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Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4562
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Census and government statistics
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill expands tribal access to public health care data and public health surveillance programs. It also reauthorizes through FY2025 the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and requires the CDC to take certain actions to address the collection and availability of health data for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
 
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must (1) establish a strategy for providing data access to Indian tribes and tribal epidemiology centers; and (2) make available all requested data related to health care and public health surveillance programs and activities to the Indian Health Service, tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers.
 
Next, the CDC must make grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers for data collection and related activities.
 
Among other things, the CDC must (1) develop guidance for state and local health agencies to improve birth and death record data for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (2) enter into cooperative agreements with tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers to analyze and address certain inaccuracies related to records for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (3) adopt uniform standards for the collection of health data on race and ethnicity; and (4) encourage states to enter into data sharing agreements with tribes and tribal epidemiology centers to improve the quality and accuracy of health data.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Choice for Every Child Act

Bill: 116-s-4563
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Special education
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Choice for Every Child Act

 
This bill allows certain federal funds for elementary and secondary education to follow low-income students and students with disabilities to the school that they attend (i.e., public, private, or home school). These funds may be used for educational and instructional materials, tutoring, and tuition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act

Bill: 116-s-4564
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Terrorism
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act

 
This bill authorizes the establishment of a National Global War on Terrorism Memorial in the area of the National Mall. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Aviation Administration Accountability Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-s-4565
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-09-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: 

Federal Aviation Administration Accountability Enhancement Act

 
This bill addresses provisions related to whistleblower complaints of misconduct by managers within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
 
Among other provisions, the bill
 
 
renames the Aviation Safety Whistleblower Investigation Office as the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP);
 
requires the OAWP to investigate whistleblower complaints that it receives or that are referred to it concerning misconduct by managers or a violation of any other provision of federal law relating to aviation safety, and make recommendations for any disciplinary action arising from such investigations;
 
creates an Office of the Whistleblower Ombudsman within the FAA to educate employees about whistleblower rights and prohibitions on retaliation, and serve as an independent resource for agency employees to discuss their rights and remedies for any allegations of misconduct;
 
establishes an Office of Professional Responsibility within the FAA that receives and assesses any complaints of misconduct by managers within the FAA;
 
directs the FAA to establish a policy that governs misconduct investigations according to best practices to ensure independent and objective investigations; and
 
sets forth a discipline management policy that governs adjudication of misconduct investigations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing Notice of Lease Terminations for Servicemembers Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4566
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Landlord and tenant
Lease and rental services
Military personnel and dependents
Motor vehicles
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: 

Modernizing Notice of Lease Terminations for Servicemembers Act of 2020

 
This bill specifies that a service member who is authorized under current law to terminate a lease of premises or a motor vehicle lease without incurring an early termination fee may use electronic means to provide notice of the termination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4567
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional tributes
Department of Homeland Security
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Law enforcement officers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: 

Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2020

 
This bill designates the Rocksprings station of the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the 
Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Forensic Science Research and Standards Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4568
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: 

Forensic Science Research and Standards Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes various entities to develop and distribute forensic science standards. 
 
The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish an interagency working group to develop a research strategy for forensic science and publish such strategy once every two years.
 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shall establish the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science to facilitate the development of forensic science standards. NIST shall establish scientific area committees to carry out the work of the organization and a Forensic Science Standards Board to oversee the operation of the organization and its committees.
 
NIST shall conduct foundational studies to (1) identify and document the technical merit and validity of select forensic science methods, practices, and disciplines; and (2) identify opportunities for advancements in forensic methods, practices, and disciplines through additional research and improvements to practice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 116-s-4569
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act

 
This bill modifies the boundary of the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona to include approximately 97.71 acres of identified Forest Service land.
 
The bill transfers administrative jurisdiction over the Forest Service land from the Forest Service to the National Park Service (NPS).
 
The NPS shall administer the added land as part of the monument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4570
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Canada
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Great Lakes
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the U.S. Coast Guard to conduct icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes in accordance with specific performance standards.
 
Specifically, the Coast Guard must
 
 
keep channels and harbors in the Great Lakes open to navigation not less than 90% of the hours that commercial vessels and ferries attempt to transit ice-covered waterways;
 
 in a year in which the Great Lakes are not open to navigation because of ice of a thickness that occurs on average only once every 10 years, keep channels and harbors open to navigation at least 70% of the hours that commercial vessels and ferries attempt to transit ice-covered waterways; and
 
coordinate Great Lakes icebreaking operations with operators of commercial vessels.
 
 
The Coast Guard must prioritize icebreaking in the United States waters of the Great Lakes over icebreaking in Canadian waters of the Great Lakes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act

Bill: 116-s-4571
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional districts and representation
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

2020 Census Deadline Extensions

 Act

 
This bill extends certain deadlines for the U.S. Census Bureau to complete the 2020 decennial census of population.
 
The bill prohibits the bureau from concluding the Nonresponse Followup operation or the Self-Response operation before October 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4572
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Afghanistan
Africa
Asia
Bahrain
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Chad
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Diego Garcia
Disability assistance
Djibouti
Egypt
Ethiopia
Fires
Gabon
Ghana
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Iraq
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Libya
Mali
Medical research
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Solid waste and recycling
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for specified diseases associated with exposure to open burn pits (an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) and other toxins by veterans who meet certain criteria. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 
The bill also makes disability or death from certain diseases due to service in support of a military operation for at least 15 days in a specified location compensable as a work injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act

Bill: 116-s-4573
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act

 
This bill authorizes for FY2021 and FY2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities to identify and remediate illicit cross-border tunnels. CBP shall also develop and report to Congress a strategic plan to improve such operations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act

Bill: 116-s-4574
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing
Nutrition and diet
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Prescription drugs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients (BETTER) Kidney Care Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
 
Under the program, renal dialysis facilities, kidney disease specialists, physician practices, and other health care practitioners may form an organization that partners with certain health care entities to provide integrated care to beneficiaries with ESRD. Such care must include all covered Medicare benefits as well as transition services for transplantations, palliative care, and hospice. Each organization must have a minimum number or percentage of participating beneficiaries (350 or 60% of beneficiaries served at the organization's facilities) and must also comply with certain fiscal, governance, and quality of care requirements.
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study certain data that is reported to the CMS regarding pediatric dialysis care, as well as the effects of race-based corrections to a specified kidney function test on referrals of ESRD patients for transplant evaluations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
FIGHT Censorship Act

Bill: 116-s-4575
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Asia
China
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government trust funds
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Free the Internet around the Globe to Hack Tyranny and Censorship Act or the FIGHT Censorship Act

 
This bill establishes an Internet Freedom Task Force to report on the state of global internet freedom, requires the Department of State to annually designate countries that do not provide sufficient internet freedom to their residents, and requires the State Department to administer a grant program to promote internet freedom policies worldwide. The bill also establishes and provides funding for the Stop the CCP Initiative Fund to support the development of technologies to counter and circumvent internet censorship within China and to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms on the internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to make a technical correction to ensure that the extended lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency applies to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4576
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 
This bill extends certain lease protections for service members under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency to members of the U.S. Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating in the service of the Department of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require online enrollment for the PreCheck Program of the Transportation Security Administration.

Bill: 116-s-4577
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to ensure that private sector entities administering the TSA PreCheck Program provide a secure end-to-end online web or mobile application enrollment capability that leverages electronic technologies to remotely capture biometrics and validate identity documents. (The PreCheck Program allows pre-approved passengers to use expedited security lanes at passenger screening checkpoints in airports.)
 
The TSA must also ensure that any individual who enrolled in the PreCheck Program under the Universal Enrollment Services program is eligible for renewal of the individual's enrollment under the renewal process of the Universal Enrollment Services program.
 
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice must enter into a memorandum of understanding with respect to cooperatively evaluating and approving a capability for remote collection of biometric information from a mobile device and associated vetting of individuals' criminal histories for trusted traveler enrollment programs of the TSA.
 
The TSA must submit a plan for the implementation of the new online enrollment capability that (1) identifies appropriate security and privacy protections; and (2) includes a strategy for ensuring that the private sector entities administering the PreCheck Program operate locations for enrollment that are geographically dispersed from locations required for enrollment under the Universal Enrollment Services program, or otherwise increase enrollment beyond existing capabilities and current geographic markets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Make PPE in America Act

Bill: 116-s-4578
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Make PPE in America Act

 
This bill requires procurement contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) to be long-term and for domestically manufactured PPE.
 
Specifically, contracts entered into by the Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Defense, Education, or Veterans Affairs for the procurement of PPE must be for a duration of at least three years, including a base period and all option periods, to incentivize investment in the production of PPE, and materials and components of PPE, in the United States.
 
The bill provides exceptions (1) where a nonavailability determination has been made, (2) where a sufficient quantity of a satisfactory quality cannot be procured as and when needed at U.S. market prices, and (3) where the department certifies every 120 days that it is necessary to procure PPE under alternate procedures to respond to the immediate needs of a public health emergency.
 
Such departments may transfer to the Strategic National Stockpile any excess PPE acquired under a contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate