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Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act

Bill: 116-hr-7817
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Health
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act

 
This bill directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to submit to Congress a report on facilitating efficient, timely environmental reviews of nuclear reactors through expanded use of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and generic environmental impact statements.
 
The commission must promulgate a final rule to (1) establish an optical generic environmental impact statement for actions relating to nuclear reactors that may be used in the process for issuing a construction permit, early site permit, or combined license; and (2) amend criteria for and identification of licensing and regulatory actions to eliminate the list of actions that require environmental impact statements to allow for the use of environmental assessments and categorical exclusions for such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Civil Justice for Victims of COVID Act

Bill: 116-hr-7818
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government liability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Jurisdiction and venue
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

 Civil Justice for Victims of China-Originated Viral Infections Diseases Act or the Civil Justice for Victims of COVID Act 

 
 This bill allows a foreign government to be sued in U.S. district court regarding that government's actions related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak.
 
A foreign government shall not have sovereign immunity against a lawsuit in the United States seeking money damages for physical or economic injury occurring in the United States following any reckless action or omission of that foreign government (or any official or agent of that government) that caused or substantially contributed to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. 
 
If the United States is in discussions with a foreign state seeking to resolve claims related to COVID-19 against that foreign state, a court may stay a pending case brought under this bill against that foreign state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating the Provider Relief Fund Tax Penalties Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7819
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Eliminating the Provider Relief Fund Tax Penalties Act of 2020

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any grant or other assistance provided by the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Congressman John R. Lewis Election Day Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7820
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee leave
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Congressman John R. Lewis Election Day Act of 2020

 
This bill designates November 3, 2020, as a legal public (i.e., national) holiday known as John Lewis Election Day. It also urges U.S. private employers to give their employees the day off on November 3, 2020, so they may cast votes in elections held on that day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Worker Relief and Security Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7821
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government trust funds
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Self-employed
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Worker Relief and Security Act of 2020

 
This bill extends, and expands eligibility for, pandemic unemployment assistance; it also extends federal pandemic unemployment compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7822
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Pollution liability
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement policies, programs, and regulations related to air quality monitoring. 
 
Specifically, the EPA must implement a program using specified methods and technologies to administer or conduct the best available form of fenceline monitoring (i.e., monitoring of ambient air concentration using technology at a site's property line) of specified stationary sources of hazardous air pollutants. The stationary sources to be monitored must include the 25 high-priority facilities named in the EPA Inspector General report (#20-N-0128) from March 31, 2020, and at least another 25 major sources or synthetic area sources.
 
Among other requirements, the EPA must also
 
 
determine whether whether to add fenceline monitoring for any additional stationary sources,
 
complete an evaluation and promulgate a determination on whether any existing emission factors must be updated to better reflect or account for the results of fenceline monitoring data collected under the established program,
 
promulgate regulations establishing emission standards for specified source categories,
 
require an additional 80 National Core multi-pollutant monitoring stations, and
 
deploy at least 1,000 air quality sensors to monitor specified pollutants in census tracts or counties with per capita death rates from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) that are at least 10% higher than the national average.
 
 
Finally, the Department of Health and Human Services and the EPA must carry out a Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research grant program to establish and support at least 10 research centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Rural Community Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-7823
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Community life and organization
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing and community development funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Emergency Rural Community Relief Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide emergency grants to associations, local governments, nonprofit corporations, and Indian Tribes to purchase vehicles, equipment, or services needed for the immediate safe operation of an essential community facility or a temporary installation necessary to support the public response to an emergency in a rural area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7824
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Human trafficking
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Personnel records
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2020

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
PEEPS Act

Bill: 116-hr-7825
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Abortion
Charitable contributions
Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Military medicine
Nutrition and diet
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Pandemic Eradication and Enhanced Prevention through Savings Act or the PEEPS Act

 
This bill allows payment in 2020 of health insurance premiums from specified health care plans, including flexible savings accounts. It also allows payment of premiums in 2020 and 2021 for individuals not eligible for employer-sponsored coverage and allows participation in health savings accounts that do not require payment of a deductible. 
 
The bill denies coverage as a medical expense, for purposes of a health savings account, the cost of an abortion or the cost of insurance that includes abortion coverage, with exceptions for rape, incest, or health of the mother.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Greyhound Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7826
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Gambling
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Greyhound Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill amends a statute that prohibits using wire communications for certain types of gambling to explicitly state that the statute does not authorize gambling on commercial greyhound racing taking place using wire communications. The bill also amends the statute to explicitly state that the statute does not permit transporting animals for conducting or furthering commercial dog racing, live lure training, or field coursing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Innovation Funding Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7827
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Manufacturing
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Clean Energy Innovation Funding Act of 2020

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office of Science, the Office of Electricity, and the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs of the Department of Energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Civil Rights Enhancement and Law Enforcement Accountability Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7828
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 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: 2020-07-29
text: 

Civil Rights Enhancement and Law Enforcement Accountability Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill makes an employer of a law enforcement officer acting under color of law vicariously liable, in the same manner and to the same extent as a private employer is liable for the negligent acts of its employees, for that officer's acts or omissions committed within the scope of employment that deprive individuals of their constitutional rights.
 
The bill prohibits the assertion of a claim of immunity in such actions against law enforcement officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building".

Bill: 116-hr-7829
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 
This bill redesignates the federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia (currently known as the J. Edgar Hoover Building) as the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Building
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Small Farm to School Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7831
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Child health
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Nutrition and diet
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Small Farm to School Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to award three-year grants to eight states or tribal organizations to provide school food authorities with an increased reimbursement for free and reduced price lunches that are comprised of locally-grown and unprocessed foods procured directly from certain agricultural producers.
 
USDA must select at least one state or tribal organization located in each of the following regions: (1) the Mid-Atlantic Region, (2) the Midwest Region, (3) the Mountain Plains Region, (4) the Northeast Region, (5) the Southern Region, (6) the Southwest Region, and (7) the Western Region.
 
USDA must give the highest priority to applications that propose to carry out certain projects, including projects that (1) serve a high proportion of children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, and (2) increase the availability of locally-produced and unprocessed foods to children. Additionally, priority must be given to states or tribal organizations with a high quantity and variety of growers of local fruits and vegetables on a per capita basis, and with a demonstrated commitment to farm-to-school activities.
 
Each state or tribal organization that receives a grant must provide, from non-federal sources, an amount equal to 100% of the awarded grant amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-hr-7832
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Tuscarawas River Flooding Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-7833
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Lakes and rivers
Ohio
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Tuscarawas River Flooding Study Act

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out a feasibility study for the comprehensive watershed study project of the Tuscarawas River Basin in Ohio.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7834
Sponsor: Rep. Hollingsworth, Trey [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill increases the dollar limit of certain securities offerings exempt from registration requirements from $50 million annually to $75 million annually, adjusted in future years for inflation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Eric Fisher Wood, Jr. for the acts of valor during the Battle of the Bulge.

Bill: 116-hr-7835
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Belgium
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Europe
Military history
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Eric Fisher Wood Jr. for acts of valor during the Battle of the Bulge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House