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To temporarily modify the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6355
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Family services
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medicaid
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 
This bill expands during FY2020 foster-care programs for older youth. Among other changes, the bill (1) increases the federal proportion of funding for foster-care services, (2) extends eligibility for such services through age 25, (3) suspends the limit on state expenditures on housing for youth who have aged out of foster care, and (4) suspends the five-year time limit on eligibility for older youth to receive education and training vouchers.
 
Additionally, state agencies must conduct outreach for enrollment in Medicaid to eligible individuals who have aged out of foster care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Social Security Benefits Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-6356
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Disability assistance
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 

Emergency Social Security Benefits Improvement Act

 
This bill makes changes to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits, including by (1) modifying funding formulas, (2) extending eligibility for certain benefits, and (3) increasing income thresholds used to determine the percentage of OASDI benefits subject to federal income tax. 
 
Changes to funding formulas include (1) increasing the primary insurance amount, and (2) establishing new methods to calculate benefits for individuals with lifetime low earnings and for widows and widowers. 
 
In addition, children of a deceased, disabled, or retired worker remain eligible for benefits through age 22 if they are full-time students. Under current law, they receive benefits through age 18. 
 
The bill also extends dependent child benefits to specified family members other than grandparents or step-grandparents, including in cases where a court grants custody of the dependent child to an eligible family member. To receive benefits under current law, either both parents must be disabled or deceased or a grandparent or step-grandparent must legally adopt the dependent child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Labor to take certain actions to effectively respond during the COVID-19 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act to the needs of individuals participating in community service activities under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965.

Bill: 116-hr-6357
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
National and community service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 
This bill permits the Department of Labor, in response to the effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, to increase the length of time individuals may participate in, and the amount available to pay authorized administrative costs for, Community Service Employment Program projects for older adults. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
To authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for community development block grants, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6358
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 
This bill authorizes additional grants under the Community Development Block Grant program for states and local governments to prevent, prepare for, or respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public-health emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act

Bill: 116-hr-6359
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 

Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act

 
This bill revises the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program to require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that the design and construction of a project carried out under the program must have appropriate payment and performance security, regardless of whether the obligor is a state, local government, agency or instrumentality of a state or local government, public authority, or private party.
 
DOT may accept such payment and performance security requirements if it makes a written determination that the federal interest is adequately protected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
To establish requirements on accelerated filers receiving Federal aid related to COVID-19, to establish requirements on all corporations until Federal aid related to COVID-19 is repaid, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6360
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Corporate finance and management
Economic performance and conditions
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Minority employment
Personnel records
Public participation and lobbying
Securities
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 
This bill establishes requirements for issuers of securities receiving aid in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. 
 
Issuers receiving aid must comply with specified requirements regarding paid leave, minimum wage, and limits on executive compensation. Until the end of the emergency period, issuers receiving aid must maintain preemergency workforce and compensation levels. Additionally, an issuer receiving aid may not provide executive bonuses, purchase its own company's stocks, pay out dividends to stockholders, or engage in lobbying until the issuer repays the aid. 
 
Certain issuers receiving aid must (1) have one-third of their board of directors be elected by employees; and (2) provide additional disclosures including those regarding political expenditures, workforce composition, employee benefits, environmental impacts, federal aid, and financial performance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Relief for Small Businesses and Nonprofits Act

Bill: 116-hr-6361
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Landlord and tenant
Postal service
Public utilities and utility rates
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Telephone and wireless communication
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 

Relief for Small Businesses and Nonprofits Act

 
This bill places restrictions on the collection of debts owed by small businesses and nonprofit organizations during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period. Among other things, debt collectors may not during such a period 
 
 
enforce a security interest through a repossession or foreclosure, 
 
commence or continue litigation to collect a debt, 
 
terminate utility service, 
 
seize assets, 
 
commence or continue an eviction, or 
 
charge fees or apply a higher interest rate as a result of nonpayment. 
 
 
After such a period, debt collectors must provide certain repayment options including extending the repayment period for debts. 
 
Violations of these provisions are subject to civil enforcement. 
 
The Federal Reserve Board must establish a facility to compensate loan holders for losses caused by the suspension of payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6362
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 

Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes additional grants under the Emergency Solutions Grants program to assist individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness and to otherwise address needs arising from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public-health emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Student Debt Emergency Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-6363
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Consumer credit
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
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: 2020-03-23
text: 

Student Debt Emergency Relief Act

 
This bill establishes and provides funds for federal student loan repayment assistance programs during a national emergency, including the public health emergency caused by the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to make monthly payments for borrowers of Federal Direct Loans, Federal Family Education Loans, and Perkins Loans during a national emergency. ED must also pay any interest on such loans during the emergency.
 
Additionally, ED must 
 
 
deem each month for which ED made a payment on behalf of the borrower as a qualifying payment for the purpose of certain loan forgiveness programs or loan rehabilitation programs;
 
ensure that any payment on such a loan is treated as a regularly scheduled payment made by a borrower for the purpose of reporting information about the loan to a consumer reporting agency;
 
notify borrowers, within 15 days and monthly thereafter, of the benefits provided by ED during the national emergency; and
 
suspend all involuntary collections related to such loans, including wage garnishments, reductions of tax refunds, and reductions of certain federal benefit payments, such as Social Security.
 
 
ED must (1) make monthly payments until authorized by Congress to terminate the program, (2) carry out a 90-day transition period, and (3) apply a minimum amount of payments to loans for each borrower. 
 
Payments made by ED as a result of a national emergency shall be excluded from the taxpayer's gross income.
 
Interest shall not be capitalized during or after the national emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
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: 2020-03-23
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: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6364
Sponsor: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Evidence and witnesses
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 

Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and requires recognition of notarizations performed under the laws of other states.
 
Under the bill, a notary public may remotely notarize electronic records occurring in or affecting interstate commerce if (1) the individual and the notary public are able to electronically communicate by sight and sound simultaneously (i.e., by video chat); (2) the notary verifies the individual's identity and records the notarization; and (3) the notarization complies with other requirements, such as those relating to the attachment of a stamp or seal to the electronic record. 
 
Additionally, the bill allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain requirements.
 
The bill also requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations, including remote notarizations of electronic records, that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6365
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Surgery and anesthesia
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 

Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes grant programs and other forms of financial assistance for health care providers in response to the national emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 
 
Specifically, the bill establishes (1) a grant program to provide emergency assistance to critical access hospitals, certain rural hospitals, and providers participating in Medicare; (2) a grant program to provide emergency assistance to health care practices and ambulatory surgery centers for staff salaries; and (3) a loan program to provide low-interest loans to health care practices and ambulatory surgery centers. 
 
The bill also temporarily increases reimbursements to rural hospitals under the Medicare swing-bed program. (The program allows rural hospitals to use beds, as needed, for either acute care or skilled nursing facility care.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
To permit, due to the COVID-19 emergency, Federal financial regulators to allow for the temporary waiver of requirements that a State, territory, or local government provide matching or cost-sharing funds before receiving a grant from a Federal financial regulator, to allow for certain reprogramming of funds to support unemployment, childcare, and healthcare programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6366
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Child care and development
Economic performance and conditions
Financial crises and stabilization
Health programs administration and funding
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 
This bill temporarily allows financial regulators to waive cost-sharing and program requirements for certain state, territory, and local government grants. Financial regulators may permit these funds to be reprogrammed for purposes related to unemployment, childcare, or healthcare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Entrepreneurial Development COVID–19 Response Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6367
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marketing and advertising
Public-private cooperation
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 

Entrepreneurial Development COVID-19 Response Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to award grants for small business development centers, women's business centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives to provide small businesses with specified assistance related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House