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Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets Act

Bill: 116-s-4220
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military civil functions
Military personnel and dependents
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America's Streets Act

 
This bill imposes limitations on federal law enforcement officers and members of the Armed Forces (or the National Guard) engaging in law enforcement activities related to crowd control. 
 
When engaged in certain law enforcement activities related to crowd control, such an officer or member (1) shall clearly display certain identifying information, such as the individual's last name or unique identifier; and (2) shall not use an unmarked vehicle to apprehend or arrest civilians.
 
Such an officer or member may only engage in certain law enforcement activities, such as crowd or riot control and arrest of individuals engaged in civil disobedience, on or in the immediate vicinity of federal property, unless (1) a state or local government has requested federal support, or (2) the President has invoked certain authorities to suppress insurrection.
 
If such an officer or member is conducting a law enforcement function in violation of the limitations in this bill, the officer or member may not arrest an individual in the United States.
 
If such an officer or member is deployed to respond to any riot, public disturbance, or crowd control incident, the responsible federal agency or branch of the Armed Forces shall, within 24 hours of the deployment, notify the public and provide certain information on its website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Back to Work Child Care Grants Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4221
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Back to Work Child Care Grants Act of 2020

 
 This bill establishes a grants program for licensed child care providers that were in continuous operation immediately prior to March 1, 2020, to pay for specified fixed costs and operating expenses for a period of not more than nine months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
GAO Database Modernization Act

Bill: 116-s-4222
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

GAO Database Modernization Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to report to the Government Accountability Office certain information about agency rules that are made ineffective due to an agency action or other reason.

action_date: 2020-11-17
text: 

GAO Database Modernization Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to report to the Government Accountability Office certain information about agency rules that are made ineffective due to an agency action or other reason.

action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 

GAO Database Modernization Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to report to the Government Accountability Office certain information about agency rules that are made ineffective due to an agency action or other reason.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7828-7829; text: CR S7829)
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-298.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 116-298.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Leasing Market Efficiency Act

Bill: 116-s-4223
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Leasing Market Efficiency Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to issue all onshore oil and gas leasing through a competitive bidding process.
 
The BLM must ensure the receipt by the United States of fair market value for any land or resources leased and any rights covered by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4224
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Performance measurement
Right of privacy
Smuggling and trafficking
Technology assessment
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress an analysis of border security technology along the Southwest border. 
 
The report shall address the technology DHS needs to (1) prevent terrorists from entering the United States, (2) reduce cross-border criminal activity such as drug smuggling, and (3) facilitate legal trade flow. The report shall also address recent technological advancements and assess whether such advancements can help achieve these goals. 
 
DHS shall submit the report within a year of this bill's enactment and provide annual updates for five more years. 

action_date: 2020-12-14
text: 

Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress an analysis of border security technology along the Southwest border. 
 
The report shall address the technology DHS needs to (1) prevent terrorists from entering the United States, (2) reduce cross-border criminal activity such as drug smuggling, and (3) facilitate legal trade flow. The report shall also address recent technological advancements and assess whether such advancements can help achieve these goals. 
 
DHS shall submit the report within year of this bill's enactment and provide biannual updates for six more years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625.
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-322.
action_date: 2020-12-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-322.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguarding Therapeutics Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4225
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health technology, devices, supplies
Prescription drugs
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Safeguarding Therapeutics Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to destroy imported counterfeit medical devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Assessing a Cyber State of Distress Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4226
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Assessing a Cyber State of Distress Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing (1) an authority for the declaration of a cyber state of distress, and (2) a Cyber Response and Recovery Fund.
 
Both required assessments shall include a review of recommendations by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission established to develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the United States in cyberspace against cyberattacks of significant consequences.
 
Further, the assessment of an authority for declaring a cyber state of distress shall include the development of additional recommendations relating to (1) any determinations that DHS should make and other actions that should be taken before DHS is authorized to declare or renew a cyber state of distress, (2) the definition of the term 
significant cyber incident,
 and (3) the appropriate duration of a cyber state of distress.
 
The assessment of a Cyber Response and Recovery Fund shall include the development of additional recommendations relating to (1) the administration of such a fund, (2) the eligibility of entities that may receive support from such fund, and (3) allowable expenses for such fund.
 
DHS must provide a briefing that includes findings from each assessment and legislative proposals for the establishment of an authority for the declaration of a cyber state of distress and a Cyber Response and Recovery Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
EIDL for Small Businesses Act

Bill: 116-s-4227
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Ensuring Increased Disaster Loans for Small Businesses Act or the EIDL for Small Businesses Act

 
This bill authorizes and provides funding for additional Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans and advances on such loans, and it modifies the requirements for providing such advances.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes an additional disaster loan to a prior recipient that received such a loan during the period between January 31, 2020, and December 31, 2020, up to an aggregate amount of $2 million. Further, the bill prohibits the SBA from imposing a maximum loan amount limit that is lower than $2 million for an initial disaster loan.
 
The bill also requires the SBA to provide a disaster loan applicant with an advance no later than three days after the applicant submits a loan application, regardless of whether such application has been approved by that date. Further, the SBA shall provide a recipient of an additional disaster loan an additional advance such that the total advance amount received by the applicant is $10,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Water-Energy Technology Demonstration and Deployment Act

Bill: 116-s-4228
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Water-Energy Technology Demonstration and Deployment Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy (DOE) to partner with at least one institution of higher education to form the Western Water Resilience Center to research the development, commercialization, and deployment of water and energy technologies. Interior shall also establish a pilot program within the Bureau of Reclamation to allow DOE participation in certain projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-375.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act

Bill: 116-s-4229
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alliances
Asia
China
Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Department of State
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Hong Kong
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
News media and reporting
Protest and dissent
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Science and engineering education
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act

 
This bill provides for immigration benefits related to Hong Kong in the event that China puts into effect national security legislation in Hong Kong that would curtail political freedoms. (Hong Kong is part of China but has a separate legal system. U.S. law provides Hong Kong with special treatment due to this autonomy.)
 
If China promulgates the Hong Kong national security law, Hong Kong shall receive temporary protected status for 18 months. During this period, qualifying Hong Kong residents who have been continuously present in the United States since this bill's enactment and apply for such status shall have work authorization and may not be removed from the United States.
 
If the President suspends Hong Kong's special treatment under U.S. law, Hong Kong shall continue for five years to be treated as a separate foreign state when calculating annual per-country caps under immigration law.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may provide special immigrant status to a qualifying Hong Kong resident who meets certain educational requirements or owns a company of a certain size. DHS may admit up to 50,000 principal aliens under this provision for each of the five fiscal years after this bill's enactment, and such aliens shall not be subject to other numerical limits.
 
Qualifying Hong Kong residents who fear political persecution from China and apply for permanent resident status shall be deemed to have an approved petition. Certain provisions, such as requiring applicants to have a valid entry document, shall not apply to such individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4230
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020

 
This bill permanently excludes mental health services and certain evaluation and management services that are furnished via telehealth from certain originating site requirements under Medicare. Under current law, these telehealth services are excluded from such requirements through the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Preparing for the Next Pandemic Act

Bill: 116-s-4231
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 

Preparing for the Next Pandemic Act

 
This bill provides funding to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for activities to expand domestic manufacturing of medical countermeasures and to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response for grants to establish state stockpiles of medical supplies for use during public health emergencies. These funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts them from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.
 
The bill also makes other changes to BARDA's authorities and duties with respect to countermeasures and the administration of the Strategic National Stockpile.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4267-4270)
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title VI of the Social Security Act to extend the coverage of Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to Tribal Governments.

Bill: 116-s-4232
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal-Indian relations
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority health
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: 
This bill extends through December 30, 2022, the coverage period for the Coronavirus Relief Fund to make payments to tribal governments for necessary expenditures incurred as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Loggers Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-4233
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Loggers Relief Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make payments to a timber harvesting business or timber hauling business that, as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, experienced a loss of not less than 10% in gross revenue during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on July 31, 2020, as compared to its gross revenue during the same period in 2019.
 
The amount of a payment made to an eligible entity shall be equal to 10% of the gross revenue of the business during the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on July 31, 2019.
 
USDA shall make such a payment only to a business that certifies that the payment will be used only for operating expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4350-4351)
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Public Safety’s Access to Airwaves Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4234
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Ensuring Public Safety's Access to Airwaves Act of 2020

 
This bill repeals the requirement that the Federal Communications Commission reallocate designated spectrum currently used for public safety. Further, it requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, taking into account certain considerations, to identify a specified amount of federal spectrum that shall be reallocated for the provision of private commercial mobile and fixed wireless broadband internet access service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate