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COVID–19 Cost Share Adjustment Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6669
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

COVID-19 Cost Share Adjustment Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill provides for a 100% federal cost share of assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it.
 
The President may provide assistance for activities, costs, and purchases of states or local governments or the owners or operators of eligible private nonprofits, including, among other things
 
 
backfill costs for first responders and other essential employees who are ill or quarantined,
 
increased operating costs for essential government services due to such emergency,
 
medical equipment and public health costs, and
 
costs associated with maintaining alternate care facilities or related facilities currently inactive but related to future needs tied to the ongoing pandemic event.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Prescription for American Drug Independence Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6670
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Prescription for American Drug Independence 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) establish a committee of experts on drug-supply issues, (2) convene a symposium to recommend strategies for ending U.S. dependence on foreign manufacturing of critical drugs, and (3) report on the symposium's proceedings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Clean Fuels Deployment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6671
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Infrastructure development
Licensing and registrations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Clean Fuels Deployment Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to award grants to states and other government entities to aid in the deployment of fueling infrastructure to increase the use of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel.
 
The bill requires any infrastructure used or installed with funds provided under the program to be certified by the Underwriters Laboratory to distribute blends with an ethanol content of 25% or greater. 
 
An entity receiving grants under the program shall ensure that federal funds do not exceed (1) 75% of the per pump cost for pumps that can dispense ethanol blends up to and including E85, and dedicated E15 and E85 pumps (new pumps or retrofit of existing pumps); (2) 50% of the terminal costs for terminals with B100 capabilities; and (3) 25% of the per tank cost for new storage tanks and related equipment associated with new facilities or additional capacity other than replacement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the CARES Act to increase the authority for commitments and appropriations for paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6672
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 
This bill temporarily provides increased authority for appropriations to fund certain Small Business Administration commitments for loans, including loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program implemented in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The authority provided by this bill ends 90 days after the date on which the COVID-19 emergency is no longer in effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Federal Election Failsafe Act

Bill: 116-hr-6673
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Federal Election Failsafe Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish guidelines that states must meet for the continuing administration of federal elections in the event of a terrorist attack, an election cybersecurity incident, or a public health emergency. 
 
Specifically, DHS must establish guidelines for the administration of federal elections by states in the event that a state's ability to carry out federal elections is adversely affected by a terrorist attack, an election cybersecurity incident, or a public health emergency. Such guidelines must include, among other elements, guidelines for ensuring that voting systems are resilient to attack so that systems accurately capture and report each vote cast by voters.
 
States must establish and implement plans to provide for the continuing administration of federal elections which meet the guidelines established by DHS, including plans to continue elections through remote voting. Additionally, state and local election officials must carry out exercises to respond to simulated attacks.
 
The Election Assistance Commission must provide grants to state and local election officials to assist with meeting the bill's requirements.
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to study the risks and benefits associated with relying on electronic voting technology in federal elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6675
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020

 
This bill places requirements on an entity that collects, assembles, or maintains the personal data of an individual in order to sell or provide third-party access to the information (data brokers).
 
Specifically, the bill requires a data broker to ensure the accuracy of personal information it collects, and it prohibits a data broker from obtaining an individual's personal information by false pretenses. A data broker must provide an individual with access to their personal information and a means to correct inaccuracies. 
 
Further, the bill requires a data broker to maintain a website with clear and conspicuous instructions for how an individual may (1) review their personal information, and (2) express a preference on the sharing of their data for marketing purposes. If an individual indicates a preference to not have their information used for marketing purposes, a data broker is required to abide by that preference.
 
The bill also directs a data broker to facilitate the retracing of access to an individual's personal information and implement a consumer privacy and data security program to protect against data breaches. 
 
The Federal Trade Commission is authorized to establish a website that lists covered data brokers and provides consumers with information about their rights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
COMMUNITIES Act

Bill: 116-hr-6676
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Creation of Opportunities for Medical Manpower in Underserved Neighborhoods by Indemnifying Tuition and Incentivizing Exceptional Service Act or the COMMUNITIES Act

 
This bill increases the amount of student loan repayment available to eligible health care providers who agree to complete a five-year period of obligated service in a health professional shortage area. Specifically, for each year of service, the Department of Health and Human Services shall pay one-fifth of the total amount owed on a participating provider's qualifying student loans. Current law caps the maximum amount of student loan repayment that a provider may receive in exchange for such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
APPS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6677
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2020 or the APPS Act of 20

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This bill directs mobile device application developers, before the application collects personal data about the user, to notify the user and obtain the user's consent regarding the terms and conditions governing the collection, use, storage, and sharing of such personal data. Such notice must include (1) the categories of data that will be collected, (2) the categories of purposes for which the data will be used, (3) the categories of third parties with which the data will be shared, and (4) the retention policies with respect to the data. Mobile device application developers also must provide users with a means of withdrawing consent to the collection of such personal data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6678
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2020 
 
This bill modifies the appointment procedures and term of service for the Director of the Bureau of Prisons.
Currently, the Director is appointed by the Attorney General. This bill requires the Director to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
 
The bill also limits the Director to a single term of 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the CARES Act to authorize the financing of inventory of American manufactured products by financial institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6679
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to provide financing for finished products manufactured in the United States by manufacturers with less than 2,000 employees.
 
Such financing may not exceed a certain percentage of sales of the finished products. However, financing of certain American-manufactured items produced in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) shall not be counted in the calculation of such sales.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act

Bill: 116-hr-6680
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance
Railroads
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Transportation employees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act

 
 This bill expands eligibility for pandemic unemployment assistance to include individuals with no recent attachment to the workforce (e.g., students), extends the availability of federal pandemic unemployment compensation, and provides federal pandemic unemployment compensation to individuals working reduced hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for dependents to be taken into account in determining the amount of the 2020 recovery rebates.

Bill: 116-hr-6681
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 
This bill extends the 2020 recovery rebates of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to all taxpayer dependents. It applies to taxpayers for whom advance payments of the credit have been made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for the farmers market and local food promotion program and value added producer grant program.

Bill: 116-hr-6682
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 
This bill waives matching funds requirements for entities that receive grants from the Department of Agriculture through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program or the Value-Added Producer Grant program.
 
The matching funds requirements shall not apply with respect to grants awarded during the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on December 31, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Relief for America's Small Farmers Act

Bill: 116-hr-6683
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Relief for America's Small Farmers Act

 
This bill provides loan forgiveness of up to $250,000 for certain borrowers who are actively engaged in farming, have an average annual adjusted gross income of $300,000 or less over the previous five years, and have certain Department of Agriculture farm loans. 
 
The loan forgiveness is subject to the condition that the applicable borrower must continue to be actively engaged in farming for at least two years after receiving such forgiveness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To improve flood protection and water resources enhancement and utilization along the Sacramento River and in the Yolo Bypass region of California, to improve policies and procedures for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6684
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural practices and innovations
Aquatic ecology
Army Corps of Engineers
California
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Economic development
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Farmland
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Hydrology and hydrography
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Outdoor recreation
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Yolo Bypass System Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a study of the Yolo Bypass System in California and prepare a master plan for flood-risk management projects and related projects within the system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
POWER Act

Bill: 116-hr-6685
Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family services
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Protect Our Women and Waive Emergency Requirements Act or the POWER Act

 
This bill waives, upon state request, specified matching and reporting requirements for family violence and prevention services grants to states, subgrants to local entities, and grants to tribal organizations. This applies to grants awarded during FY2019-FY2020 and the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House