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Pandemic TANF Assistance Act

Bill: 116-s-3672
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: American Samoa
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Family services
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Guam
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 

Pandemic TANF Assistance Act

 
This bill temporarily suspends certain Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program requirements and establishes a grant program in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. Specifically, states, tribes, and territories may not deny, reduce, or terminate TANF assistance because a recipient does not meet specified conditions of TANF participation from October 1, 2019, to November 30, 2020. These conditions include time limits for receiving assistance, work requirements, and compliance with paternity establishment or child support procedures. 
 
During that time period, the bill also restricts the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from penalizing jurisdictions that fail to meet TANF requirements such as work participation standards. However, HHS may reduce grants for jurisdictions that improperly deny, reduce, or terminate TANF assistance in violation of the bill. 
 
Additionally, HHS must award grants to states, tribes, and territories for short-term cash, noncash, and in-kind assistance and other activities to assist families meet their basic needs from April 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. Families eligible for assistance must be impacted by COVID-19 and have monthly income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. The bill provides funding for this purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for Victims of Coronavirus Around the World Act

Bill: 116-s-3673
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Medical research
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 

Justice for Victims of Coronavirus Around the World Act 

 
This bill establishes various bodies to investigate and seek damages from China relating to its response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak.
 
The President shall establish a task force to investigate and secure damages from China's government related to China's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. 
 
The Department of State shall form a delegation to the International Commission to Investigate the Role of the Government of the People's Republic of China in the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. The delegation shall form the commission with U.S. allies and partners. 
 
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs shall establish (1) the Interagency Working Group to Quantify Harm Caused by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and (2) the Interagency Working Group to Secure Damages from the Government of the People's Republic of China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Civil Justice for Victims of Coronavirus Act

Bill: 116-s-3674
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government liability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Jurisdiction and venue
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 

Civil Justice for Victims of Coronavirus Act

 
This bill allows lawsuits against a foreign government for physical or economic injury occurring in the United States following any reckless action or omission by the foreign government (or by an official or agent of the foreign government) that caused or substantially aggravated the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Intelligence Community Workforce Agility Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3675
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 

Intelligence Community Workforce Agility Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a current tax deduction for the moving expenses of an employee or new appointee of the intelligence community who moves due to a change in assignment that requires relocation. It also allows a current tax exclusion for such employees or appointees for moving expense reimbursements. Under current law, the tax deduction and exclusion for the moving expenses of other taxpayers are suspended for the period beginning in 2018 through 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID–19 Crisis Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3676
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
National Credit Union Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 

Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020 

 
This bill eases certain restrictions on credit unions regarding liquidity and lending.
 
The bill extends waivers applicable to National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility membership and credit-extension restrictions through December 31, 2021. These waivers currently expire on December 31, 2020. (The National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility serves as a lender to credit unions that are experiencing certain liquidity shortfalls.) 
 
The bill also temporarily provides credit unions with an exception to limits on outstanding member business loans. Specifically, a loan does not count towards this limit if (1) it is used for recovery from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, (2) it is made by an insured credit union that has received a specified soundness rating, (3) it is made during a specified time period, and (4) it does not threaten the safety and soundness of the insured credit union. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to promulgate an emergency temporary standard to protect employees from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3677
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Allied health services
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 

COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate both an emergency temporary occupational safety or health standard and a permanent standard to protect certain employees from occupational exposure to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). These standards apply to health care sector employees, paramedic and emergency medical services employees, and other employees identified as having an elevated risk for exposure. Further, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must collect and make public information regarding employee exposure in these occupations and provide guidance to further protect such employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for payment of work-study allowances during a public health emergency relating to COVID-19 and for allowances to veterans enrolled in educational institutions closed for emergency situations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3678
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 
This bill addresses education programs and assistance for veterans during emergency situations.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue paying work-study allowances during the COVID-19 public health emergency period.
 
The VA is also authorized to continue paying educational assistance and subsistence allowances between March 1-December 21, 2020, for programs of education that are suspended due to an emergency situation or school closure.
 
An educational assistance payment shall not be charged against an individual's entitlement to educational assistance if an individual was unable to complete a course or program due to the temporary closure of an educational institution or the temporary termination of a program by reason of an emergency situation occurring between March 1-December 21, 2020. This includes assistance related to training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities.
 
The bill extends the time limitation for using educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post-9/11 GI Bill when institutions are closed due to an executive order or emergency situation occurring between March 1-December 21, 2020. It also extends the time limitation for participation in a vocational rehabilitation program when such participation is prevented due to an executive order or emergency situation occurring between March 1-December 21, 2020. 
 
The bill authorizes the VA to pay a subsistence allowance for two additional months to a veteran following a program of employment services from March 1-December 21, 2020, for full-time training for the type of program the veteran was pursuing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Newborn CARES Act

Bill: 116-s-3679
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 

Newborn CARES Act

 
This bill treats children of a taxpayer born in 2020 as born in calendar year 2019 for purposes of the advance recovery rebate allowed by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act. The Internal Revenue Service must establish a procedure to allow a taxpayer to file a claim for such rebate during calendar year 2020. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to carry out certain programs relating to environmental justice, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3680
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2020 (1) the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program; (2) the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program, which provides financial assistance to address local environmental or public health issues; and (3) the Community Action for a Renewed Environment grant program, which assists communities address multiple sources of toxic pollutants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide States, Tribal governments, and local governments with spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment.

Bill: 116-s-3682
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal-Indian relations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 
This bill provides states, tribal governments, and local governments with added spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment.
 
Currently, payments from the fund may only be used to cover certain costs that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
The bill allows each state, tribal government, and unit of local government to use up to 25% of the amount paid to it for any purpose, including for expenditures to satisfy a nonfederal share requirement for any aid, assistance, grant, or other financial relief provided by the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

Bill: 116-s-3684
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Aquatic ecology
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
National and community service
Natural disasters
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: 

21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

 
This bill provides supplemental appropriations for FY2020 to the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Commerce for expenses related to primarily for federal land management and other conservation purposes.
 
The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
 
The bill also
 
 
establishes the Outfitters and Guides Relief Fund,
 
establishes the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program,
 
establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps program,
 
establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, and 
 
makes permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3685
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020

 
This bill provides funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award additional grants under the Emergency Solutions Grant program to provide rental assistance for short-term and medium-term housing to homeless individuals or families, or those who are at risk of homelessness, and expands eligibility for such additional assistance. 
 
For assistance provided under the bill, the term 
at risk of homelessness
 shall include individuals and families that have an income below 80% of the median income for the area (rather than 30% of the area median income, as under current law). Rental assistance provided under the bill shall generally be limited to 120% of the HUD-established fair market rent for the area, whereas currently rental assistance under the program is generally limited to 100% of an area's fair market rent.
 
 Such assistance may not be conditioned on any prerequisite activities, such as receiving treatment.
 
HUD may, with some limitations, waive requirements or establish alternative requirements related to such assistance if doing so is necessary to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Parental Notification and Intervention Act

Bill: 116-s-3686
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Parental Notification and Intervention Act

 
This bill prohibits a person or organization from performing, facilitating, or assisting in the performance of an abortion on an unemancipated minor under age 18 without first complying with parental notification requirements, subject to exceptions and limitations.
 
 It establishes penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both&#8212;for each willful violation.
 
A parent who is required to be notified of an abortion of an unemancipated minor may bring an action in federal district court to prohibit the abortion.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to take certain actions in response to Saudi Arabia's aggression towards the United States petroleum industry.

Bill: 116-s-3687
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Defense spending
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Saudi Arabia
Tariffs
Trade restrictions
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 
This bill directs the President to withdraw all U.S. Armed Forces from Saudi Arabia, prohibits the use of funds to maintain the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Saudi Arabia, and requires the President to impose an import tariff on petroleum or any petroleum-related product or byproduct from Saudi Arabia to ensure that the price of such goods is not less than $40 per barrel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Infrastructure Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3688
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Energy Infrastructure Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill revises provisions related to protecting energy infrastructure (including critical electric infrastructure), including by authorizing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to provide assistance to certain entities relating to methods and tools that owners and operators of energy infrastructure may use to defend assets against threats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate