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To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in land in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8973
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to convey up to 6,400 acres of surface estate to Kian Tr'ee Corporation, an Alaska Native village corporation, for the village of Canyon Village. Further, Interior must convey equal acreage of subsurface estate to Doyon Limited, the Alaska Native regional corporation for Canyon Village.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Introduced in House
FHA Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-8974
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

FHA Fairness Act 

 
This bill increases the mortgage limit for federal mortgage insurance eligibility for homes in certain cities and counties. Specifically, this increase applies to metropolitan cities and urban counties with higher housing costs that have experienced a decrease in home values over a specified time period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
DETOUR Act

Bill: 116-hr-8975
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Behavioral sciences
Child health
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Right of privacy
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction Act or the DETOUR Act

 
 This bill prohibits large online operators from manipulating their products to mislead consumers into providing personal information or giving consent. The bill further prohibits these operators from (1) studying the behavioral patterns of subsets of users without first obtaining informed consent, (2) designing online products that lead to compulsive usage, or (3) designing products directed to children that lead to an increase in the use of products through which users interact with other users without parental consent.
 
 The bill also requires large online operators conducting psychological or behavioral research to disclose certain information, discontinue such research if consent was improperly acquired, and establish an independent review board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Access to the American Courts Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8976
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Federal district courts
Government liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Access to the American Courts Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes that U.S. district courts shall have jurisdiction over any lawsuit based on an alleged violation of a constitutional right by the United States or any agent, person, or entity acting in the name of the United States. (Generally, the United States may not be sued unless it has consented to the lawsuit.)
 
The plaintiff filing such a lawsuit shall have the right to a jury trial. If the plaintiff prevails in such a lawsuit, it shall receive attorney fees and costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Workers' Right to Training Act

Bill: 116-hr-8977
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Civil actions and liability
Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Industrial policy and productivity
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Workers' Right to Training Act

 
 This bill requires employers implementing new technology that is expected to result in the loss of, or changes to, employment positions to notify affected employees about the new technology, negotiate with affected employees about how the new technology can incorporate their skills and roles, and provide affected employees with relevant on-the-job training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Community Driven Recovery for Puerto Rico Act

Bill: 116-hr-8978
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Community Driven Recovery for Puerto Rico Act

 
This bill establishes an Office for Equitable, Transparent, and Accountable Puerto Rico Reconstruction which shall be headed by a Puerto Rico Civil Society Task Force. 
 
The task force shall be an independent federal entity established to ensure accountability of and local oversight over reconstruction efforts in Puerto Rico.
 
The office shall be funded by the administrative portion of the estimated Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery disbursements for Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-12-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1157)
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Qualified Immunity Abolition Act

Bill: 116-hr-8979
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Kwanza [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Due process and equal protection
Government liability
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Qualified Immunity Abolition Act

 
This bill eliminates the defense of qualified immunity in civil actions for deprivation of rights. 
Qualified immunity
 is a judicially created doctrine that protects government employees or those acting with state authority from being held personally liable for constitutional violations.
 
The bill provides that under the statute allowing a civil action alleging deprivation of rights under color of law, it shall not be a defense or immunity to any such action that (1) the defendant was acting in good faith or believed that his or her conduct was lawful at the time it was committed; (2) the rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws were not clearly established at the time of their deprivation; or (3) the state of the law was such that the defendant could not reasonably have been expected to know whether his or her conduct was lawful.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7225)
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Nonviolent Drug Crime Expungement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8980
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Kwanza [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Nonviolent Drug Crime Expungement Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings for federal nonviolent offenses related to cannabis, cocaine, or crack. Further, the bill requires a state, in order to be eligible for Department of Justice grants, to have a substantially similar resentencing and expungement program for nonviolent offenses under state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7225)
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-8981
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Mental health
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act

 
This bill expressly prohibits health care providers and other entities involved in matching donated organs with recipients from denying access to an organ transplant solely on the basis of an individual's disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
FOMC Policy Responsibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-8982
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

FOMC Policy Responsibility Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Open Market Committee to set the interest rates on balances maintained at Federal Reserve banks by or on behalf of depository institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8983
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2020

 
This bill exempts certain privately held, noncustody brokers and dealers in good standing from specified audit report requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8984
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Federal Reserve System
Monetary policy
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2020

 
This bill limits the types of securities that the Federal Reserve Board may acquire in the open market to gold stock; currency; and direct obligations of the United States, foreign banks, or the International Monetary Fund. The board must exchange all other assets with the Department of the Treasury for direct U.S. obligations of equivalent value. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
S Corp Access to Crowdfunding Act

Bill: 116-hr-8985
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

S-Corp Access to Crowdfunding Act

 
This bill excludes from the 100 shareholder limitation for S corporations individuals who acquired shares in such corporations through (1) small public offerings, or (2) one or more crowdfunding (i.e., contributions by large numbers of individuals mostly from online solicitations) offerings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 4th Street in Petaluma, California, as the "Lynn C. Woolsey Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-hr-8986
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 4th Street in Petaluma, California, as the "Lynn C. Woolsey Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing the Security of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8987
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business expenses
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Enhancing the Security of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Act of 2020

 
This bill provides tax credits for manufacturing certain priority medicines and establishes an expedited review procedure for drug manufacturers seeking to transition from foreign manufacturing to domestic manufacturing. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must publish annually a list of priority drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients that (1) are necessary for use in a public health emergency, (2) are at high risk of becoming in short supply, and (3) have a vulnerable global supply chain. The bill provides a tax credit for 50% of a manufacturer's direct and indirect costs incurred in a taxable year for the production of a drug or active ingredient that was on this list in any of the five preceding years. 
 
Furthermore, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must expedite the review and approval of a supplemental application that seeks to transfer manufacturing of an already-approved drug or active pharmaceutical ingredient to a domestic establishment. (A supplemental application generally involves a change, such as a manufacturing change, to an existing application for FDA market approval.) The bill imposes various requirements for this expedited review, including a deadline for the FDA to take action on such a supplemental application within six months of submission. 
 
HHS shall also establish the Facility Transfer Working Group to assist with evaluating such applications and provide advice and feedback to applicants upon request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
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: 2020-12-16
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: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Save Jobs During the Pandemic Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8988
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Save Jobs During the Pandemic Act of 2020

 
This bill eliminates, for taxable years ending in 2020, the base erosion minimum tax rate applicable to certain large corporations that have deductions with respect to amounts paid or accrued to foreign-related parties exceeding 3% of their total deductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study on the feasibility, benefits, and costs of using a distributed ledger system in the post-trade clearing and settlement process, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8989
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on the feasibility, benefits, and costs of using a distributed ledger system (such as blockchain technology) in the clearing and settlement process after a securities trade is complete.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Lifetime Income For Employees Act

Bill: 116-hr-8990
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

Lifetime Income For Employees Act

 
 This bill allows fiduciaries of pension plans to make default investment arrangements in annuity contracts upon providing certain notice to plan participants or beneficiaries and complying with certain prohibitions on liquidity restrictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
American Election Security Act

Bill: 116-hr-8991
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
State and local government operations
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 

American Election Security Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of voting systems in federal elections that (1) have hardware and software components that are not manufactured and maintained in the United States, or (2) are produced by a foreign entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for certain succession reforms, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8992
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: 
This bill modifies the line of succession for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials.
 
Specifically, the bill provides that the Under Secretary for Management shall serve as the Acting Secretary if the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Associate Secretary are not available to exercise the duties of the Office of the Secretary. Current law makes no reference to the Associate Secretary.
 
The bill contains further requirements, including that an official must have served in DHS for at least 90 days prior to the designation to be within the line of succession to serve as acting head of a DHS component.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-16
text: Introduced in House