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Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3860
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-06-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Budget process
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: 

Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2020

 
 This bill establishes procedures and provides statutory authority to reduce the number of federal regulations. Specifically, it requires each agency to establish a regulatory reform task force chaired by a designated regulatory reform officer. Each task force must, among other duties (1) review each existing agency regulation; (2) estimate the potential cost savings of repealing or modifying each regulation; and (3) identify regulations that are appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification based on cost, effectiveness, and impact on employment.
 
 The bill further provides statutory authority for the executive order prohibiting agencies from issuing a new regulation with an economic impact of at least $100 million without identifying two regulations for repeal that will offset the cost of the proposed new regulation.
 
 Agencies also must submit a list of all planned regulatory actions for inclusion in the semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, including (1) the estimated economic effect of each action, and (2) proposed deregulatory actions to offset the cost of each proposed new regulation. Additionally, the Office of Management and Budget must establish an annual regulatory budget for each federal agency that specifies the net allowable increase in regulatory costs for each agency during the next fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Exposure Notification Privacy Act

Bill: 116-s-3861
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-06-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial review and appeals
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: 

Exposure Notification Privacy Act

 
 This bill establishes requirements for operators of services providing automatic notification of exposure to infectious diseases such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). These include voluntary consent for enrollment in such services and procedures related to data privacy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Introduced in Senate
CEASE Act

Bill: 116-s-3862
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2020-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Cosmetics and personal care
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: 

Combating Egregious Advertising through Sentencing Enhancement Act or the CEASE Act

 
 This bill prohibits and, increases the penalties for, certain commercial practices during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
Specifically, during such time period, it increases the criminal penalties for false advertising (1) for a first offense from not more than six months in prison and a $5,000 fine to not more than one year in prison and a $50,000 fine and (2) for subsequent offenses from not more than one year in prison and a $10,000 fine to not less than one year or not more than five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The bill also increases the civil penalty for unfair methods of competition (e.g., creating monopolies) and unfair or deceptive acts or practices (e.g., misleading price claims or sale of defective products) during such time period from $10,000 to $50,000 for a first offense and $250,000 for subsequent offenses.
 
Additionally, the bill makes it unlawful to engage in unfair or deceptive commercial practices that relate to the COVID-19 pandemic during such time period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United States Capitol with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3863
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Judges
Monuments and memorials
Supreme Court
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: 
This bill requires the Architect of the Capitol to remove the bust of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney from the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the U.S. Capitol to replace it with a bust of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall that must be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library. Chief Justice Taney authored the 1857 
Dred Scott v. Sandford
 decision that declared African Americans were not U.S. citizens and could not sue in federal courts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3864
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2020-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: 

Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 

2020

 
This bill removes the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2650-2651)
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Paycheck Protection Program Second Chance Act

Bill: 116-s-3865
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2020-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small Business Administration
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: 

Paycheck Protection Program Second Chance Act

 
This bill requires specified treatment of certain criminal violations under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill provides that an entity shall not be ineligible for a paycheck protection loan if certain owners have prior arrests or convictions, unless the owner (1) is incarcerated as of the date of the loan application, or (2) has been convicted of a felony of financial fraud or deception during the five-year period prior to the loan application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-10
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Aircraft Safety Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3866
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: 

Aircraft Safety Improvement Act of 2020 

 
This bill addresses the aircraft certification process of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
 
Among other requirements, the FAA must
 
 
conduct a rulemaking proceeding to require aircraft manufacturers that hold both a type certificate and a production certificate, where the United States is the State of Design and State of Manufacture, to have in place a safety management system that is consistent with the standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization for such systems;
 
develop best practices for Organization Designation Authorizations (ODA's), including requiring such practices to be incorporated into each ODA holder's approved procedures manual;
 
initiate a review of its existing regulations and policies to integrate and emphasize human factors and human system integration, particularly those related to pilot and aircraft interfaces;
 
develop a research plan to address the integration of human factors in the design and certification of transport category aircraft;
 
revise existing policies for manufacturers of large transport category airplanes that are expected to be operated for passenger air transportation to ensure that pilot operational evaluations for airplanes that are in the process of being certified use pilots from foreign and domestic air carriers; and
 
review its own aircraft certification expertise to determine whether it has the expertise and capability to adequately understand the safety implications of, and oversee the adoption of, new or innovative technologies, materials, and procedures that designers and manufacturers of aircraft may adopt or introduce.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Childcare Expansion for Military Families Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3867
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: 

Childcare Expansion for Military Families Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to establish a program to carry out minor military construction projects to construct child development centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Pandemic Care for Burn Pits Exposure Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3868
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Conflicts and wars
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Iraq
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Middle East
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Solid waste and recycling
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: 

Pandemic Care for Burn Pits Exposure Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the first health assessment conducted for a member of the Armed Forces or veteran after such an individual tests positive for a virus certified as a pandemic includes an evaluation of whether the individual has been (1) based or stationed at a location where an open burn pit was used, or (2) exposed to toxic airborne chemicals or contaminants relating to service in the Armed Forces. A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.
 
If such an evaluation establishes that an individual was based or stationed at a location where an open burn pit was used, or that the individual was exposed to toxic airborne chemicals or contaminants, the individual must be enrolled in the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry unless they opt out of enrollment.
 
The VA's Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence must conduct a study on the health impacts of infection with a virus designated as a global pandemic, including the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19), to members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have been exposed to open burn pits and other toxic exposures. The study must be analyzed to assist in preparation for potential future pandemics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
JROTC and ROTC Enhancement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3869
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Military education and training
National and community service
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: 

JROTC and ROTC Enhancement Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) to include an introduction to service opportunities in military, national, and public service and implement a plan to establish and support not fewer than 6,000 units of the JROTC by September 30, 2031.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Defense to submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the Cyber Institutes and on opportunities to expand them to additional select institutions of higher learning that have a Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Long Range Bomber Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3870
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: 

Long Range Bomber Expansion Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to submit to Congress recommendations for a minimum number of bomber aircraft, including penetrating bombers in addition to B-52H aircraft, to enable the Air Force to carry out its long-range strike mission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Veterans Funeral Honors Reform Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3871
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: 

Rural Veterans Funeral Honors Reform Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to provide a briefing to Congress setting forth a plan for the performance of a funeral honors detail at the funeral of a deceased member of the Armed Forces by one or more members of the Armed Forces from an Armed Force other than that of the deceased when (1) members of the Armed Force of the deceased are unavailable for the performance of the detail, and (2) the performance of the detail by members of other Armed Forces is requested by the family of the deceased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Promising Pathway Act

Bill: 116-s-3872
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: 

Promising Pathway Act

 
This bill establishes a provisional approval pathway for medicines intended for serious or life-threatening diseases, including illnesses posing a threat of epidemic or pandemic. The period of the provisional approval is for two years and is potentially renewable.
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must establish a priority review system to evaluate completed provisional approval applications within 90 days of receipt. A provisional approval application may be approved if the FDA determines that (1) there is substantial evidence of safety for the drug; and (2) there is relevant early evidence of efficacy, based on adequate and well-controlled investigations.
 
During the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, or another epidemic or pandemic, the FDA must accept and review various portions of a provisional approval application on a rolling basis.
 
The manufacturer of a provisionally approved drug must require patients to participate in an observational registry. A manufacturer that fails to comply with registry requirements is subject to civil penalties.
 
A provisionally approved drug must be labeled as such.
 
If a drug that receives provisional approval status is not brought to market within 180 days of the approval, the approval must be rescinded.
 
The bill also limits the liability of a manufacturer of a provisionally approved drug with respect to any claim under state law alleging that the drug is unsafe or ineffective.
 
Private health insurers and federal health care programs shall not deny coverage of a provisionally approved drug on the basis of it being experimental.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Walter Scott Notification Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3873
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: 

Walter Scott Notification Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes new requirements for existing grant programs to incentivize reporting on deadly shootings by law enforcement.
 
Specifically, it requires a state that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program to report certain data on deadly shootings by law enforcement officers. It reduces by 10% the JAG allocation of a state that fails to comply.
 
Additionally, for an initial four-year period, the Department of Justice (DOJ) may give preference to a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program grant applicant from a state that reports data on deadly shootings by law enforcement. Beginning in the fifth year, DOJ must reduce by 20% the COPS allocation of a state that fails to report such data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care Is Essential Act

Bill: 116-s-3874
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: 

Child Care Is Essential Act 

 
This bill establishes and provides $50 billion in appropriations for the Child Care Stabilization Fund to award grants to child care providers during and after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. 
 
The bill establishes the fund within the existing Department of Health and Human Services Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program, and the grants must be administered by the existing CCDBG lead agencies of states, tribes, or territories. 
 
Child care providers that are currently open or temporarily closed due to COVID-19 are eligible to receive grant awards, which are based on the provider's operating costs before the COVID-19 public health emergency and adjusted to account for the increased costs of providing child care as a result of COVID-19. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
American Space Commerce Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3875
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: 

American Space Commerce Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a special allowance for bonus depreciation for qualified domestic space launch property and extends the termination of such allowance until the end of 2032. The bill defines 
qualified domestic space launch property
 as property placed in service before January 1, 2023, that is (1) a space transportation vehicle or payload that is launched from the United States, or (2) other property or equipment placed in service to facilitate a space launch from the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate