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Filtering and Retrofitting the Environment for Safe and Healthy Activities Indoors and Revenue (FRESH AIR) for Businesses Act

Bill: 116-s-5067
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Business expenses
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Lighting, heating, cooling
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 

Filtering and Retrofitting the Environment for Safe and Healthy Activities Indoors and Revenue (FRESH AIR) for Businesses Act

 
This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit in each calendar quarter through 2021 equal to 50% of the cost of qualified ventilation, zoning, and air filtration and purification expenses. This includes the purchase and installation of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, updates to such systems, and the purchase of any air filter, air cleaner, or air purifier. The maximum amount of this credit for any employer may not exceed $15,000 for all calendar quarters. 
 
The bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a framework and guidelines for a voluntary label to certify that air pressure, ventilation, zoning, fresh air intake, purification, or filtration systems meet the standards established by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act

Bill: 116-s-5068
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Immigrant health and welfare
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor market
Labor-management relations
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Self-employed
Small business
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 

Emergency Economic and Workforce System Resiliency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award to states (1) temporary five-year supplemental formula grants for emergency layoff aversion and workforce training activities to reduce and prevent unemployment and limit the impact of disruptions on labor markets, and (2) planning and implementation grants for innovative layoff aversion models. Grant recipients must designate a state grantee advisory council to oversee and assess the performance of activities carried out under such grants.
 
The bill requires the Departments of Commerce and Labor to jointly establish a federal interagency task force to (1) identify any challenges that a state or local area receiving funds under this bill has had to overcome; (2) collect and disseminate best practices and develop and recommend policies at the federal level to support ongoing efforts to limit the impact of market disruptions on workers, employers, and industry sectors or occupations, particularly with respect to specified groups; (3) establish a framework for a state receiving a grant under this bill to measure employer satisfaction for activities funded under it; and (4) establish the minimum standards of job quality that an employer is required to meet as a condition of receiving assistance under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Upward Mobility Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-s-5069
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 

Upward Mobility Enhancement Act

 
This bill increases the maximum amount of the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

Bill: 116-s-5070
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Age discrimination
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Disability and health-based discrimination
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Housing discrimination
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
Law
Political parties and affiliation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local courts
Supreme Court
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees
Voting rights
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: 

Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

 
This bill addresses issues of corruption and public integrity, campaign reform, and ethics in government.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
prohibits members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, federal judges, and other senior government officials from owning and trading individual stock or serving on corporate boards;
 
institutes a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress, Presidents, and agency heads;
 
requires disclosure of funding or editorial conflicts of interest in rulemaking and establishes an Office of the Public Advocate;
 
requires the Supreme Court to follow the ethics rules for all other federal judges and encourages diversity on the federal bench; 
 
creates a new, independent anti-corruption agency dedicated to enforcing federal ethics laws; 
 
requires elected officials and candidates for federal office to disclose more financial and tax information and requires increased disclosure of corporate money behind lobbying; and
 
makes changes to the Federal Election Commission.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Build America's Libraries Act

Bill: 116-s-5071
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality
Building construction
Buy American requirements
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
Lighting, heating, cooling
Metals
State and local government operations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: 

Build America's Libraries Act

 
This bill establishes and provides funds through FY2023 for the Build America's Libraries Fund, from which the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) must allocate funding to states and, through them, need-based grants to libraries to make long-term improvements to library facilities. The IMLS must also award grants to Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians.
 
Specifically, the bill requires each state that receives an allocation, and each library that receives a grant, to carry out certain activities to improve library facilities. These activities include constructing and renovating library facilities, investing in infrastructure projects to improve internet access and connectivity, improving indoor air quality, and making facilities accessible to individuals with disabilities.
 
The bill also outlines administrative and oversight provisions, including by requiring library projects to use iron and steel products that are produced in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Vet Center Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5072
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: 

Vet Center Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to evaluate productivity expectations for readjustment counselors of Vet Centers, including by obtaining feedback from counselors that must be audited annually for five years by the Government Accountability Office. 
 
The VA must also (1) develop and implement a staffing model for Vet Centers, (2) standardize descriptions of position responsibilities at Vet Centers, and (3) award grants to address food insecurity among veterans and family members of veterans who receive services through Vet Centers or other VA facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7849)
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
STOP COVID–19 Act

Bill: 116-s-5073
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: 

Set Testing and Objectives Plan for COVID-19 Act or the STOP COVID-19 Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary grant program for local governments that have health departments to carry out testing, contact tracing, and other activities to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). HHS may use unobligated funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for these grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

Bill: 116-s-5074
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of State
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Due process and equal protection
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign property
Government information and archives
Human rights
Intergovernmental relations
Sanctions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: 

Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act

 
This bill establishes various entities and procedures to address the wrongful detainment of U.S. nationals abroad.

The President shall appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. The envoy's duties shall include leading diplomatic engagement on U.S. hostage policy and coordinating diplomatic engagements in support of hostage recovery efforts.
 
The President shall establish an interagency Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which shall assess and track all hostage cases of U.S. nationals and coordinate agency efforts to safely recover hostages. The President shall also establish the Hostage Recovery Group, which shall make recommendations regarding hostage recovery options and coordinate the development and implementation of U.S. hostage recovery policies. 
 
The President is authorized to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against any foreign person responsible for or complicit in the unlawful or wrongful detention of a U.S. national abroad. 
 
The Department of State shall review cases where U.S. nationals are detained abroad and refer instances of wrongful or unlawful detainment to the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-5075
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: 

COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act

 
 This bill provides authority for the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties from entities engaging in deceptive trade practices that are associated with the treatment, cure, prevention, mitigation, or diagnosis of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) for the duration of such public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to delegate authority to approve payroll and personnel actions.

Bill: 116-s-5076
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: 
This bill authorizes the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to designate one or more employees to approve any payroll action or personnel action.

action_date: 2020-12-20
text: 
This bill authorizes the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to designate one or more employees to approve any payroll action or personnel action.

action_date: 2020-12-31
text: 
This bill authorizes the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to designate one or more employees to approve any payroll action or personnel action.

action_date: 2021-01-13
text: 
This bill authorizes the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to designate one or more employees to approve any payroll action or personnel action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-13
text: Became Public Law No: 116-344.
action_date: 2021-01-13
text: Became Public Law No: 116-344.
action_date: 2021-01-13
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-13
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-01
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2021-01-01
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9173)
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9173)
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Mrs. Dingell asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9172-9173)
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7872; text: CR S7872)
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7872; text: CR S7872)
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 116-344
Children's Hospital Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-5077
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: 

Children's Hospital Protection Act

 
This bill specifically bases the methodology for determining limitations on Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments on the costs and payments for individuals for whom Medicaid is the primary payer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the CARES Act to extend the temporary relief from troubled debt restructurings.

Bill: 116-s-5078
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: 
This bill revises the applicable period during which a financial institution may suspend loan modification requirements as applied to a troubled debt restructuring. Currently, this period ends on the earliest of December 31, 2020, or the date that is 60 days after the termination of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency. The bill revises this period to end on the earliest of January 1, 2022, or the date that is 60 days after the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SUCCESS Act

Bill: 116-s-5079
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2020-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: 

Stopping Unfair Collateral Consequences from Ending Student Success Act or the SUCCESS Act

 
This bill repeals a provision that makes students convicted of drug-related offenses ineligible for federal student aid and prohibits the Department of Education from asking about drug-related convictions on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5080
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance
Taxation
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2020

 
This bill eliminates (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, (2) the $500 million per incident limitation on expenditures from the trust fund for natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with oil spills, and (3) the limitation on the borrowing authority of the trust fund.
 
The bill also directs the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5081
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2020

 
This bill revises requirements governing the liability of parties that are responsible for oil discharges from offshore facilities into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Under current law, responsible parties are liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million. The bill removes the cap of $75 million on liability and makes the responsible parties liable for all covered damages. Covered damages includes damages for (1) loss of natural resources, property, revenue, or profits; or (2) costs of providing increased public services during or after removal activities, such as fire protection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate