hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act

Bill: 116-s-4704
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Department of Agriculture
Evidence and witnesses
State and local government operations
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act 

 
This bill revises provisions related to the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including by requiring USDA to establish oversight committees in each state that will oversee the appeals of wetland determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Maternal Immunization Coverage Act

Bill: 116-s-4705
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Maternal Immunization Coverage Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover, without cost-sharing, certain vaccines that are recommended for pregnant women by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway, to amend title 23, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to the operation of vehicles on that highway, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4706
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Kentucky
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 
This bill designates the Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway from the interchange with the Interstate 65 in Barren County, Kentucky, east to the interchange with U.S. Highway 27 in Somerset, Kentucky, as (1) a high priority corridor on the National Highway System, (2) a segment of the Interstate System where vehicles are subject to a weight limitation, and (3) Interstate Route I-365.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5869)
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act

Bill: 116-s-4707
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Postal service
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act

 
This bill establishes certain requirements for voting by mail in federal elections, including by requiring mail-in ballots to be received by the time the polls close on election day. Further, the bill requires states to count all eligible ballots within 24 hours after the election.
 
In addition, the bill makes it unlawful to possess or return a mail-in ballot completed by another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4708
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Competition and antitrust
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Legislative rules and procedure
Public participation and lobbying
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Commission to make recommendations and propose legislation for modification, consolidation, harmonization, or repeal of regulations to reduce compliance costs, encourage growth and innovation, improve competitiveness, and protect public safety.
 
 The commission must give priority to regulations (1) the repeal or modification of which may assist recovery or response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and future pandemics, (2) that impose disproportionately high costs on a small entity, (3) that create substantial recurring paperwork burdens or transaction costs, or (4) that could be made more effective while reducing regulatory costs. 
 
The bill sets forth reporting requirements for the commission and procedures for congressional consideration of commission reports, recommendations, and proposed legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
PREVENT DIABETES Act

Bill: 116-s-4709
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Promoting Responsible and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Technology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engagement with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies Act or the PREVENT DIABETES Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow online or virtual diabetes prevention programs that meet standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to participate in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model. The model provides CDC-approved training on dietary changes, physical activity, and other behavioral strategies for beneficiaries who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a monument to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Bill: 116-s-4710
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Judges
Monuments and memorials
Supreme Court
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain, and the Architect of the Capitol to permanently install in the U.S. Capitol or on the U.S. Capitol Grounds, a monument honoring Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4711
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judges
Personnel records
Protection of officials
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2020 

 
This bill addresses the security of active and retired federal judges and their immediate families, including by limiting the release of these protected individuals' personally identifiable information.
 
Specifically, federal agencies may not publicly post a protected individual's personally identifiable information. Furthermore, upon receiving a written request from a protected individual, an agency must within 72 hours remove any such information relating to the individual that has already been posted.
 
The Department of Justice must award grants to state and local governments to help prevent the release of protected individuals' personally identifiable information.
 
Additionally, data brokers may not sell the personally identifiable information of a protected individual. Upon receiving a written request from a protected individual, a private party (1) shall not publicly disclose personally identifiable information relating to the individual, and (2) must remove any such information already posted on the internet. 
 
A protected individual may sue to enforce the bill's provisions.
 The bill also authorizes additional security for protected individuals, including by providing home intrusion detection systems and expanding the availability of U.S. Marshals Service protection.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFEGUARD Act

Bill: 116-s-4712
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Safeguarding Human Rights in Arms Exports Act of 2020 or the SAFEGUARD Act

 
This bill establishes specified measures, such as the prohibition of arms sales to countries committing genocide or war crimes, to prevent the sale, export, or transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries for use in violation of international humanitarian law or internationally recognized human rights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-4713
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act

 
This bill excludes from employee gross income, for income tax purposes, unemployment compensation received in taxable years beginning in 2020 that does not exceed $10,200.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5869)
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Worker Health Coverage Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-4714
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Employment taxes
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Religion
Social security and elderly assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Worker Health Coverage Protection Act

 
This bill provides health insurance premium assistance to individuals who become unemployed or are furloughed during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on January 31, 2021. Specifically, the bill treats such premiums as paid for individuals who (1) are terminated from employment and elect to continue insurance coverage through the COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) program during such period, or (2) receive more than a 30% reduction in work hours during such period but remain eligible for coverage under a group health plan. The bill also specifies requirements for individuals changing, or enrolling in, health plans under the program.
 
Additionally, the bill requires employers to provide eligible individuals specified written notice about the premium assistance program, including, among other information, available health plan enrollment options and the date that such assistance expires.
 
The Department of the Treasury must reimburse employers, group health plans, and insurance issuers through a payroll tax credit or refund for unpaid premiums that were treated as paid under the program.
 
Premium assistance is not considered income for federal income tax purposes or for determining eligibility for federal or state benefits or assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5869-5874)
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to grant Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.

Bill: 116-s-4715
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federally chartered organizations
General Native American affairs matters
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 
This bill grants a federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans Inc., which is a nonprofit corporation organized in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4716
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2020

 
This bill allows certain individuals to sue and recover damages for harm from exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987. 
 
This action is available only to individuals who were exposed to contaminated water for at least 30 days.
 
In response to such a lawsuit, the U.S. government may not claim that it is immune from litigation based on an argument that the alleged harmful act or omission stemmed from (1) a federal government employee's execution of a statute or regulation, or (2) the federal government's exercise of its discretion. 
 
The bill also prohibits an individual who brings such an action from bringing a separate tort action against the United States based on the same harm. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act

Bill: 116-s-4717
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Medicare
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act

 
This bill establishes certain administrative requirements with respect to the Medicaid provider enrollment process. Specifically, the bill requires (1) state Medicaid programs to adopt a streamlined screening and enrollment process for eligible out-of-state pediatric providers, and (2) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a process for providers to enroll simultaneously in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act

Bill: 116-s-4718
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Stopping the Fraudulent Sales of Firearms Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful to import, manufacture, or sell a firearm or ammunition by fraudulent means (e.g., false representations). Further, it makes it unlawful to transmit a wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce related to such a fraudulent importation, manufacture, or sale.
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5874)
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID–19 Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4719
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Industrial policy and productivity
Manufacturing
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID-19 Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to use amounts appropriated for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program for FY2021 to provide more than 50% of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds to establish and support a manufacturing extension center. Under current law, this provision of funding is capped at 50%.
 
A manufacturing extension center works to transfer manufacturing technology and best business practices. 

action_date: 2020-12-15
text: 

Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID-19 Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to use amounts appropriated for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program for FY2021 to provide more than 50% of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds to establish and support a manufacturing extension center that is unable to meet cost share requirements due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Under current law, this provision of funding is capped at 50%.
 
A manufacturing extension center works to transfer manufacturing technology and best business practices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
HAULS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4720
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural practices and innovations
Aquaculture
Department of Transportation
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Fruit and vegetables
Horticulture and plants
Insects
Labor standards
Livestock
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Haulers of Agriculture and Livestock Safety Act of 2020 or the HAULS Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies 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 revise the definition of agricultural commodity to include specific commodities that are covered by the federal hours-of-service rules exception.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Our Elections Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4721
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Securing Our Elections Act of 2020

 
This bill increases criminal penalties for federal election fraud and voter intimidation.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4722
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a standard of care for the selection of motor carriers by specified entities (e.g., shippers, brokers, freight carriers).
 
Before tendering a shipment, but not more than 45 days before the pickup of a shipment by the hired motor carrier, an entity shall verify that the carrier
 
 
is registered with and authorized by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to operate as a motor carrier,
 
does not have an unsatisfactory safety fitness rating, and
 
has not otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by the FMCSA.
 
 
In any civil action in federal or state court for damages in which it is asserted or alleged that an entity acted negligently in the selection or retention of a motor carrier, such entity shall be considered to have acted reasonably and prudently in the selection if it establishes that it verified information relating to the motor carrier through the FMCS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in Senate