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People Over Long Lines Act (POLL Act)

Bill: 116-s-4668
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Family relationships
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Public participation and lobbying
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 
 

People Over Long Lines Act (POLL Act)

 
This bill requires states to ensure that voters wait no more than 30 minutes at any polling place to cast their vote in a federal election, establishes a private right of action for voters who experience longer waiting times, and directs the Election Assistance Commission to make payments to eligible states to prevent unreasonable waiting times. The bill also prohibits a chief state election administration official from taking an active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to any federal election over which the official has supervisory authority, with certain exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
APP Act

Bill: 116-s-4669
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

American Privacy Protection Act or the APP Act

 
This bill requires sellers of internet applications to disclose (1) the business name and address of the application's owner, (2) each location where the application was developed if more than 5% of the application was developed outside the United States, and (3) each location outside the United States where data collected by the application is stored.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Equity on Main Street Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4670
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Real estate business
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Preserving Equity on Main Street Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to directly purchase, or provide guarantees to enable the purchase of, preferred equity positions in commercial real estate companies that require capital to satisfy outstanding debt obligations. Treasury may take these actions in order to provide assistance related to losses incurred as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit Federal law enforcement officers from wearing camouflage uniforms in the United States.

Bill: 116-s-4671
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Law enforcement officers
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 
This bill generally prohibits federal law enforcement officers from wearing camouflage uniforms in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
TRANSPLANT Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4672
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Blood and blood diseases
Cell biology and embryology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Timely ReAuthorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies Act of 2020 or the TRANSPLANT Act of 2020

 
 This bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program, which provides support to patients who need a potentially life-saving bone marrow transplant or umbilical cord blood transplant. It also requires research and other activities related to stem cell therapies.
 
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must conduct a periodic review of the science of using adult stem cells and birthing tissues in therapeutic treatments, and the National Institutes of Health must continue efforts to further the field of regenerative medicine using adult stem cells.
 
In addition, the Government Accountability Office must examine various issues related to the national blood stem cell workforce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5835)
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Reaffirming Property Rights Through Natural Gas Act Modernization Act

Bill: 116-s-4673
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Judicial review and appeals
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Property rights
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Reaffirming Property Rights Through Natural Gas Act Modernization Act

 
This bill addresses the use of eminent domain by the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to acquire land or property with respect to the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline facility, including by (1) ending the legal presumption that natural gas exports are by definition in the public interest, (2) requiring the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider certain factors in issuing certificates of public convenience and necessity for natural gas projects, and (3) prohibiting the holder of a certification of public convenience and necessity from exercising the right of eminent domain for a pipeline designed to export liquefied natural gas to a foreign country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Medicaid Coverage of MAT Act

Bill: 116-s-4674
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Strengthening Medicaid Coverage of MAT Act

 
This bill specifically includes in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program covered outpatient drugs that are used in medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Bill: 116-s-4675
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee benefits and pensions
Genetics
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Insurance industry and regulation
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Protect Act

 
 This bill adds, among other provisions, requirements to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 for private health insurance plans with respect to preexisting conditions, guaranteed enrollment, and discrimination based on health-related factors.
 
 Specifically, the bill prohibits private health insurance plans from (1) limiting or excluding benefits covering preexisting conditions; (2) denying enrollment to employers or individual applicants, subject to specified limits; (3) establishing rules for eligibility based on an individual's health status; or (4) requiring an individual to a pay higher premium than similarly situated individuals enrolled in the plan based the individual's health status.
 
 Additionally, the bill prohibits plans from collecting genetic information in connection with issuing health insurance and provides requirements for workplace wellness programs connected to health insurance.
 
 This bill takes effect one day after enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Motion to table the motion to proceed to the measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 52. Record Vote Number: 204.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6318)
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (CR S6318)
action_date: 2020-10-19
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6051)
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S6011)
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Debt Relief Extension Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4676
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Motor carriers
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Performing arts
Professional sports
Small business
Sports and recreation facilities
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Small Business Debt Relief Extension Act of 2020

 
This bill extends the Small Business Debt Relief Program, under which the Small Business Administration (SBA), in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), was authorized to make six months of payments for certain SBA-backed loan products on behalf of the recipients of these loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
STEM RESTART Act

Bill: 116-s-4677
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Minority employment
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Small business
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

STEM Restoring Employment Skills through Targeted Assistance, Re-entry, and Training Act or the STEM RESTART Act

 
This bill establishes a new national program to support mid-career workers in reentering the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce, including workers from underrepresented or rural populations, by awarding grants to certain small- and medium-sized businesses to assist such workers in reentering the workforce at positions above entry level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
PTC Elimination Act

Bill: 116-s-4678
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

PTC Elimination Act 

 
This bill repeals the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, trash, geothermal or solar energy facilities). The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that such credit should be allowed to expire and should not be extended. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Poverty Measurement Improvement Act

Bill: 116-s-4679
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Poverty Measurement Improvement Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of the Census to determine income and poverty levels in the United States in a manner that accounts for the receipt of federal benefits.
 
Specifically, beginning in FY2021, the bureau must supplement the data collected under the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey with data from administering agencies related to
 
 
participation in any federal benefit program and the monetary or cash equivalent value of such benefit for an individual, where possible, and otherwise for resource units or households;
 
the total amount of earned income for individuals;
 
the total amount of entitlement and other income for individuals;
 
payment of income taxes and payroll taxes for individuals;
 
total resource unit income; and 
 
total earned resource unit income.
 
 
The bill requires each administering agency to make available to the bureau such data (including income tax data) as the bureau shall require for the purpose of carrying out this bill.
 
The bureau shall (1) submit to Congress, by January 1, 2023, a report detailing the implementation of this bill; and (2) for 2024 and subsequent years, adjust the poverty thresholds used for determining poverty rates by using the personal consumption expenditure price index (as published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis).
 
The bill (1) establishes within the bureau the Commission on Valuation of Federal Benefits, and (2) requires the Government Accountability Office to periodically report to Congress regarding poverty rates and related measures.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act

Bill: 116-s-4680
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal district courts
Intergovernmental relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Property rights
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 

Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act 

 
This bill addresses jurisdiction of U.S. district courts over eminent domain proceedings and the use of eminent domain by the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to acquire land or property with respect to natural gas pipelines.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
provides that U.S. districts courts shall not have jurisdiction to condemn property in which a state owns any interest, and
 
prohibits the holder of a certification of public convenience and necessity that authorizes construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline from exercising the right of eminent domain for a pipeline designed to export liquefied natural gas to a foreign country.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4681
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a final rule that prohibits certain discharges of plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic into waters of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Care Corps Demonstration Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4682
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Allied health services
Criminal justice information and records
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Care Corps Demonstration Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to certain public entities and private nonprofits to implement care corps programs through which volunteers provide long-term services and supports to older adults and people with disabilities. Volunteers who participate in these programs receive benefits, such as living and travel allowances and post-service educational awards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Battleship Iowa National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4683
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Battleship Iowa National Museum of the Surface Navy Act of 2020

 
This bill designates the Battleship USS
 Iowa 
Museum located in Los Angeles, California, as the National Museum of the Surface Navy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5867)
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, as the "Robert L. Brown Post Office".

Bill: 116-s-4684
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, as the "Robert L. Brown Post Office."
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, as the "Robert L. Brown Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-268.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-268.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7221)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7221)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7220-7221)
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7220-7221)
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5867-5868)
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 116-268
A bill to prohibit assistance to foreign governments that violate human rights with respect to religious freedom.

Bill: 116-s-4685
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Marriage and family status
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 
This bill requires the President to submit a report listing each foreign government that imposes a death sentence or life imprisonment pursuant to laws against apostasy, blasphemy, or interfaith marriages, and it prohibits the United States from using any funds to provide assistance to the government of a country identified in the report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate