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STRANDED Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5608
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental health
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Sensible, Timely Relief for America's Nuclear Districts' Economic Development Act of 2020 or the
 
STRANDED Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses communities affected by stranded nuclear waste. The bill defines 
stranded nuclear waste
 as nuclear waste or spent nuclear fuel stored in dry casks or spent fuel pools at the site of an eligible civilian nuclear power plant.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
provides a first-time homebuyer tax credit for homeownership in nuclear affected communities;
 
directs the Economic Development Administration to establish a competitive prize competition to award prizes to affected communities for proposals to carry out alternatives to nuclear facilities, generating sites, and waste sites; and
 
provides grants to nuclear-affected communities to offset the economic and social impacts of stranded nuclear waste on such communities, and to support such communities that are facing decreased tax revenues or assessed valuation as a result of decommissioning a civilian nuclear power plant. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2020-01-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H251)
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Homelessness Emergency Declaration Act

Bill: 116-hr-5609
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Health care coverage and access
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Intergovernmental relations
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Homelessness Emergency Declaration Act

 
This bill allows states to request a presidential declaration of a homelessness emergency. The bill also requires certain budgetary adjustments to discretionary accounts related to homelessness emergency assistance.

 
Upon a presidential declaration of a homelessness emergency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may provide homelessness emergency assistance, including housing vouchers, to states and local communities that are or will be affected by the homelessness emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-5610
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Conflicts and wars
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act

 
This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for Parkinsonism, bladder cancer, hypertension, and hypothyroidism for veterans who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5611
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Neurological disorders
School administration
School athletics
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act of 2020

 
This bill conditions each state's receipt of federal funds, beginning in FY2021, on the state's enforcement of specified minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions in school-sponsored athletics and activities.
 
Each local educational agency must develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management that includes (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel about concussions; (2) specified supports for each student recovering from a concussion; and (3) best practices designed to ensure the uniformity of safety standards, treatment, and management. 
 
Each public school must post on school grounds and publish on the school website specified information about concussions. 
 
If any public school personnel suspects that a student has sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored activity, the student must be immediately removed from participation in that activity and prohibited from participating in any school-sponsored athletic activities until the student submits a written release from a health care professional. Furthermore, the school personnel must report all available information regarding the injury to a concussion management team that will confirm and report details of the injury to the student's parents.
 
The school's concussion management team shall consult with and make recommendations to relevant school personnel and the student to ensure that the student is receiving the appropriate academic supports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5612
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Housing and community development funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a Federal Home Loan Bank to make long-term advances to certain community development financial institutions and insured credit unions for activities related to small businesses, small farms, small agri-businesses, and community development. Currently, only certain community development financial institutions may qualify for these advances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
RISE Act

Bill: 116-hr-5613
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economic development
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Small business
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Relief and Investment for Student Entrepreneurs Act or the RISE Act

 
This bill provides deferment and cancellation of certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan program for qualified entrepreneurs.
 
Specifically, the bill allows a qualified entrepreneur with a loan under the Federal Direct Loan program to defer loan payments for up to three years. A qualified entrepreneur is a borrower who (1) receives a degree during the 10-year period before the borrower requests a deferment, (2) registers at least one business entity, (3) raises capital of not less than $15,000 for such business entity, and (4) has an outstanding loan balance of not less than $5,000. 
 
The Department of Education may cancel up to $17,500 of Federal Direct Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans for a borrower who (1) has operated a small business located in a historically underutilized business zone for at least three years, and (2) is not currently in default on the loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Homeownership Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-5614
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Licensing and registrations
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Affordable Homeownership Access Act 

 
This bill exempts from certain mortgage licensing and registration requirements a person (other than a depository institution) who engages in seller financing. Seller financers (1) originate a limited number of mortgage loans in a year that are each under a certain value, and (2) only originate mortgages with respect to property owned by the seller financer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
TREES Act

Bill: 116-hr-5615
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental education
Forests, forestry, trees
Public utilities and utility rates
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

The Residential Energy and Economic Savings Act or the TREES Act

 
This bill provides incentives for retail power providers or cities to plant trees to reduce energy costs.
 
Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program to award grants to retail power providers that partner with nonprofit tree-planting organizations to establish or continue operating tree-planting programs. Under the program, retail power providers must give residential consumers free or discounted trees that provide maximum amounts of shade during the summer or wind protection during the fall and winter. Retail power providers include entities that generate, distribute, or provide retail electricity, natural gas, or fuel oil service.
 
In addition, DOE must annually give an award that designates communities or other areas as the Arbor City of America. The award must recognize communities for superior efforts in increasing tree canopy coverage and assisting residents in reducing energy costs. DOE must give award recipients funding for green infrastructure or green spaces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5616
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employee performance
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report on the policies and procedures relating to patient safety and quality of care and the steps the VA has taken to improve such care at VA medical centers. 
 
After any investigation or trial concludes, the VA must also report on the events involving deaths that occurred at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and the actions the VA has taken to prevent any similar reoccurrence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Taxi Medallion Loan Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5617
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Debt collection
Income tax exclusion
Motor carriers
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Taxi Medallion Loan Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, income of a taxpayer, other than a C corporation, attributable to the discharge of qualified taxi medallion indebtedness that is discharged before 2023. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act

Bill: 116-hr-5618
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
National and community service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act 

 
This bill provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) for 
 
 
Operating Expenses, 
 
 Salaries and Expenses, and 
 
 the Office of Inspector General. 
 
 
The CNCS must use the funds in a manner that (1) increases to 500,000 the number of national service positions approved under the AmeriCorps program, and (2) gives preference to programs that propose to use full-time national service positions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E41)
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
TRUE EQUITY Act

Bill: 116-hr-5620
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Preschool education
School administration
Special education
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2020 or the TRUE EQUITY Act

 
This bill establishes various grant programs to address educational inequities in elementary and secondary schools.
 
Specifically, the bill creates grant programs related to (1) early childhood education, (2) high-quality and diverse teachers and leaders, (3) college and career readiness pathways, and (4) additional resources for at-risk students. For each grant program, the Department of Education (ED) must award a single grant to an eligible state.
 
 To be eligible for a grant, a state must establish an independent state oversight board. The oversight board must, among other things (1) determine whether the state and its local educational agencies (LEAs) have met state educational equity goals, and (2) hold them accountable for failing to meet those goals. ED may renew a grant if the oversight board determines the state has met its goals.
 
In addition, for each grant program, the bill outlines the activities authorized under the program, maintenance-of-effort requirements, and matching fund requirements.
 
Finally, the bill permits ED to enter into a local flexibility demonstration agreement, through which a state educational agency may use funds to develop and implement a school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and disadvantaged students. (Currently, ED may enter into these agreements with LEAs.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-5621
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: 

Base Responders&rsquo; Essential Needs and Dining Access Act or the BRENDA Act

 
This bill allows a protective services civilian employee (e.g., security guard) at a military installation to purchase food and hygiene items at the installation's commissary store or morale, welfare, and recreation retail facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Igor Klyuchenko.

Bill: 116-hr-5622
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Provides for the relief of Igor Klyuchenko.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Tetyana Zvarychuk.

Bill: 116-hr-5623
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Provides for the relief of Tetyana Zvarychuk.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Melnyk Ruslana and Gnatyuk Mykhaylo.

Bill: 116-hr-5624
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-01-15 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Provides for the relief of Melnyk Ruslana and Gnatyuk Mykhaylo.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5626
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2020-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: 

Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act of 2020

 
This bill eliminates the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and prohibits the use of federal funds to establish or operate a similar entity with respect to HHS programs and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-16
text: Introduced in House