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Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6717
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to extend the authorized stay period for certain alien health care workers to until at least 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period stemming from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. This extension shall apply to an alien (1) who was admitted into the United States as a health care worker on an H-1B nonimmigrant visa (specialty professions); (2) who served as a health care worker in the United States during the emergency period; and (3) whose employment was terminated during the emergency period, unless the termination was for cause.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Farm System Reform Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6718
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competition and antitrust
Department of Agriculture
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Marketing and advertising
Meat
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Farm System Reform Act of 2020 

 
This bill places a moratorium on large concentrated animal feeding operations; requires country-of-origin labeling for beef, pork, and dairy products; and otherwise revises provisions related to the marketing of livestock, poultry, and meat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act

Bill: 116-hr-6719
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act

 
This bill provides emergency funding, subject to certain limitations, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fulfill requests from states, territories, and tribes for critical health care resources to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). FEMA and the Department of Health and Human Services must report specified information related to these requests to Congress on a weekly basis until the end of the COVID-19 emergency. 
 
In addition, the bill directs the President to use specified authorities, including authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950, to fulfill these requests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act

Bill: 116-hr-6721
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Disability and health-based discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Hate crimes
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

COVID
-
19 Hate Crimes Act

 
This bill requires a designated officer or employee of the Department of Justice to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) hate crimes and reports of COVID-19 hate crimes.
 
It defines 
COVID-19 hate crime
 as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: (1) the actual or perceived characteristic (e.g., race) of any person, and (2) the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic.
 
 The designated officer or employee must periodically report on the status of each case reviewed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Food for Families in Crisis Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6722
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Census and government statistics
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief and insurance
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Lighting, heating, cooling
Northern Mariana Islands
Public utilities and utility rates
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Food for Families in Crisis Act of 2020

 
This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) during an elevated unemployment period in the United States. Additionally, the bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to include in each monthly employment situation report it publishes a specific determination of whether an elevated unemployment period is in existence in the United States.
 
During an elevated unemployment period, the bill (1) eliminates work requirements under SNAP, (2) increases benefits under SNAP, (3) revises eligibility requirements under SNAP to ensure the use of a broad-based categorical eligibility, and (4) requires the Department of Agriculture to make $150 million (adjusted for inflation) available for the costs of state administrative expenses associated with carrying out this bill and administering SNAP. 
 
The bill waives the non-federal share requirement to carry out activities for the food distribution program on Indian reservations.
 
The bill also prohibits funding from being used to implement certain rules related to SNAP, including the final rule titled 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents
, published on December 5, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Universal Broadband Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6723
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Universal Broadband Act of 2020

 
This bill expands universal service support, through which the federal government promotes telecommunications service nationwide, to include support for broadband internet access services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6724
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes additional grants under the Emergency Solutions Grants program to assist individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness and to otherwise address needs arising from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act

Bill: 116-hr-6725
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use specified federal funding to purchase specialty crops, dairy, meat, and poultry products from specific agricultural producers relying on markets affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to provide to food assistance programs, including the Emergency Food Assistance Program. 
 
USDA must also provide additional funding to the states for the purpose of procuring food products to support food assistance programs within each state. 
 
USDA and the states must use at least 10% of the funding to purchase crops and products that would otherwise have been sold through direct-to-consumer, direct-to-institution, direct-to-retail, or direct-to-restaurant marketing channels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
WIC Benefit Flexibility During COVID–19 Act

Bill: 116-hr-6726
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Health
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

WIC Benefit Flexibility During COVID-19 Act

 
This bill permits state agencies to temporarily increase the dollar amount of cash-value vouchers that are redeemable for fruits and vegetables under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To hold Medicare beneficiaries harmless for specified COVID-19 treatment services furnished under part A or part B of the Medicare program.

Bill: 116-hr-6727
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medicare
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to pay any required cost-sharing amounts for specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) treatment services for Medicare beneficiaries. 
 
Providers are prohibited from holding beneficiaries liable for such amounts. Additionally, the CMS may recoup amounts that would have been paid through a beneficiary's supplemental insurance from the applicable insurer, in accordance with specified procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed 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: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to raise the borrowing limit of the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Bill: 116-hr-6728
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Commodity Credit Corporation
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 
This bill raises the borrowing limit of the Commodity Credit Corporation from $30 billion to $68 billion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6729
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
American Samoa
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Guam
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant
Lighting, heating, cooling
Northern Mariana Islands
Public utilities and utility rates
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

COVID-19 Homeowner Assistance Fund Act of 2020 

 
This bill establishes the Homeowner Assistance Fund at the Department of the Treasury to support state housing finance agencies. The funds may be used to prevent mortgage defaults, housing foreclosures, and the displacement of families and individuals experiencing financial hardship after January 21, 2020. Funds may specifically be used for assistance with mortgage payments, taxes, specified insurance, homeowner association fees, utility payments, and for the reimbursement of state or local funds previously used to provide such assistance as a response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The bill otherwise provides for income requirements and allocation of funds to eligible states, territories, and tribes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to convey certain property to the Massac-Metropolis Port District, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6730
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Illinois
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 
This bill allows the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to convey to the Massac-Metropolis Port District certain property that is located north of the south bank of the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, and is associated with the Ohio River Lock and Dam 52.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Securing America’s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Act

Bill: 116-hr-6731
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Securing America's Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Act

 
This bill allows an executive agency to purchase a drug approved or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration only if the drug is over 50% sourced, manufactured, and assembled in the United States.
 
This requirement may be waived (1) if the drug is not available in sufficient quantity or quality as over 50% sourced, manufactured, and assembled in the United States; or (2) during an emergency.
 
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) shall modify U.S. product coverage under all free trade agreements and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement to exclude coverage of essential medicines and medical countermeasures. Subsequent to such modifications, the USTR shall make any necessary corresponding modifications of existing waivers and notify the Office of Management and Budget.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House