the minor's application for lawful permanent resident status. 
 
Such a minor shall also qualify as a derivative beneficiary child for immigrant visa purposes starting from the approval of the parent's employment-based immigration petition until a decision has been made on the minor's application for permanent resident status, even if the parent is deceased.
 
These protections shall not apply if DHS determines that the minor poses a threat to public safety or national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4354-4355)
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4244
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Computers and information technology
Department of Labor
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes requirements for state unemployment systems related to processing unemployment claims, transmitting information, and addressing fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguarding Internet Freedom in Hong Kong Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4245
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Hong Kong
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Protest and dissent
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Safeguarding Internet Freedom in Hong Kong Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes and establishes programs to promote internet freedom in Hong Kong and contains other related provisions. 
 
The Department of State may establish an interagency working group to develop a strategy to bolster internet resiliency and access in Hong Kong. The State Department shall also establish within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor a Hong Kong internet freedom program. (The bureau has existing programs to promote internet freedom globally through technology development, digital safety, policy advocacy, and research.)
 
The Open Technology Fund may establish a Hong Kong internet freedom program. (The fund, an independent nonprofit organization that receives U.S. government funding, was originally a part of Radio Free Asia.) 
 
The bureau and the fund may award grants to qualifying private organizations to promote technology and tools in Hong Kong that promote online information access, enhance digital security, and circumvent internet blocking and other online censorship.
 
The State Department shall report to Congress a classified strategy to (1) increase the availability of firewall circumvention technology in Hong Kong; and (2) support the preservation of an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet in Hong Kong.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Access to Birth Control Act

Bill: 116-s-4246
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Religion
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Protect Access to Birth Control Act

 
This bill nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement that their health insurance plans cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Loan Repayment and FAFSA Simplification Act

Bill: 116-s-4247
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Student Loan Repayment and FAFSA Simplification Act

 
This bill replaces existing federal student loan repayment plans with one standard 10-year repayment plan and one income-based repayment plan. It also revises the process for filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4248
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

COVID-19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to health care providers, public health departments, tribal organizations, schools for social workers and health professionals, and other nonprofit entities for bias and anti-racism training to reduce disparities in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts. 
 
In administering these grants, HHS must give priority to, among others, recipients in communities with racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and death rates. In addition, HHS must develop requirements for bias and anti-racism training that aligns with continuing education requirements of applicable state licensing bodies, such as medical boards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure the protection of human genetic information collected as a result of diagnostic testing for COVID-19.

Bill: 116-s-4249
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Genetics
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of genetic material collected as a result of a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) test for any other purpose without the written, informed consent of the individual being tested.
 
A person who violates this prohibition is subject to a civil monetary penalty of not more than $100 for each violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act

Bill: 116-s-4250
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
National Guard and reserves
State and local government operations
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from establishing a condition for a cemetery grant that restricts the ability of a state to inter certain reservists (or spouses) at a state-owned veterans' cemetery solely because such individuals are ineligible for burial in an open national cemetery.
 
Specifically, as a condition for grants, the VA cannot restrict the ability of a state to inter a
 
 
member of a reserve component whose service was terminated under honorable conditions;
 
member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard whose service was terminated under honorable conditions;
 
member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who died under honorable conditions while a member; and
 
spouse of any member described above.
 
 
The VA is prohibited from (1) denying an application for a grant solely on the basis that the recipient state may use funds to expand, improve, operate, or maintain a veterans' cemetery to allow for the internment of the specified reservists; and (2) enforcing certain conditions on grants for state veterans' cemeteries that were established before the date of enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protégé Program Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4251
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Higher education
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protege Program Act of 2020

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the mentor-prot&eacute;g&eacute; program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under which a mentor firm enters into an agreement with a prot&eacute;g&eacute; firm to assist the latter to compete for prime contracts and subcontracts of DHS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Worker First Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4252
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government trust funds
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Worker First Act of 2020

 
 This bill provides incentive payments to states for unemployment compensation programs if the states implement certain policies with respect to worker safety, employment separation, compensation for individuals working reduced hours, and the minimum duration of benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Second Look at Drug Patents Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4253
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Second Look at Drug Patents Act of 2020

 
This bill imposes additional patent reporting requirements on the manufacturers of certain drugs approved by the Federal Drug Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
National Emergency Student Vote Act

Bill: 116-s-4254
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional elections
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
Higher education
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

National Emergency Student Vote Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to provide students with additional resources on registering to vote. In addition, IHEs must provide students who are off campus due to a public health emergency with resources on voting by mail (e.g., absentee ballot applications).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate