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Early Educators Apprenticeship Act

Bill: 116-s-3445
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: 

Early Educators Apprenticeship Act 

 
This bill establishes a grant program to award to partnerships&#8212;which may include employers, institutions of higher education, labor unions, and community-based organizations&#8212;the federal share of the costs of apprenticeship programs focused on early childhood education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Expedite Agent Orange Coverage Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3446
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2020-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Disability assistance
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: 

Expedite Agent Orange Coverage Act
 
of 2020

 
This bill reinstates and extends through September 30, 2025, the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine and regulate diseases that warrant a presumption of service-connection after exposure to an herbicide agent. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits may then be awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
RUSH Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3447
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: 

Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2020 or the RUSH Act of 

2020

 
This bill establishes a program through which qualified group practices may provide certain items and services that are normally provided at hospital emergency departments to individuals who (1) are entitled to Medicare hospital services, (2) are enrolled for Medicare medical services, and (3) reside in qualified skilled nursing facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3448
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: 

Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Act of 20

20

 
This bill requires executive agencies to represent compliance with specified labor and other laws in the solicitation of contracts and subcontracts for property and services in excess of $500,000. Each executive agency entering into such a contract or subcontract must provide employees with information concerning hours worked and overtime and additions to or subtractions from pay. Further, each executive agency must designate a senior official to act as the agency's Labor Compliance Advisor.
 
Additionally, the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) must reissue the final rule titled 
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces
 dated August 25, 2016. The GSA also must establish a website for federal contractors to use for all federal contract reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
TM Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3449
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: 

Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 or the TM Act of 2020

 
This bill makes several changes to trademark law, such as by providing new mechanisms for opposing and canceling trademark registrations at the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and by making it easier to secure an injunction. 
 
The bill authorizes a third party to submit evidence to the PTO to oppose an application for a federal trademark registration. 
 
The bill establishes a procedure for any party to petition the PTO to expunge a registration for a trademark that has not been used in commerce. The bill also establishes a procedure for any party to petition the PTO to reexamine any trademark registration on such nonuse grounds. 
 
The PTO may also initiate such an expungement or reexamination proceeding. 
 
If a plaintiff has prevailed in court in asserting certain trademark rights, that plaintiff shall be entitled to a presumption that the plaintiff will suffer irreparable harm for purposes of determining whether the plaintiff is entitled to a permanent injunction. If a trademark plaintiff is seeking a preliminary injunction, that plaintiff is entitled to this presumption upon a court finding that the plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits of the case. Under current law, a plaintiff must establish irreparable harm to secure an injunction.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on PTO efforts to address false and inaccurate claims in trademark registrations and applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs of education pursued at educational institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3450
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2020-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue to provide educational assistance through December 21, 2020, for programs of education that have been converted to distance learning due to an emergency or health-related situation. Such assistance includes monthly housing stipends or subsistence allowances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
FASTER Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3451
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Allergies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2020 or the FASTER Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the definition of
 major food allergen
 for purposes of certain food-labeling requirements to specifically include sesame. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must report on certain information related to food allergy research and data collection activities. 

action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2020 or the FASTER Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the definition of
 major food allergen
 for purposes of certain food-labeling requirements to specifically include sesame. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must report on certain information related to food allergy research and data collection activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7292-7293)
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7292-7293)
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable HOME Act

Bill: 116-s-3452
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Families
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Affordable Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Act or the Affordable HOME Act

 
This bill addresses housing affordability and availability as well as housing for low-income and homeless individuals.
 
Among other things, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants for down payment assistance to qualifying home purchasers. 
 
Further, the bill establishes a tax credit for homeowners equal to 15% of annual mortgage interest paid or accrued on a mortgage for a primary residence. 
 
In addition, HUD must establish programs for constructing and preserving certain low-income multifamily rental housing projects in rural areas. HUD must also provide grants to entities to acquire and preserve manufactured housing communities. Further, the bill provides additional FY2020 appropriations for the Housing Trust Fund, which provides assistance to states to produce and preserve affordable housing.
 
Additionally, the bill specifies the number of low-income housing choice vouchers HUD must provide in FY2021-FY2030. Further, the bill provides FY2021-FY2030 appropriations for HUD to assist permanent supportive housing. 
 
The bill also provides for various protections for renters, including by (1) prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants, with certain exceptions; (2) prohibiting housing discrimination against individuals based on source of income; and (3) requiring certain landlords to give the tenant of a rental property an opportunity to purchase that property before selling or transferring the property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency for Confucius Institutes

Bill: 116-s-3453
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
China
Higher education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Transparency for Confucius Institutes

 
This bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs to enter into a program participation agreement if a Confucius Institute operates on the IHE's campus. (Confucius Institutes are Chinese government-funded centers for language education and cultural programming at IHEs.)
 
The agreement must be entered into with the Office of Chinese Language Council International (i.e., Confucius Institute Headquarters, Hanban) and be made publicly available online. 
 
Among other requirements, the Confucius Institute must be physically located apart from the IHE's own Chinese language, history, and cultural programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Educational Award Parity Act

Bill: 116-s-3454
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Aging
Family relationships
Higher education
National and community service
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Educational Award Parity Act

 
This bill allows AmeriCorps members who are 55 years of age or older and served in any program, including the National Civilian Community Corps or Volunteers in Service to America, to transfer their national service educational award to a family member. Currently, only members who served in AmeriCorps State and National may transfer such an award.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3456
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Personnel records
Right of privacy
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes standards for the collection of personal data, including prohibiting businesses from collecting such data without consent from the individual except as reasonably necessary for certain permissible purposes. Businesses must publish their privacy policies; implement data security programs to safeguard such data; and provide individuals with reasonable access to, and control of, their collected data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

Bill: 116-s-3457
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

 
This bill specifically includes pharmacy services and certain self-administered drugs as part of covered home infusion therapy under Medicare, and specifies that certain payment components still apply regardless of whether or not a qualified supplier is physically present in the beneficiary's home. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3458
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care quality
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
 
of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit a report outlining the actions taken and plan to address the areas of concern identified in the 2019 High-Risk List of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding acquisition management, risk management, and health care improvement. The VA must also report annually on the implementation of priority recommendations of the GAO that pertain to the VA.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
No Cash for Crooks Act

Bill: 116-s-3459
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Judicial review and appeals
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

No Cash for Crooks Act

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress who were convicted of a felony during their time in office from receiving an annuity or retired pay on the basis of their creditable service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
No Welfare for Terrorists Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3460
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

No Welfare for Terrorists Act of 2020

 
This bill revises eligibility requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to disqualify an individual from receiving SNAP benefits if the individual is convicted of a crime related to terrorism and is not in compliance with the terms of the sentence, is a fleeing felon, or is violating a condition of probation or parole. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Audie Murphy Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-s-3461
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Television and film
Texas
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Audie Murphy Post Office Building."
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Audie Murphy Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-265.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-265.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7081; text: CR S7081)
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7081; text: CR S7081)
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 494.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 116-265