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Online Content Policy Modernization Act

Bill: 116-s-4632
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: 

Online Content Policy Modernization Act

 
This bill creates the Copyright Claims Board, a body within the U.S. Copyright Office, to decide lower-value copyright disputes. The bill also limits the immunity of a provider or user of an interactive computer service (i.e., a social media platform) for screening and blocking offensive material on the service's platform.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Assistance for Rural Water Systems Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4633
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
User charges and fees
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: 

Emergency Assistance for Rural Water Systems Act
 
of 2020

 
This bill allows, and provides funds for, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants and loans, as well as loan forgiveness, modification, and refinancing, to rural water, wastewater, or waste disposal facilities. Specifically, USDA may provide such assistance for purposes of ensuring public health, safety, and order and to address financial hardships, in particular those due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4634
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Labor-management relations
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Small towns
Transportation employees
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: 

Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020

 
This bill extends authority for the Department of the Treasury to provide financial assistance to passenger air carriers, cargo air carriers, and contractors of passenger air carriers for the continuation of payment of employee wages, salaries, and benefits.
 
The maximum amounts of financial assistance that may be provided by Treasury for this purpose are $25.5 billion for passenger air carriers, $300 million for cargo air carriers, and $3 billion for contractors .
 
The bill provides specific deadlines and procedures under which Treasury must provide financial assistance to air carriers and contractors.
 
To be eligible for financial assistance, an air carrier or contractor must (1) agree not to reduce pay and benefits or conduct involuntary furloughs until March 31, 2021; and (2) agree, through March 31, 2022, not to repurchase stock, pay dividends, or make other capital distributions. Additionally, Treasury may require carriers that receive assistance to maintain service to points served before March 1, 2020. Such authority terminates on April 1, 2022. 
 
The bill limits the maximum allowable compensation of an officer or employee of an air carrier or contractor that receives assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Trafficking of Cuban Doctors Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4635
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Brazil
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Human rights
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Labor standards
Latin America
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Venezuela
Wages and earnings
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: 

Combating Trafficking of Cuban Doctors Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of State to reinstate the Cuban Medical Professional Parole program to authorize the admission into the United States of Cuban medical personnel conscripted to study or work in a third country under the direction of the Cuban government. The State Department must also submit an annual report and determination on the international trafficking of Cuban medical personnel, as well as report on and make recommendations related to the role of the Pan American Health Organization in this practice. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
GRACE Act

Bill: 116-s-4636
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Disaster relief and insurance
Public transit
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: 

Giving Relief to American Communities in Emergencies Act or the
 
GRACE Act 

 
This bill extends authority through FY2022 for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to distribute formula funding for certain programs using the 2000 Census for areas that lost their urbanized area designation because their population fell below 50,000 after the 2000 census as a result of a major disaster. 
 
Upon request by a state in which an urbanized area that experiences a disaster-related population decrease is located, DOT may elect for purposes of the public transportation emergency relief program to (1) use the population of such area, as determined in the decennial census before the most recent decennial census; and (2) continue to treat the area as an urbanized area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Angel Tax Credit Act

Bill: 116-s-4637
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Angel Tax Credit Act

 
This bill allows a new business-related tax credit for 25% of equity investments of $25,000 or more in a domestic corporation or partnership that (1) has its headquarters in the United States, (2) has gross revenues for the taxable year of less than $1 million, (3) employs fewer than 25 full-time employees, (4) has been in existence for less than 7 years as of the date of the investment, (5) has more than 50% of its employees performing substantially all of their services in the United States, and (6) is engaged in a high technology trade or business. The bill limits the allowable amount of such credit to $250,000 in any taxable year and imposes an overall limitation on such credit of $500 million for each of calendar years 2020 through 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Science and Transparency Over Politics Act

Bill: 116-s-4638
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding
Research ethics
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Science and Transparency Over Politics Act

 
This bill directs the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee to appoint a task force to investigate political interference with decisions made by scientific agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, such as pressure placed on the Food and Drug Administration to reach a certain outcome related to a drug or device to treat or prevent COVID-19. This committee, which is made up of inspectors general of certain federal agencies, conducts and supports oversight of the federal government's COVID-19 response efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5790)
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Helping Parents During COVID Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4639
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax treatment of families
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Helping Parents During COVID Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a tax credit through 2021 for the education costs of a dependent child who is an elementary or secondary student (including kindergarten), if the school district in which the child resides was closed during any part of the taxable year due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 
 
The bill also allows a $1,200 refundable tax credit for family education assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
MATE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4640
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Medication Access and Training Expansion Act of 2020 or the MATE Act of 2020

 
This bill requires prescribers of controlled substances, as a condition of obtaining or renewing their registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration, to complete specified education or training on the prevention, treatment, and management of opioid-use and other substance-use disorders. This education and training shall also satisfy the training requirements currently needed to obtain waivers to prescribe certain medication-assisted treatments for opioid-use disorders in settings other than opioid treatment programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PEOPLE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4641
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Lease and rental services
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Public Engagement Opportunity on Public Land Exploration Act of 2020 or the PEOPLE Act of 2020

 
This bill revises requirements related to public notice and comment periods with respect to oil and gas lease sales.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act

Bill: 116-s-4642
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Lease and rental services
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Securities
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act

 
This bill establishes incentives and requirements to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells, including by (1) establishing a program to remediate, reclaim, and close such wells located on federal land, state land, or land under the jurisdiction of Indian tribes; and (2) revising bonding requirements for oil and gas development on public land leased from the federal government. Such bonds are required to ensure developers have adequate financial resources to remediate and reclaim public land, water, or other resources after wells are abandoned or oil and gas development ceases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Forest Incentives Program Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4643
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Materials
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Forest Incentives Program Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish two programs to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions. Specifically, USDA must establish (1) a forest incentives program to achieve emission reductions and carbon sequestration on private forest land through carbon incentives contracts and conservation easement agreements, and (2) an incentives program to achieve emission reductions from material choices in buildings.
 
USDA shall pay owners of forest land under a contract or agreement for (1) certain forestry practices that measurably increase carbon sequestration and storage over a designated period on such land, with appropriate crediting for the carbon benefits of harvested wood products; or (2) conservation easements on such land.
 
USDA shall pay owners of nonresidential buildings used for commercial or state or local government for using less energy-intensive commercial or industrial products in new construction or building renovation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Minority Depository Institution and Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4644
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Minority Depository Institution and Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2020

 
This bill specifies that certain custodial deposits at eligible institutions shall not be considered to be brokered deposits, which are subject to additional regulatory requirements, including those related to liquidity. The bill generally defines a custodial deposit as a deposit made by a certain entity serving as an agent, trustee, or custodian at an insured depository institution for the purpose of providing deposit insurance for the benefit of a third party. Among other requirements, the bill provides that an eligible institution includes small depository institutions, community development financial institutions, and minority depository institutions.
 
 Additionally, the bill specifies that only low-income credit unions and minority depository institutions that are federally insured credit unions are eligible for certain community development revolving loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Amy and Jocelyn Gannon Helicopter Tour Safety Act

Bill: 116-s-4645
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Amy and Jocelyn Gannon Helicopter Tour Safety Act

 
This bill addresses the implementation of various aviation safety recommendations related to helicopter commercial air tour flights.
 
Among other requirements, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must
 
 
develop a process to review and approve any flight route used by a commercial air tour operator;
 
implement a process to evaluate flight routes, or segments of flight routes, that are susceptible to rapidly changing weather;
 
initiate an aviation weather camera program that includes the installation and maintenance of aviation weather cameras at critical locations in Hawaii and high risk mountain passes in the United States and establish public access to these cameras' real-time imagery;
 
establish training requirements for commercial air tour operators to utilize real-time weather information made available through the aviation weather camera program;
 
require commercial air tour operators to use pilots who hold instrument ratings or an Airline Transport Pilot certificate appropriate to the category and class of aircraft flown;
 
study the feasibility of requiring any helicopter used for a commercial air tour to be equipped with the minimum equipment necessary to operate under instrument flight rules conditions; and 
 
study the feasibility of permitting commercial air tour operators or FAA inspectors to conduct random audits of helicopter mounted videos of commercial air tour flights.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Unplug the Internet Kill Switch Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4646
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Telephone and wireless communication
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Unplug the Internet Kill Switch Act of 2020

 
This bill repeals provisions that allow the President to shut down or take over the use or control of specified telecommunications services through the exercise of certain emergency powers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4647
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business records
Contracts and agency
Department of Agriculture
Government information and archives
Livestock
Meat
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and maintain a library or catalog of each type of contract offered by packers to producers for the purchase of all or part of the production of fed cattle (including cattle that are purchased or committed for delivery).
 Fed cattle
 means a steer or heifer that has been feeding on a ration of roughage and feed concentrates prior to slaughter, including grains, protein meal, grass, and other nutrient-rich feeds.
 
USDA must create and maintain a publicly available library of the types of contracts that are being offered by packers to, and are open to acceptance by, producers for the purchase of fed cattle.
 
Additionally, USDA must also establish regional mandatory minimum thresholds to enhance price discovery and transparency for cattle market participants. 
 
Further, the bill revises daily reporting requirements for packer processing plants by requiring them to include the number of cattle scheduled to be delivered for slaughter each day for the subsequent 14 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to list isotonitazene as a schedule I controlled substance.

Bill: 116-s-4648
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 
This bill adds certain synthetic opioids to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. (A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5790-5791)
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4649
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes
Education programs funding
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: 

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

 
This bill makes it a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.
 
The bill specifies that sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate