hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Never Again Small Business Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6497
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

Never Again Small Business Protection Act of 2020 

 
This bill requires that insurers offering business interruption coverage must offer additional coverage for losses that result from business interruption due to a government order to close during a national emergency. 
 
This coverage does not apply to losses incurred by an otherwise qualified business if that business involuntarily terminated the health care or the employment of an employee during the national emergency period. 
 
An insurer may exclude this additional coverage from a contract for business interruption coverage if the insured agrees in writing, or if the insured fails to pay the corresponding premium increase. 
 
This bill is effective only upon certification by the Department of the Treasury that a federal backstop exists to serve as a mechanism to reinsure insurers against excessive losses as a result of these requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6498
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Charitable contributions
Corporate finance and management
Cosmetics and personal care
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax deductions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

Sanitary Access For Everyone Act of 2020 or the SAFE Act of 2020

 
This bill suspends limitations on individual and corporate charitable contributions in 2020 for donations of hand sanitizers by a distilled spirits operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands as the Los Caminos del Rio National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6499
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area in a border region of Texas as the Los Caminos del Rio National Heritage Corridor.
 
The study area includes (1) the portion of the Rio Grande River and surrounding areas as generally depicted on the map titled 
Los Caminos del Rio National Heritage Corridor
 and dated April 2020; and (2) any other areas in Texas that have a shared heritage with the areas depicted on the map and are adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, those areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6500
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2020

 
This bill terminates (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account. The Department of the Treasury must transfer funds remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services to acquire unexpired personal protective equipment (including face masks) for the strategic national stockpile.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Systemic Risk Mitigation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6501
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial crises and stabilization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

Systemic Risk Mitigation Act of 2020 

 
This bill automatically designates certain nonbank financial companies as systemically important, which subjects these companies to certain prudential standards, including capital and liquidity rules, annual stress tests, and living wills requirements. This designation may be rescinded by the Financial Stability Oversight Council upon further review. 
 
The bill provides the council with rulemaking authority regarding an activity or practice that increases risk to the financial system. 
 
The bill creates the Climate Change Subcommittee within the council to address the risk climate change poses to the financial system. 
 
The bill also revises administrative provisions of the council, including those regarding staffing, funding, and meetings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E364-365)
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
COVID-19 Graduate Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-6502
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

COVID-19 Graduate Relief Act

 
This bill allows students who graduate from institutions of higher education in 2020 to defer payments on their federal student loans for up to three years.
 
The Department of Education (ED) may extend deferment eligibility to students who graduate in 2021 and 2022, if ED determines that the anticipated economic impact of the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential) on these graduates necessitates an extension. ED must consider certain factors, such as recent unemployment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, when determining whether to extend deferment eligibility to these graduates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Pandemic and Public Health Emergency Support for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Act

Bill: 116-hr-6503
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Aging
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing and community development funding
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

Pandemic and Public Health Emergency Support for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Act

 
This bill provides funds for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide additional housing support services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities in federally owned or subsidized housing in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to develop a plan to improve surveillance with respect to diseases that are viral pandemic threats, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6504
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take specified actions related to surveillance of viral pandemic threats. Specifically, HHS must (1) award competitive, short-term grants to assess and optimize approaches to early detection of viral pandemic threats; and (2) report to Congress on the results of this program. The CDC must develop a plan to improve surveillance of viral pandemic threats that includes rapid detection and effective information sharing with respect to such diseases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Detection and Response to Emerging Highly Communicable Infectious Disease Events Act

Bill: 116-hr-6505
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

Detection and Response to Emerging Highly Communicable Infectious Disease Events Act

 
This bill directs the National Biosurveillance Integration Center of the Department of Homeland Security to detect, as early as possible, an emerging highly communicable infectious disease event (currently, limited to a biological event) of national concern that presents a risk to the United States or U.S. infrastructure or key assets.
 
 The center shall report to the National Security Council and the congressional homeland security committees within 72 hours of confirmation of such infectious disease event being detected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6506
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small Business Administration
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 
This bill modifies and establishes additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration that was implemented in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill (1) extends the duration of the program; (2) authorizes loan recipients under the program to request additional, forgivable amounts; and (3) extends the deferral period for such loans to at least one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act

Bill: 116-hr-6507
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to automatically extend an alien's employment authorization if the authorization was valid when a public health emergency period begins. This extended authorization shall be valid until at least one year after the end of the emergency period. 
 
This extension shall apply retroactively to any alien with employment authorization on January 31, 2020, and the end of such an extension shall be calculated using the date when the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency period ends. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
State Operations Stabilization (SOS) Act

Bill: 116-hr-6508
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

State Operations Stabilization (SOS) Act

 
This bill authorizes a state, tribal government, or unit of local government to use funds made available under the Coronavirus Relief Fund to reduce a budget deficit of such government that occurred due to a loss of revenue related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6509
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020

 
This bill creates a presumption that certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and were on duty during the 45-day period prior to the diagnosis are eligible for certain benefits payable when public safety officers are injured or killed in the line of duty.

action_date: 2020-05-27
text: 

Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020

 
This bill creates a presumption that certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and were on duty during the 45-day period prior to the diagnosis or positive test result are eligible for certain benefits payable when public safety officers are injured or killed in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2316)
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6509.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2316-2319)
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Online Purchasing Flexibility Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6510
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

SNAP Online Purchasing Flexibility Act of 2020

 
 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to authorize all states to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) online purchasing program during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The program allows approved retail food stores to accept SNAP benefits through online transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Vaccination and Treatment Affordability Act

Bill: 116-hr-6511
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2020-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: 

Ensuring Vaccination and Treatment Affordability Act

 
This bill requires COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines and treatment, as well as treatment for conditions that may complicate COVID-19 treatment, to be covered without cost-sharing under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid.
 
Additionally, the bill includes vaccines for COVID-19 in the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program. The VFC Program provides free vaccinations to individuals 18 years of age or younger who are uninsured or underinsured (i.e., with limited or no insurance for vaccines), are eligible for Medicaid, or are American Indians or Alaskan Natives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-14
text: Introduced in House