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Don’t Push My Buttons Act

Bill: 116-s-4756
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

Don't Push My Buttons Act

 
This bill establishes an exception to the immunity of a provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) from liability for screening and blocking offensive content on its platform.
 
Specifically, the bill removes this immunity from any provider that collects information regarding the habits, preferences, or beliefs of a user and utilizes an automated function to deliver content based on that information, unless the user knowingly and intentionally elects to receive such content.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Puppy Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4757
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Mammals
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

Puppy Protection Act of 2020

 
 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs
 
 
adequate housing, exercise, and veterinary care; 
 
appropriate and nutritious food; 
 
continuous access to potable water; and
 
 meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day. 
 
 
The standards must also include requirements for breeders to use safe breeding practices and make all reasonable efforts to find humane placement for retired breeding dogs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S5897)
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4758
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2020-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public-private cooperation
Terrorism
Violent crime
White-collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020

 
This bill requires an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) that detects a suspicious transmission to submit a suspicious transmission activity report (STAR) describing the suspicious transmission.
 
A suspicious transmission is any post, message, comment, tag, or other user-generated content or transmission that commits, facilitates, incites, promotes, or otherwise assists the commission of a major crime.
 
Each STAR must be submitted to the Department of Justice and contain (1) the name, location, and other identification information submitted by the user; (2) the date and nature of the user-generated content or transmission detected for suspicious activity; and (3) any relevant text, information, and metadata related to the suspicious transmission.
 
Any provider of an interactive computer service that fails to report a known suspicious transmission shall not be immune from liability for such transmission and may be held liable as a publisher for the related suspicious transmission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Prioritizing Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4759
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Asia
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Chemistry
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Foreign aid and international relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
India
International organizations and cooperation
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Prioritizing Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the U.S.-India Clean Energy and Power Transmission Partnership, which shall serve as the primary forum and funding mechanism for U.S.-India cooperation on clean energy and energy transmission technology matters.
 
The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of State shall report to Congress a comprehensive multiyear strategy for implementing the partnership. 
 
The bill requires programs to promote U.S.-India partnerships in (1) research and innovation for clean energy technologies and expanded power transmission and distribution, (2) initiatives for promoting clean energy technology financing in India, (3) initiatives for providing technical assistance for grid improvement and energy efficiency in India, and (4) initiatives to develop new renewable energy generation capacity in India.
 
The U.S. government shall also work cooperatively with India's government on integrating scientifically supported climate change risk reduction and building resilience capacities in India.
 
The President shall report to Congress on the scope and nature of U.S. participation in Mission Innovation, an India-led global initiative to increase the pace of clean energy innovation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
The PASTEUR Act

Bill: 116-s-4760
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

The Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions To End Up surging Resistance Act of 2020 or The PASTEUR Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into subscription contracts for critical-need antimicrobial drugs, provides $11 billion in appropriations for activities under the bill, and contains other related provisions. 
 
A manufacturer of a Food and Drug Administration-approved antimicrobial drug may apply to HHS to have the drug designated as a critical-need antimicrobial, and HHS may enter into a subscription contract for such a critical-need antimicrobial. The bill imposes certain requirements related to such contracts, including a mechanism to lower payments under the contract in certain instances to limit the manufacturer's revenue from the drug. 
 
Furthermore, HHS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall award grants to support efforts to encourage the appropriate use of antimicrobial drugs and efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance.
 
HHS shall also establish a Committee on Critical Need Antimicrobials. The committee shall develop a list of prioritized infections for which new antimicrobial drug development is needed, among other duties.
 
Within six years of the bill's enactment, the Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress a study on the bill's effectiveness in developing priority antimicrobial drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4761
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Insurance industry and regulation
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, three primary care visits and three behavioral health care visits during a plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the airport traffic control tower located at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the "Senator Kay Hagan Airport Traffic Control Tower".

Bill: 116-s-4762
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 
This bill designates the airport traffic control tower located at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the 
Senator Kay Hagan Airport Traffic Control Tower
.

action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 
This bill designates the airport traffic control tower located at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the 
Senator Kay Hagan Airport Traffic Control Tower
.

action_date: 2020-10-01
text: 
This bill designates the airport traffic control tower located at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the 
Senator Kay Hagan Airport Traffic Control Tower
.

action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 
This bill designates the airport traffic control tower located at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the 
Senator Kay Hagan Airport Traffic Control Tower
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-193.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-193.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H5183)
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Mr. DeFazio asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H5183)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5918-5919; text: CR S5919)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 116-193
Veteran Engagement Through Electronic Resources and Notifications Study Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4763
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Veteran Engagement Through Electronic Resources and Notifications Study Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit a report on the Veteran Engagement Through Electronic Resources and Notifications Study, which is a pilot program under which veterans who have recently undergone surgery related to atrial fibrillation utilize VA-issued smart watches to monitor their heart health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFER Act

Bill: 116-s-4764
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental health
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Land transfers
Natural disasters
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Strategic Acquisition and Floodplain Efficiency Reform Act or the SAFER Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of allowing private entities to carry out pre-disaster mitigation activities, such as property acquisition and relocation, under the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Bias in Military Promotions Act

Bill: 116-s-4765
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Combating Bias in Military Promotions Act

 
This bill requires that certain personal information be withheld from military promotion selection boards for commissioned officers of the Armed Forces. Specifically, the information provided to a promotion selection board may not include an officer's name, sex, age, race, or photograph.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4766
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act
 
of 2020

 
This bill requires federal agencies to develop and disclose reopening plans that incorporate certain information before sending employees back to work during a public health emergency, such as the emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill requires an agency to post a reopening plan on its website at least 30 days before reopening a facility. Among other information, the plan must detail (1) the personal protective equipment (PPE) that the agency will provide to its employees; (2) protections for employees whose work requires them to be in nonfederal buildings, such as auditors; and (3) potential measures to reverse the reopening that still ensure the continuity of operations. 
 
Each agency's Office of the Inspector General must report on whether the agency has complied with this bill's requirements and whether the agency has provided adequate PPE for its employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
PPE Innovation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4767
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

PPE Innovation Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to carry out and expand programs for research and development of personal protective equipment, particularly with respect to equipment used by health care personnel.
 
Generally, the bill requires the CDC to continue the activities of the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory. This laboratory operates within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and conducts scientific research, develops guidance, and disseminates information concerning workplace health hazards.
 
The bill also specifically directs the CDC, in consultation with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Food and Drug Administration, to establish a program in the laboratory to research personal protective equipment used in health care settings. In carrying out this program, the CDC must consult with health care personnel to inform research, conduct pilot tests of new equipment, and coordinate with manufacturers concerning the production of, and supply chain for, such equipment.
 
Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to periodically conduct public workshops focused on research, development, and other issues concerning personal protective equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
AIM Act

Bill: 116-s-4768
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act or the
 
AIM Act 

 
This bill establishes the Office of Intelligence in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the National Intelligence Program.
 
The office must
 
 
leverage the capabilities of the intelligence community and the intelligence-related research of the National Laboratories to ensure that USDA is fully informed of threats by foreign actors to U.S. agriculture;
 
focus on understanding foreign efforts to steal U.S. agriculture knowledge and technology, and develop or implement biological warfare attacks, cyber or clandestine operations, or other means of sabotaging and disrupting U.S. agriculture;
 
prepare, conduct, and facilitate intelligence briefings for USDA;
 
operate as the liaison between USDA and the intelligence community, with the authority to request intelligence collection and analysis on matters related to U.S. agriculture;
 
collaborate with the intelligence community to downgrade intelligence assessments for broader dissemination within USDA; and
 
 facilitate the sharing of information on foreign activities related to agriculture with the intelligence community.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4769
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 

Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses maternal health during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency by supporting data collection, development of COVID-19 therapeutics and workplace protections, and other activities.
 
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must issue guidance for states and local health departments on collecting data on pregnancy and postpartum status in conjunction with COVID-19 tests. In addition, the bill provides funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand particular maternal health surveillance programs. The CDC and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must also publish pregnancy and postpartum data related to COVID-19, and the CDC and the Indian Health Service must consult with tribes about collecting this data for tribal populations.
 
Additionally, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration must collect information about the effects of COVID-19 therapeutics on pregnant and postpartum individuals. The NIH must also ensure that at least one vaccine will be suitable for that population and must support related research.
 
In addition, the Department of Labor must implement an emergency temporary standard to protect employees from workplace exposures to the virus that causes COVID-19 that specifically addresses pregnant and postpartum individuals. Certain regulatory requirements shall not apply in developing this standard.
 
The CDC must also carry out an education campaign about pregnancy and COVID-19 and must establish a task force that addresses maternity care during the COVID-19 emergency.
 
Furthermore, the Government Accountability Office must report on maternal health and public health emergency preparedness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate