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Remote Worker Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8056
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Remote Worker Relief Act of 2020 

 
This bill establishes rules for the taxation of wages of individual taxpayers who work remotely to comply with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) requirements and for the taxation of the businesses for whom such taxpayers work. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Soil, Resilient Farmers Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8057
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Healthy Soil, Resilient Farmers Act of 2020

 
This bill revises the conservation loan and loan guarantee program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to authorize USDA to provide loans for soil health transition plans. A soil health transition plan is a comprehensive, whole-farm plan, approved by USDA, that, for a farming or ranching operation, identifies the conservation activities that will be addressed with loan funds provided or guaranteed to assist the borrower in making a transition to a farming or ranching production and conservation system.
 
USDA may limit eligibility for soil health transition loans to certain entities, including farmers or ranchers whose farm or ranch land is subject to the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe.
 
USDA must establish terms and conditions for making or guaranteeing soil health transition loans that waive principal and interest repayment for up to three years from the date on which the loan is made or guaranteed in order for the borrower to make a satisfactory transition to the farming or ranching production and conservation system under a soil health transition plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Chinese Research Funds Accounting Act

Bill: 116-hr-8058
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Government studies and investigations
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Chinese Research Funds Accounting Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on federal funding made available to entities located in China or majority owned or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party for research in the five years prior to enactment of this bill. 
 
Not later than 120 days after the enactment of this bill, the GAO shall brief Congress on the data that is available with respect to federal funding made available to such entities for research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening our Health Security Through Resilient Medical Supply Chains Annual Review Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8059
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Manufacturing
Natural disasters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Strengthening our Health Security Through Resilient Medical Supply Chains Annual Review Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report annually on the resiliency of U.S. medical supply chains.
 
In developing this report, DHS must consult with relevant federal agencies and may consult with other experts. Among other topics, the report must assess the vulnerabilities of the supply chains to global disruptions and the dependence on drugs, devices, or other supplies produced outside of the United States.
 
In addition, DHS shall make unclassified portions of the report publicly available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2020-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-8060
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

 
 This bill requires private health insurance plans that cover in-person mental health or substance use disorder services to cover such services on equal terms via telehealth (i.e., information technology used to aid treatment and diagnosis at a physical distance) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, this bill requires, among other things, plans to cover such telehealth services at the same rate as in-person services, exclude charges for facility fees, and provide information about how to access such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Community Immunity During COVID–19 Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8061
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants to governmental health departments to increase rates of recommended immunizations during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The CDC must also develop, in consultation with specified entities, guidance for health care providers on counseling patients about COVID-19 vaccines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
E–Filing Standards Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-8062
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

E-Filing Standards Improvement Act

 
This bill modifies requirements for electronic filing of tax returns. Specifically, it requires the Internal Revenue Service to issue an e-filing receipt to taxpayers who submit returns electronically that indicates acceptance or rejection of a return. If a return is rejected, the filing receipt must provide information for resolving the issue causing the rejection. The taxpayer shall be allowed 15 business days to correct and resubmit the return electronically. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Installation Agreement Affordability Act

Bill: 116-hr-8063
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Installation Agreement Affordability Act

 
This bill revises provisions allowing a waiver of the fee imposed on installment agreements paid by electronic payment through a debit instrument to extend eligibility for such waiver to all taxpayers regardless of income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Mobilizing Restaurants in America Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8064
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Mobilizing Restaurants in America Act of 2020 

 
This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to authorize the use of SNAP benefits to purchase meals for immediate consumption and frozen prepacked meals at approved retail food stores and restaurants during a major disaster or emergency declaration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8065
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and implement a three-year pilot program to provide a guaranteed monthly income to individual taxpayers between the ages of 18-65. HHS must consult with the Internal Revenue Service and certain nonpartisan and nonprofit agencies or academic institutions with expertise in social science experimentation to develop and award income subsidies to eligible taxpayers and to conduct a study on the outcomes of the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Economic Development Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8066
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Business investment and capital
Community life and organization
Corporate finance and management
Economic development
Gambling
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Securities
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Tribal Economic Development Act of 2020

 
This bill amends provisions relating to tribal economic development (TED) bonds issued to promote community development projects in Alaskan Indian tribal areas. 
 
Specifically, the bill increases the national tribal economic development bond limitation to $4 billion. It also eliminates the requirement that TED bond proceeds be used solely on Indian reservations and permits bond proceeds to be used for economic development by any qualified Native user which includes any tribal entity, Alaska Native Corporation, and entity that is majority-owned and controlled by an Indian tribe or Alaska Native Corporation. The bill also allows third parties to guarantee the repayment of TED bonds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act

Bill: 116-hr-8067
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computer security and identity theft
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical research
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: 

Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act

 
This bill requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to research the U.S. health care system's response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), including by identifying health care-related factors that contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes and strategies to mitigate those factors.
 
In addition, AHRQ must develop vaccine protocols and strategies in consultation with leaders from populations disproportionately affected by COVID-19 to ensure that such groups have timely access to vaccines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act

Bill: 116-hr-8068
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2020-08-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Employment and training programs
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Minority employment
Minority health
Veterans' medical care
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: 

American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide mental health and suicide prevention outreach to American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.
 
Specifically, the bill requires that each VA medical center have a full-time minority veteran coordinator. The coordinator must receive training in the delivery of culturally appropriate mental health and suicide prevention services to American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.
 
Further, the suicide prevention coordinator and minority veteran coordinator of each VA medical center must develop and disseminate a written plan for conducting mental health and suicide prevention outreach to all tribes and urban Indian health organizations within the area of the medical center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
Protect Conservation Funds Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8069
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: 

Protect Conservation Funds Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of the Interior to issue a grant for the conservation of a species or the habitat of a species that is listed as threatened or endangered under state law only if the listing is consistent with specified federal standards or such species is listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
PRINT Act

Bill: 116-hr-8070
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-08-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Books and print media
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: 

Preserving Readership and Information of Newspapers for Tomorrow Act or the PRINT Act

 
This bill includes the cost of print production of local print media as an allowable use for funds disbursed to certain newspaper publishers under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Flood Response Act

Bill: 116-hr-8071
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2020-08-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency communications systems
Floods and storm protection
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: 

Emergency Flood Response Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish and carry out a pilot program to assist flood response efforts at state and federal regional levels in response to a levee failure or potential levee failure.
 
FEMA may award grants to up to 10 eligible entities to (1) establish or maintain a flood emergency fund, and (2) ensure a unified command system organizational framework for emergency flood activities. An 
eligible entity
 is a levee maintaining agency or unit of local government that is responsible for emergency flood response efforts.
 
Funds awarded under this bill may be used for emergency flood activities, including prompt emergency action to prevent levee failure, close levee breaks, make relief cuts and dewater flooded areas, and otherwise physically limit the extent, depth, and duration of flood waters in the event of a levee failure. Funds awarded may not be used if the emergency flood activity is required by law to be performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Corps immediately exercises its authority.
 
FEMA shall ensure that, following an expenditure of funds from a grantee's flood emergency fund, the grantee will seek all available state and federal disaster assistance reimbursements for such expenditures and deposit the reimbursements in the fund. The federal share of the cost may not exceed 50%.
 
FEMA must submit to Congress an annual report on the progress and outcomes of the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
Integrity of Our Elections Act

Bill: 116-hr-8072
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: 

Integrity of Our Elections Act

 
This bill prohibits an election official from mailing a ballot for a federal election to an individual unless the election official certifies that the individual is eligible to vote.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-18
text: Introduced in House