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Supplemental Services for Native Elders Act

Bill: 116-s-3511
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Aging
Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability assistance
Executive agency funding and structure
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Supplemental Services for Native Elders Act

 
This bill provides FY2020 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for nutrition and supportive services for older Native Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
VITAL Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3512
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Chemical and biological weapons
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nuclear weapons
Public participation and lobbying
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Verified Innovative Testing in American Laboratories Act of 2020 or the VITAL Act of 2020

 
This bill expressly shifts the regulation of laboratory-developed testing procedures from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Under current law, the FDA regulates the safety and effectiveness, as well as quality of design and manufacture, of laboratory-developed tests, while the CMS regulates clinical laboratories and testing processes. Historically, the FDA has exercised enforcement discretion and not enforced certain statutory and regulatory requirements with respect to these tests. 
 
The CMS must hold a public meeting to solicit recommendations to update existing regulations related to clinical laboratories, and the Department of Health and Human Services must report specified information to Congress, including an assessment of the availability and use of laboratory-developed testing procedures during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Providing Americans Insured Days of Leave Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3513
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Census and government statistics
Child care and development
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Department of Labor
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Library of Congress
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Sex offenses
Social Security Administration
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Providing Americans Insured Days of Leave Act of 2020

 
 This bill establishes, revises, and repeals specified paid sick time and paid leave programs, including programs addressing the public-health emergency related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill repeals divisions of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act that (1) expand emergency family and medical leave, (2) provide emergency paid sick leave, and (3) the establish payroll tax credits for such emergency paid leave.
 
 The bill requires employers to grant at least 1 hour of accrued paid sick time to each employee for every 30 hours worked, up to a minimum of 56 hours, or 7 days, for use under specified circumstances. Further, employees are immediately entitled to up to 14 days of additional paid sick time if a public-health emergency is declared. The bill also reimburses the employers of individuals who use accrued or additional sick time under these provisions.
 
 Additionally, the bill establishes a family and medical leave insurance benefit program to provide up to 60 days of partially-paid leave for qualifying circumstances including to care for a specified close relative with a serious health condition. The bill establishes a trust to pay benefits under the program, which is funded by an employer payroll tax and employee income tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3514
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal-Indian relations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority health
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deploy drugs, vaccines, biological products, medical devices, and other supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile directly to health programs or facilities operated by the Indian Health Service (IHS), tribes, or tribal organizations. Such supplies from the stockpile are used to respond to public health emergencies. 
 
Specifically, if HHS distributes pandemic or epidemic products (e.g., drugs or medical devices) to states or other entities, HHS must also deploy such products directly to health programs or facilities operated by IHS or other tribal entities.
 
HHS must coordinate with states, programs, and facilities to ensure supplies and products are distributed to such tribal entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
New Business Preservation Act

Bill: 116-s-3515
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Financial services and investments
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Product development and innovation
Public contracts and procurement
Securities
Small business
State and local finance
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

New Business Preservation Act

 
This bill establishes and provides funding for the Innovation and Startups Equity Investment Program, through which the Department of the Treasury shall work with states to invest in new businesses.
 
Specifically, the bill requires Treasury to provide certain funds to participating states, which such states shall use to administer specified approved programs that provide equity investment in new businesses. Certain areas with high levels of venture capital activity are excluded from the calculation of funds allocated to a participating state. Treasury shall also award funds to approved state programs to provide follow-on investments.
 
If a state receives funds from an exit, the state shall use such funds to further invest in startups under the approved program. An 
exit
 is defined as the (1) acquisition of a startup in which a state has invested under the program; (2) sale of a share of such startup following an initial public offering; or (3) voluntary purchase of a state's ownership interest by the startup, investors, or existing shareholders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Family Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3516
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Economic performance and conditions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax treatment of families
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

Emergency Family Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a new refundable tax credit for emergency family relief payments in response to COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019). 
 
Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must establish a program for making emergency family relief credit payments on a monthly basis for the period prior to January 1, 2021, without respect to tax liability, for taxpayers with dependent children equal to $1,288 for a two-person household, $1,446 for a three-person household, and $1,786 for a four-person household. For households larger that four persons, the credit amount is $1,786, plus $420 for each additional household member. These credits amounts are phased out for a taxpayer with a modified adjusted gross income exceeding $50,000 ($100,000 for a joint return). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
ACCESS Act

Bill: 116-s-3517
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act or the ACCESS Act

 
This bill (1) provides appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center Program of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop telehealth capacity for certain nursing facilities, and (2) directs other activities to increase access to telehealth services in such facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
HRSA shall award grants, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to skilled nursing facilities and other nursing facilities to support virtual visits to residents during the emergency. The FCC shall waive requirements that apply to certain funding for telecommunication and broadband services for health care providers if those requirements prevent facilities that receive grants from carrying them out.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must also provide recommendations related to immediately increasing access, during the emergency, to telehealth services for which Medicare and Medicaid payments are available in skilled and other nursing facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Recovery Grants for Small Businesses Act

Bill: 116-s-3518
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

COVID-19 Recovery Grants for Small Businesses Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to provide economic injury grants to certain small businesses, private nonprofit organizations, and small agricultural cooperatives that have suffered a substantial economic injury as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to subsidize payments on loans guaranteed under the 7(a) and 504 loan programs or made using funds under the microloan program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3519
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to pay the principal, interest, and any associated fees owed on certain loans made to small businesses for a six month period.
 
The SBA must also encourage the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and state bank regulators to not require lenders to increase their reserves on account of receiving such payments made by the SBA. The SBA shall waive statutory limits on maximum loan maturities for certain loan durations where the lender provides a deferral and extends the maturity of such loans and, when necessary to provide more time because of difficulties during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, extend lender site visit requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
MEP Crisis Response Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3520
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Commerce
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

MEP Crisis Response Act of 2020

 
This bill waives for one year the cost sharing requirement for manufacturing extension centers established under the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. 
 
Such requirement prohibits the Department of Commerce from providing more than 50% of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to establish and support a center. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Act

Bill: 116-s-3521
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Act

 
This bill allows individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit, based upon their 2018 tax liability, for $1,000 ($2,000 for joint returns) and $500 for each dependent. The credit is not available to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $100,000 ($200,000 for joint returns) for the taxable year. The bill directs the Department of the Treasury to make payments to taxpayers as rapidly as possible. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus TANF Expansion Act

Bill: 116-s-3522
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

Coronavirus TANF Expansion Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through December 31, 2020, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and expands TANF eligibility and assistance to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, states may (1) allow certain families that have incomes of up to 400% of the federal poverty level and that have experienced reduced incomes because of COVID-19 to receive TANF assistance, and (2) provide additional cash payments to these and other TANF recipients. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must increase state and tribal TANF grants to offset increased expenditures that result from these changes. The bill provides appropriations for this purpose.
 
The bill also suspends TANF work requirements and other conditions during the emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance Expansion Act

Bill: 116-s-3523
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance Expansion Act

 
This bill temporarily reimburses at a rate of 100% states that choose to expand unemployment compensation payments to individuals who are unable to work due to circumstances related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus Credit Expansion Act

Bill: 116-s-3524
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

Coronavirus Credit Expansion Act

 
This bill increases the maximum loan amount for a small business disaster loan made in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and it requires the Small Business Administration to expedite the loan approval process for such loans.
 
The fine for a conviction relating to a fraudulent claim for the payment or approval of such a loan shall be three times the amount of the loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Charitable Institutions Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3525
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Charitable contributions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

Supporting Charitable Institutions Act of 2020

 
This bill allow a new tax credit for charitable contributions made in cash during 2020 to a charitable organization for relief efforts connected to COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019). The credit is limited to 24% of contributions not exceeding $4,000 for an individual taxpayer, $6,000 for a head of household, and $8,000 for a married couple filing a joint return. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Taxpayer's Return on Investment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3526
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 

Protecting Taxpayer's Return on Investment Act of 2020

 
This bill sets forth requirements for the purchase or guarantee of a company's assets by the Department of the Treasury in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Specifically, as a condition of such a transaction, companies must provide a warrant (i.e., the right to purchase company stock in the future at a specified exercise price) or a senior debt instrument to Treasury. The exercise price for a warrant must be set by Treasury for the primary benefit of taxpayers. 
 
Treasury is generally prohibited from purchasing or guaranteeing assets from an inverted domestic corporation (i.e., a domestic corporation that has been restructured to incorporate in a foreign jurisdiction for tax purposes) in response to COVID-19. 
 
An entity receiving specified assistance in response to COVID-19 may not claim the trade or business expenses tax deduction for the amount an individual employee is compensated above $500,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to waive required minimum distribution rules for retirement plans in 2020.

Bill: 116-s-3527
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: 
This bill waives required minimum distributions from certain tax-exempt retirement plans for calendar year 2020. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate