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Getting Americans Back to Work Act

Bill: 116-hr-6805
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Personnel records
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Getting Americans Back to Work Act

 
This bill prohibits an individual from receiving unemployment benefits, including pandemic unemployment compensation, during any week in an amount that exceeds that individual's average weekly wages prior to receiving such benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6806
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
National and community service
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill suspends certain requirements for federally assisted public housing residents and prohibits termination of available low-income housing choice vouchers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency period.
 
Specifically, the bill suspends (1) community service requirements, (2) any work requirement or time limitation established in connection with the Moving to Work demonstration program, (3) the minimum rental amount families are required to pay, and (4) the requirement that a family not be absent from a unit for more than 180 consecutive calendar days. These suspensions last until six months after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency period.
 
Additionally, during the COVID-19 public health emergency period, and for 60 days thereafter, public housing agencies may not terminate available low-income housing choice vouchers for the failure to enter into a lease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
VoteSafe Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6807
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Disability assistance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Postal service
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Voting rights
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

VoteSafe Act of 2020

 
This bill expands vote-by-mail and early in-person voting during the 2020 federal elections. It also directs polling places to follow certain guidance related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) preparedness. 
 
Specifically, each state and local jurisdiction must permit no-excuse mail-in absentee voting. Among other things, each state and jurisdiction must (1) provide a mail-in ballot with prepaid return postage to each registered voter who requests such a ballot, (2) allow voters to submit online ballot requests, (3) allow voters to cure certain signature discrepancies, and (4) provide secured drop-off boxes from 45 days before the date of the election.
 
Each state and local jurisdiction must maintain an early in-person voting period of at least 20 days.
 
Additionally, each state must establish a plan to ensure that polling places are implementing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention related to COVID-19 preparedness. Among other requirements, each plan must (1) keep as many voting locations open as possible, (2) prepare polling locations to implement social distancing protocols, (3) provide sufficient quantities of hygiene and cleaning supplies at polling locations, and (4) provide additional compensation and protective equipment to poll workers.
 
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must make a payment, within 30 days, to each state to carry out these requirements. 
 
Finally, the EAC must make payments to eligible states to carry out certain activities related to in-person voting, such as ensuring that elections are accessible to individuals with disabilities and implementing curbside voting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Nurse Workforce Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6809
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Nursing
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Nurse Workforce Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill requires health care providers that receive funds made available for provider relief under certain laws enacted to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to maintain nurse staffing levels and prohibits them from taking other actions with respect to nurse compensation and employment for a set period of time after receiving such funds. 
 
Specifically, these providers must retain at least 75% of the nurses employed as of January 31, 2020, for a designated period of time. Additionally, during that period, providers may not reduce nurse pay or hours by more than 25% or require nurses to take paid or unpaid leave. The period of time begins on the date funds are disbursed and lasts two months. However, for providers that made changes with respect to staffing, compensation or leave, the relevant period begins 30 days after the date of disbursement and lasts two months. 
 
Providers that do not meet these requirements must repay the COVID-19 funds that they received.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
WIC Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6811
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Wise Investment in Children Act of 2020 or the
 
WIC Act of 2020

 
This bill expands eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
allows states to extend eligibility for the program until the period that ends on the earlier of the sixth birthday of a child or when the child enters kindergarten;
 
extends the certification period under the program for infants to two years, instead of the current one year; and
 
authorizes states to increase the certification time under the program for breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding women to two years postpartum.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Con­nec­tiv­ity for Higher Education Students in Need Act

Bill: 116-hr-6814
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Department of Commerce
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government trust funds
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Minority education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Supporting Connectivity for Higher Education Students in Need Act

 
This bill establishes and provides funds for the Emergency Higher Education Connectivity Fund. Specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) must use the fund to support institutions of higher education (IHEs) in providing broadband internet access service, videoconferencing systems and services used for distance learning, and equipment (e.g., computers, Wi-Fi hotspots, and other one-time costs) to enrolled students during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
The bill requires the NTIA, in consultation with the Department of Education, to promulgate regulations within 14 days related to support for IHEs.
 
Among other things, the regulations must
 
 
prioritize support for IHEs that receive certain institutional grants, including historically Black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, and rural-serving institutions;
 
require IHEs to prioritize support for students who are eligible for need-based financial aid; and
 
establish a schedule of reasonable per-student funding amounts for eligible services and equipment.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Tenant Protection Notification Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6815
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Tenant Protection Notification Act of 2020

 
This bill requires that affected tenants be notified of the 120-day moratorium on evictions that began on March 27, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must develop a written notice in plain language to inform such tenants that the moratorium applies to their dwelling and to explain its effects. Lessors must provide the notice to the affected tenants.
 
If there is any change to the moratorium during the COVID-19 public health emergency, HUD must develop, and lessors must provide to tenants, an additional written notice to inform tenants of the change and its effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Flexibility for Small Business Owners Act

Bill: 116-hr-6816
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 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
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Promoting Flexibility for Small Business Owners Act

 
This bill extends certain deadlines related to loan forgiveness that are applicable to a loan recipient under the Paycheck Protection Program, which was established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill extends by at least one month the covered period during which a loan recipient must spend the loan to be eligible for loan forgiveness. The bill also extends by one month the deadline for a small business to rehire employees or eliminate salary or wage reductions to be eligible for loan forgiveness. 
 
The bill authorizes the Small Business Administration, after considering specified criteria, to further extend the deadline for rehiring employees or eliminating salary or wage reductions for entities within certain industry categories.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To establish a payroll loan facility for small financial institutions affected by COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6817
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 
This bill provides specified funds to the Department of the Treasury to establish a payroll loan facility that provides loans to small financial institutions. These loans must offer, to the maximum extent practicable, benefits and assistance similar to the Paycheck Protection Program created in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Treasury must also establish a loan forgiveness program for these loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the CARES Act to provide for the prioritization of applications from certain small businesses seeking Payroll Protection Program loans through the Small Business Administration.

Bill: 116-hr-6818
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 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
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration, in making loan guarantees under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to guarantee that employers with 25 or fewer employees shall receive at least 50% of all loan dollars.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act

Bill: 116-hr-6819
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Hawaii
Housing and community development funding
Indian lands and resources rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Radio spectrum allocation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

COVID-19 Designation of Immediate Special Authority of Spectrum for Tribes' Emergency Response in Indian Country Act or the COVID-19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act

 
This bill grants emergency special temporary authority and provides funds to deploy wireless broadband service on tribal lands and Hawaiian home lands. 
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant emergency special temporary authority to Indian tribes, certain tribal entities, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands if they request such authority to use electromagnetic spectrum to provide wireless broadband service over tribal lands or Hawaiian home lands. The FCC must grant such emergency authority within 10 days of receiving a request.
 
In addition, the bill provides funds to specified Department of Agriculture grant programs for (1) immediate deployment of wireless broadband service on tribal lands and Hawaiian home lands, including repairs to damaged infrastructure and backhaul costs; and (2) technical assistance and training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6820
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award additional grants under the Emergency Solutions Grant program to provide rental assistance for short-term and medium-term housing to homeless individuals or families, or those who are at risk of homelessness, and expands eligibility for such additional assistance. 
 
For assistance provided under the bill, the term 
at risk of homelessness
 shall include individuals and families that have an income below 80% of the median income for the area (rather than 30% of the area median income, as under current law). Rental assistance provided under the bill shall generally be limited to 120% of the HUD-established fair market rent for the area, whereas currently rental assistance under the program is generally limited to 100% of an area's fair market rent.
 
 Such assistance may not be conditioned on any prerequisite activities, such as receiving treatment.
 
HUD may, with some limitations, waive requirements or establish alternative requirements related to such assistance if doing so is necessary to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6821
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill amends the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to provide that tax deductions for ordinary business expenses and other tax incidents shall not be affected by the exclusion from gross income of amounts related to loan forgiveness received in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
National Public Health Corps Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6822
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
National and community service
Peace Corps
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

National Public Health Corps Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the National Civilian Community Corps to establish a national public health service program as a component of the Corps program to ensure the preparation and assignment of participants under such program to units which shall serve service sites in response to public health emergencies, including the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
SHELTER Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6823
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

COVID-19 Serving the Homeless by Expanding the List of Tenant Eligible Residences Act of 2020 or the SHELTER Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the housing choice voucher program for low-income families and authorizes additional vouchers.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes incremental housing vouchers for families that were unsheltered or living in shelters as of the March 13, 2020, presidential emergency declaration relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Such vouchers may be used to rent an eligible housing unit under the existing program or to rent other types of housing, including recreation vehicles, hotel or motel rooms, and short-term rental units. Further, the bill waives certain requirements for receiving such assistance, such as requirements related to income verification and lease duration. 
 
The bill also authorizes additional incremental vouchers under the existing housing choice voucher program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House