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To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of Arizona.

Bill: 116-hr-7099
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Educational facilities and institutions
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to convey to the Arizona Board of Regents, on behalf of the University of Arizona Experiment Station, 13.3 acres of land within the Coconino National Forest, in Yavapai County, Arizona, and an easement, if the board offers 7.5 acres of identified nonfederal land in exchange.

action_date: 2020-12-15
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to convey to the Arizona Board of Regents, on behalf of the University of Arizona Experiment Station, 13.3 acres of land within the Coconino National Forest, in Yavapai County, Arizona, and an easement, if the board offers 7.5 acres of identified nonfederal land in exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 534.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-650.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-650.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7100
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Monuments and memorials
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take specified steps to address accreditation standards, management operations, and misconduct of law enforcement.
 
Specifically, it requires DOJ to develop uniform accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies and adopt policies and procedures to encourage law enforcement agencies to pursue accreditation. It authorizes DOJ to make grants to law enforcement agencies to obtain accreditation from certified organizations. 
 
The bill authorizes DOJ to make grants for studying law enforcement agency management and operations standards and developing pilot programs to address law enforcement misconduct. 
 
DOJ must study the prevalence and effect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law enforcement officer to delay the investigation and prosecution of complaints of law enforcement misconduct. 
 
The bill also establishes the Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight to coordinate the detection and referral of complaints of alleged law enforcement misconduct.
 
Law enforcement agencies must report data regarding practices on traffic violation stops, pedestrian stops, frisk and body searches, and use of deadly force.
 
Finally, DOJ must create a medallion for survivors of each law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty and memorialized on the wall of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E515)
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Elaine M. Checketts Military Families Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7101
Sponsor: Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Employee leave
Family relationships
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

Elaine M. Checketts Military Families Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to amend regulations to provide that approved parental leave shall not terminate upon the death of the child for whom the leave is taken.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
FARM to TABLE Delivery Act

Bill: 116-hr-7102
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Transportation
General agriculture matters
Labor standards
Motor carriers
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

Fixing America's Regulatory Mess To Facilitate Agricultural Byproducts and Livestock Expedited Delivery Act or the FARM to TABLE Delivery Act

 
This bill revises exemptions with respect to commercial motor vehicle safety regulations involving the transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies.
 
 The bill allows the federal hours-of-service rules exemption regarding maximum driving and on-duty time for drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies to apply year-round. Current law provides an exception from the federal hours-of-service rules for the transportation of agricultural commodities within a 150 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location only during planting and harvest periods which are determined by each state.
 
Additionally, the Department of Transportation must issue regulations to amend the definition of agricultural commodity to include specific commodities that are covered by the federal hours-of-service rules exception.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
National Land Bank Network Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7103
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federally chartered organizations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

National Land Bank Network Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation to establish and operate a national land bank network. Land banks are entities designated by local governments to acquire and dispose of vacant and abandoned properties.
 
The network must provide technical assistance to land banks and otherwise support land banks and communities.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements to expand and enhance manufacturing capacity of vaccines and vaccine candidates to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.

Bill: 116-hr-7104
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Medical research
Research administration and funding
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 
This bill directs the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to award grants and enter into other transactions to increase the manufacturing of vaccines that prevent COVID-19.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Social Sciences Protect Our Nation Act

Bill: 116-hr-7106
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

Social Sciences Protect Our Nation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to maintain a defense-wide basic research program with an emphasis on diverse social sciences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
PLUM Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7107
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Books and print media
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Personnel records
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act of 2020 or the PLUM Act of 2020

 
This bill replaces the congressional publication entitled 
United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions
, commonly known as the 
PLUM Book
, with an online public directory.
 
The PLUM Book contains personnel information for federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, including heads of agencies and policy executives. The book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions and is published every four years (after each presidential election) by certain congressional committees.
 
The bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish the information contained in the PLUM Book on a public website in a format that is easily searchable and that otherwise meets certain data standards. Agencies must upload updated information to the website on a monthly basis; OPM must verify the accuracy of the information twice a year in coordination with the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. 
 
The bill terminates publication of the PLUM Book in its current form on January 1, 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for emergency use of certain land during a pandemic, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7108
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Farmland
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 
This bill provides authority for the Department of Agriculture during a pandemic to permit activities such as emergency haying and grazing on land that is subject to a contract under the Conservation Reserve Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To rescind certain amounts appropriated to the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7109
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Building construction
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 
This bill rescinds $50 million from the FY2020 appropriations for the Department of Justice's General Administration account. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Warren Cowles Grade Crossing Safety Act

Bill: 116-hr-7110
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

Warren Cowles Grade Crossing Safety Act

 
This bill authorizes appropriations for FY2021 to carry out highway-rail grade crossing improvement projects, specifically projects for commuter rail and operators in high-ridership corridors.
 
The authorization level shall be adjusted for FY2022 and each subsequent fiscal year to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouse Career Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-7112
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

Military Spouse Career Education Act

 
This bill (1) includes as qualified relicensing costs fees and continuing education courses, and (2) allows the reimbursement of a member of the uniformed services for the qualified relicensing costs of a spouse when such costs are imposed to maintain a license or certification to engage in the same profession that the spouse engaged in while in the state of the original duty station, and are imposed by the state of the new duty station to maintain a license or certification to engage in the same profession.
 
 The Department of Defense shall modify its My Career Advancement Account program to ensure that military spouses participating in the program may receive financial assistance for the maintenance (including continuing education courses) of a license, certification, or Associate's degree in any career field or occupation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Emergency Manufacturing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7113
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Genetics
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

COVID-19 Emergency Manufacturing Act of 2020

This bill establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) an Emergency Office of Manufacturing for Public Health to manufacture and distribute medical products to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or medical products that are on shortage or vulnerable to shortage. 
The office must (1) obtain the rights to manufacture the applicable medicines, ingredients, diagnostic tests, medical devices, personal protective equipment, and supplies; (2) manufacture or contract to manufacture such items; and (3) construct, or enter into construction contracts for, facilities to manufacture certain medicines, such as vaccines.
 
HHS may issue involuntary licenses allowing the office to make, use, sell, import, or export an invention related to an applicable drug, biological product, or device and to use clinical trial data and confidential information. Such a license must provide the rights holder with reasonable compensation.
 
The office must (1) provide such COVID-19 products at no cost to federal, state, local, and other health programs and certain domestic health care providers and suppliers; (2) offer COVID-19 products at cost to other commercial and international entities; and (3) offer other medical products to entities at a fair price, based on cost and other considerations. 
 
The office shall prioritize the manufacture of certain COVID-19 products and meet manufacturing timelines specified in the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Economic and Student Loan Debt Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7114
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2020-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: 

Economic and Student Loan Debt Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill extends the suspension of payments on student loans held by the Department of Education (ED). It also generally allows for an exclusion from taxable income of employer payments of student loans.
 
Specifically, the bill requires ED to suspend all payments due on Federal Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loans held by ED through December 31, 2020. (Currently, this suspension period ends on September 30, 2020). Normal payment obligations and interest accrual resume at the end of this period.
 
Additionally, ED must carry out a program, beginning on November 1, 2020, to provide at least six notices to borrowers that normal payment obligations will resume. (Currently, this program begins on August 1, 2020.)
 
The bill also generally provides a permanent exclusion from employee income, for income tax purposes, of employer payments of student loans. (Currently, this exclusion from income is only for payments of student loans made before January 1, 2021.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Introduced in House