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Department of Energy Organization and Management Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-8159
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Department of Energy Organization and Management Improvement Act

 
This bill sets forth new reporting requirements relating to the general management of the Department of Energy (DOE).
 
DOE must submit to Congress a report containing
 
 
an evaluation of the general management of DOE, including management and mission support functional programs that have responsibility for legal services, administration, accounting, budgeting, contract and project management, and human resources management;
 
a description of impediments to effective management;
 
a description of recommended measures to improve management;
 
a strategic plan for continuous improvement in management;
 
an evaluation of the status of the improvement of management;
 
a description of the status of all orders issued by DOE relating to its management; and
 
a schedule for updating such orders to ensure effective management, including management of DOE personnel and budget formulation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8160
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Minority employment
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Banking Act of 2020 

 
This bill requires banking regulators to rate diversity and inclusion when assessing depository institutions under the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System, or a comparable rating system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Countering China Through American Export Competitiveness Act

Bill: 116-hr-8163
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Asia
Buy American requirements
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Countering China Through American Export Competitiveness Act

 
This bill modifies certain responsibilities of the Export-Import Bank of the United States related to its Program on China and Transformational Exports. The program supports financing at rates and on terms that are fully competitive with rates and terms established by China in order to (1) directly neutralize export subsidies for competing goods and services, or (2) advance the comparative leadership of the United States through specified exports.
 
The bill prohibits the bank generally from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit for which the end user, lender, or obligor is China. The bill also raises from 20% to 33% the dedicated amount that the bank should reserve for the program, and it sets the default rate limit for program loans at 5%. 
 
The bill authorizes the bank to waive some, or all, of the domestic content requirements that would otherwise apply to a transaction if it determines that doing so would be in the national security interest of the United States. The bill also establishes an advisory committee to advise the bank on the development of policies and programs that support the expansion of the bank's financial commitments in accordance with the program to counter China. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Research Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8164
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Asia
China
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Higher Education Research Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes within the Federal Bureau of Investigation an initiative to investigate incidents of individuals participating in federally funded research at institutions of higher education and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine as agents of the Chinese government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Solar Energy for Our Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-8165
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy prices
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public utilities and utility rates
Regional and metropolitan planning
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Affordable Solar Energy for Our Communities Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a program to provide financial assistance, such as grants or low-interest loans, to certain entities for the planning or installation of solar facilities that benefit certain low-income households.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Western Water Storage Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-hr-8166
Sponsor: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Water resources funding
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Western Water Storage Infrastructure Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide grants to support qualifying water storage projects in western states. For such grants, Interior may enter into agreements for the design, study, construction, upgrade, or capital repair of qualifying federal and nonfederal water storage projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Coronavirus Testing Capacity Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-8167
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Genetics
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Coronavirus Testing Capacity Expansion Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to directly reimburse laboratories for certain tests and related services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency and expands the categories of laboratories eligible for certain COVID-19 relief funding.
 
Specifically, veterinary and biotechnology company laboratories may receive federal COVID-19 funds for activities related to testing. Currently, this funding is limited to academic, commercial, public health, or hospital laboratories.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8168
Sponsor: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government information and archives
HIV/AIDS
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Science in Blood Donation Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise its guidance on reducing the risk of transmitting by blood transfusion human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B.
 
Specifically, the FDA shall update its guidance to remove recommendations to not receive blood donations from a man who had sex with another man in the past three months. The FDA shall also remove recommendations to not receive blood donations from a woman who in the last three months had sex with such a man. 
 
The FDA's updated guidance shall be based on an individual risk assessment of sexual behaviors that evaluate all donors equally without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Elder Abuse Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8169
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Employment and training programs
Financial crises and stabilization
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Elder Abuse Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Elder Justice Initiative, which coordinates activities of the Department of Justice to combat elder abuse, neglect, and financial fraud.

action_date: 2020-12-31
text: 

Elder Abuse Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Elder Justice Initiative, which coordinates activities of the Department of Justice to combat elder abuse, neglect, and financial fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-704.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-704.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

Bill: 116-hr-8170
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to develop a distinct wildland firefighter occupational series. The series must apply to the following positions
 
 
forestry technician;
 
range technician; 
 
other positions related to significant prevention, preparedness, control, suppression, or management activities for wildland firefighters; and 
 
other positions conducting activities necessary to meet any other emergency incident. 
 
 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must use the series in the advertising and hiring of a wildland firefighter. 
 
The bill requires an employee in a wildland firefighter occupational series to receive a pay differential based on the unusual physical hardship or hazardous nature of the position. 
 
An individual employed as a wildland firefighter on the date on which the occupational series takes effect may (1) remain in the occupational series in which the individual is working, or (2) be included in the wildland firefighter occupational series. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Save our Social Security Now Act

Bill: 116-hr-8171
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment taxes
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Save our Social Security Now Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from implementing the Internal Revenue Service Notice entitled 
Relief with Respect to Employment Tax Deadlines Applicable to Employers Affected by the Ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease 2019 Pandemic 
and renders such notice null and void.. The notice requires Treasury to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of certain payroll tax obligations for a specified period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
VA Research Technology Act

Bill: 116-hr-8172
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

VA Research Technology Act

 
This bill addresses clinical research procedures within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the VA to complete policy revisions within the internal directive titled 
Requirements for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research
 to allow sponsored clinical research of the VA to use accredited commercial institutional review boards to review VA research proposal protocols.
 
The VA must identify accredited commercial institutional review boards for use in connection with sponsored clinical research of the VA and establish a process to modify existing approvals if a board loses its accreditation during an ongoing clinical trial.
 
The bill also requires the VA to establish an Office of Research Reviews within the VA's Office of Information and Technology. The office shall (1) perform centralized security reviews and complete security processes for approved research sponsored outside the VA, (2) develop and maintain a list of commercially available software preferred for use in sponsored clinical trials of the VA, (3) ensure such software list is maintained as part of the official approved software products list, and (4) develop benchmarks for time lines for security reviews.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
VA High Altitude and Suicide Research Act

Bill: 116-hr-8173
Sponsor: Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

VA High Altitude and Suicide Research Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the connection between living at high altitude and the risk of developing depression or dying by suicide among veterans. Depending on the results, a follow-up study may be required to identify biological causes and effective treatments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4720)
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-8174
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Carbon Pollution Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the heads of federal agencies, when making certain rulemaking or procurement decisions, to consider and document the cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions in accordance with a set of standardized amounts.
 
The bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on the Costs of Greenhouse Gases to evaluate, at least once every five years, the method of calculating the cost of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
 
The bill also establishes the Costs of Greenhouse Gases Scientific Review Committee to make recommendations to the working group regarding revisions to the calculation method. The 10 members of the committee must be selected by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and represent relevant scientific fields. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
American Dream Down Payment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8176
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
State and local government operations
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

American Dream Down Payment Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes qualified down payment savings programs that allow taxpayers to establish tax-free accounts to save for down payments, including closing costs, on a principal residence. The Department of the Treasury, in coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission, must report on matters relating to such accounts, including the number of states that have established down payment savings programs and information about beneficiaries of such programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
RAISE Act

Bill: 116-hr-8177
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: 

Renal Anemia Innovation Support and Expansion Act or the RAISE Act

 
This bill allows coverage of prescription vitamin and mineral products under the Medicare prescription drug benefit if the products are administered orally and are used to treat iron deficiency anemia in individuals who have chronic kidney disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Introduced in House