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To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on threats to the United States Armed Forces from the Russian Federation.

Bill: 116-hr-8575
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alliances
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to submit a report to Congress on all threats to the U.S. Armed Forces and U.S. personnel from Russia and its associated agents, entities, and proxies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
PAID Study Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8576
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor vehicles
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Prevent Auto Insurance Discrimination Study Act of 2020 or the PAID Study Act of 2020 

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on discrimination in private passenger automobile insurance coverage. Specifically, the GAO must report every two years on 
 
 
the use of non-driving related underwriting factors; 
 
controls and practices in use by insurers to prevent discriminatory pricing of coverage; 
 
how premiums are impacted by zip code, race, religion, and other factors; and 
 
state insurance regulatory oversight and enforcement regarding discriminatory pricing. 
 
 
State insurance regulatory bodies must take into consideration these reports in establishing and approving premium rates for private passenger automobile insurance coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Kenneth P. Thompson Civic Justice Corps Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8577
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Kenneth P. Thompson Civic Justice Corps Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to one or more national intermediaries (i.e., nonprofit organizations with experience in programs that deliver education and work experience to certain disadvantaged youth) to develop, implement, and collect data from Civic Justice Corps programs administered by at least ten local subgrantees in specified geographic regions. Such programs shall intentionally recruit and primarily enroll as participants court-involved, previously incarcerated, and otherwise disadvantaged youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 25, and provide such participants with educational programming and support designed to lead to a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Parris Island Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-8578
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Military facilities and property
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Parris Island Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to close or realign Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, or to conduct any planning or other activity related to such closure or realignment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
SMART Transportation Act

Bill: 116-hr-8579
Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commuting
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Emergency communications systems
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Strengthening Methods to Advance Research and Technology in Transportation Act or the
 
SMART Transportation Act 

 
This bill addresses provisions related to advanced transportation technologies.
 
Among other provisions, the bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to
 
 
 provide grants to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, mobility, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment;
 
establish a connected vehicle deployment pilot program to provide competitive grants to spur operational deployments to meet the transportation needs of certain entities through the use of the best available and emerging intelligent transportation systems;
 
create an automated driving system demonstration program to provide competitive grants to test the safe integration of automated driving system technologies into the on-road transportation system, ensure significant data gathering and sharing of project data, and encourage collaboration and partnerships of multiple stakeholders; and
 
implement and deploy an advanced digital construction management system program under its technology and innovation deployment program to include deploying advanced digital construction management systems that enable the use of digital technologies on construction sites by contractors and leverage the use of such technologies.
 
 
DOT must ensure that grant recipients represent diverse geographical areas of the United States, including urban and rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Little Manatee Wild and Scenic River Act

Bill: 116-hr-8580
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Lakes and rivers
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Little Manatee Wild and Scenic River Act

 
This bill designates a specified segment of the Little Manatee River in Florida as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
 
The bill withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of the designated river segment from (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Triple A Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-8581
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Performance measurement
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Access to Assistive Technology and Devices for Americans Study Act or the Triple A Study Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study issues related to health insurance and other coverage for assistive technologies, such as prosthetic devices and custom orthoses, for those who experience amputations or live with a limb difference.
 
In conducting this study, the GAO must include comparisons of claims and other data from Medicare, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and commercial health insurers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Tradeable Performance Standard Act

Bill: 116-hr-8582
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity
Inflation and prices
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Tradeable Performance Standard Act

 
This bill establishes the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Program, which creates (1) enforceable targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cogeneration facilities, electric facilities, and thermal facilities; (2) a system to allow such facilities to achieve the targets through a voluntary emission trading program; and (3) a thermal energy reporting program.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Dislocated Workers Act

Bill: 116-hr-8583
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Members of Congress
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Justice for Dislocated Workers Act

 
This bill expands the notification requirement for plant closures and mass layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to include notices to Members of Congress. 
 
The bill provides that an employer's notice of a plant closing or mass layoff shall not be considered valid unless the employer, prior to serving such notice, covers the cost of an economic impact study to assess the economic impact of such an order. An employer who is not experiencing economic hardship and who orders a plant closing or mass layoff must make payments to the Impacted Workers Fund, created by this bill, to cover the financial losses of states resulting from such an order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Inflation Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8584
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Inflation and prices
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Retirement Inflation Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill allows the adjusted basis of certain assets, including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business, to be adjusted for inflation solely for the purpose of determining the gain or loss of individuals who (1) have held such assets for more than 3 years, and (2) have attained the age of 59 1/2 as of the date of the sale or other disposition of the assets. The bill uses the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) for purposes of making the inflation adjustment. 
 
The bill sets forth rules for applying the inflation adjustment to short sales, dispositions between related persons, and improvements to property. 
 
The Internal Revenue Service may disallow an adjustment if any person transfers cash, debt, or any other property to another person for the principal purpose of securing or increasing an inflation adjustment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
American Right to Family Act

Bill: 116-hr-8585
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Motor vehicles
Religion
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

American Right to Family Act

 
This bill requires the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status for an alien parent who meets certain requirements.
 
To be eligible for cancellation of removal and adjustment of status under this bill, an alien must (1) meet certain residency-related requirements, such as having been physically present in the United States for at least 10 years or having received a deferral of removal under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy; (2) be a parent of either a U.S. national or an individual who first entered the United States under 16 years of age and has been continuously present in the United States since entry; and (3) not be barred from receiving certain immigration benefits on specified grounds, including certain grounds related to criminal conduct or national security. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security may waive certain crime-related grounds of inadmissibility for reasons related to the public interest, subject to various limitations. 
 
An alien whose removal is canceled under this bill shall be adjusted to temporary resident status for a three-year period, which may be renewed. Furthermore, a cancellation for removal or adjustment of status under this bill shall not count toward certain annual numerical limitations on such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-8586
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Rural conditions and development
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover residential addiction treatment facility services for adults between the ages of 22 and 64 if such services are offered as part of a full continuum of evidence-based treatment services. 
Residential addiction treatment facility services
 are medically necessary inpatient services provided in an accredited, size-limited facility for the purpose of treating a substance-use disorder within a specified time period.
 
In addition, the bill establishes a grant program for states to expand infrastructure and treatment capabilities of existing youth addiction treatment facilities that (1) provide addiction treatment services to youths under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and (2) are located in communities with high numbers of medically underserved populations of at-risk youths. At least 15% of grant funds awarded to a state must be used for making payments to rural facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Congress Commission Act

Bill: 116-hr-8587
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional districts and representation
Congressional elections
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Congress Commission Act

 
This bill establishes the Congressional Commission to Strengthen Representative Democracy, which must examine and make recommendations relating to changing the membership size of the House of Representatives and the method of electing Representatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E965)
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Improving the American Drug Supply Chain Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8588
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intellectual property
Labor market
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Improving the American Drug Supply Chain Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to (1) study the current and historical production of drugs and key ingredients in the United States and in foreign countries, and (2) formulate recommendations for promoting increased production of drugs and key ingredients in the United States.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Aviation Industry Assistance for Cleaner and Quieter Skies Act

Bill: 116-hr-8589
Sponsor: Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48]
Introduced: 2020-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Aviation and airports
Government lending and loan guarantees
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 

Aviation Industry Assistance for Cleaner and Quieter Skies Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish an Aviation Industry Assistance for Cleaner and Quieter Skies Voucher Program to provide electronic vouchers to air carriers to offset the purchase or cost of a lease of new fuel-efficient aircraft in exchange for commitments from such air carriers to decommission certain currently-used aircraft and sell the aircraft for recycling of parts or disposal.
 
DOT must register aircraft recycling firms that are eligible to purchase currently-used aircraft and establish requirements and procedures for the recycling of parts or disposal of such aircraft to ensure that such aircraft are taken out of service and not used to develop other aircraft with higher greenhouse gas emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Introduced in House