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Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4440
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a program to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities by, for example, coordinating activities across the CDC. As part of the program, the CDC must award grants to eligible organizations to build capacity to address social determinants of health. The CDC shall provide for an independent evaluation of certain grants and report findings to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
CAHOOTS Act

Bill: 116-s-4441
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets Act or the CAHOOTS Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain community-based mobile crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance-use disorder crisis outside of a facility setting. 
 
Among other requirements, such services must be (1) provided by multidisciplinary teams composed of behavioral health professionals who are trained in trauma care and de-escalation techniques, (2) available 24-7, and (3) voluntary for the individual experiencing the mental health or substance-use disorder crisis.
 
The bill provides an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such services, as well as specified funds for state planning and evaluation grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4442
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Self-employed
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020

 
 This bill allows states to provide pandemic unemployment assistance to individuals who earn a combination of regular wages and a minimum of $7,250 of self-employed annual income (1) instead of regular unemployment compensation if they are otherwise eligible, or (2) if they are still employed at their regular-wage job, but unable to earn self-employed income due to circumstances related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
 Under current law, individuals earning such mixed income are only eligible for pandemic unemployment assistance if they are not eligible for regular unemployment and unable to work due to COVID-19. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-4443
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Family relationships
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition on firearm sale or transfer to, or purchase or possession by, an individual who is subject to a court order that restrains the individual from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of an intimate partner. Specifically, the bill revises the elements of a qualifying court order. It also broadens the definitions of 
intimate partner
 and
 misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Missouri River Basin Drought and Snowpack Monitoring Act

Bill: 116-s-4444
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Missouri River Basin Drought and Snowpack Monitoring Act

 
This bill requires the Army Corps of Engineers to continue installing stations to monitor soil moisture and plains snowpack in the Upper Missouri River Basin. The bill also requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a pilot program to use the data from such stations for various programs, such as the U.S. Drought Monitor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S4942-4943)
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4445
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Firearms and explosives
Judges
Law
Law enforcement officers
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act of 2020

 
This bill allows active and retired criminal prosecutors and federal judges to carry a concealed firearm if they meet specified eligibility requirements, which include passing certain firearms qualification tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Business Access to PPP Act

Bill: 116-s-4446
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Tribal Business Access to PPP Act

 
This bill modifies the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), by waiving affiliation rules that prevent certain tribal business concerns from being eligible to participate in the program. 
 
Affiliation rules govern which business entities are counted for the purpose of determining the size of a business, and affiliation occurs when multiple separate businesses are aggregated under one employer identification number and their employees or revenues are combined and counted together. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Nutrition Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4447
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Child Nutrition Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill extends the authority of the Department of Agriculture to waive certain requirements for the school meal programs due to COVID-19. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Drug Prices for Kids Act

Bill: 116-s-4448
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Fair Drug Prices for Kids Act

 
This bill allows states to apply the requirements of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program to covered outpatient drugs under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Long Bridge Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4449
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Railroads
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Long Bridge Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the National Park Service (NPS) to, upon request, convey to Virginia or the District of Columbia approximately 4.4 acres of NPS land for the construction of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long Bridge Project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 116-s-4450
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Illinois
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in Chicago, Illinois.
 
The Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission shall be the local coordinating entity for the heritage area and shall submit a management plan for the heritage area.
 
The authority of the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the heritage area expires 15 years after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S4943-4944)
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Forest Markets Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4451
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Financial services and investments
Forests, forestry, trees
Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Rural Forest Markets Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Rural Forest Market Investment Program to guarantee investments to finance certain projects that will enable rural private forest landowners to participate in an innovative market for forest carbon or other products.
 
Eligible projects are projects developed by a private entity or a publicly supported, charitable nonprofit organization engaged in the aggregation of sustainable forestry practices implemented by rural private forest landowners to facilitate the sale of credits in the voluntary carbon market or other environmental market using a methodology approved by a credible, third-party entity.
 
USDA may guarantee up to $150 million with respect to each investment.
 
Authority to carry out the program terminates on September 30, 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
WeChat No More Act

Bill: 116-s-4452
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional officers and employees
Digital media
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

WeChat No More Act

 
This bill prohibits federal employees from using the messaging application WeChat on government-issued devices.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits employees and officers of the United States, Members of Congress, congressional employees, and officers and employees of government corporations from downloading or using WeChat, or any successor application from the developer, on any device issued by the federal government or a government corporation, with the exception of specified activities (e.g., cybersecurity research).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Supply Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4453
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Seafood
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Food Supply Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill supports the continuity of the food supply chain during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, including by providing grants that support the purchase or distribution of surplus perishable food or meals prepared with such food. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4454
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Industrial facilities
Real estate business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Exposing China's Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review certain investments made by China in the United States.
 
Specifically, the committee must review any investment by a foreign person that (1) involves the acquisition of real estate in the United States and the establishment of a U.S. business on such real estate, and (2) could result in direct or indirect control of that U.S. business by China. A party to any such investment must submit to the committee a declaration containing basic information regarding the transaction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Paycheck Protection Program Transparency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4455
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Paycheck Protection Program Transparency Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to disclose and report certain information related to the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the SBA must establish a website that contains specified borrower information such as the name, location, and number of employees of each borrower of a paycheck protection loan. The SBA must establish a second website that contains specified lender information such as the number of loans disbursed and total fees collected by each paycheck protection lender. Additionally, the SBA must report to Congress on the status of paycheck protection loans. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4456
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Patient Matching Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to take certain actions to standardize, in the United States Postal Service (USPS) standard, the format of postal addresses.
 
Specifically, the ONC must, within 90 days, make available a USPS tool that automatically formats addresses into the correct standard to health care providers and laboratories that test for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) at no cost. The USPS currently provides this tool to online retailers at no cost.
 
In addition, the ONC must update regulations to require, as a condition of certification, that health information technology use the USPS standard for postal addresses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
CCP Act

Bill: 116-s-4457
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Business ethics
China
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Combating Chinese Propaganda Act or the CCP Act

 
This bill prohibits any company doing business in the United States from taking certain actions relating to the government of China.
 
Specifically, such a company may not (1) make public statements that reflect Chinese government propaganda, except for statements required by a Chinese government regulation to protect health or safety; (2) take actions contrary to its fiduciary interests at the behest of the Chinese government; or (3) furnish personal information about Chinese dissidents to the Chinese government. Such a company shall report to the Department of State and Department of Commerce each instance in which the Chinese government attempted to pressure the company to take such prohibited actions.
 
The bill imposes criminal monetary fines and imprisonment for a company or company official that knowingly violates these prohibitions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Suppress COVID–19 Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4458
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-08-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal-Indian relations
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: 

Suppress COVID-19 Act of 2020

 
This bill provides additional funding for states, tribes, and territories to procure tests and related supplies and undertake contact tracing and other public health measures to suppress COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and the virus that causes it. It also reallocates certain other funding to jurisdictions for such public health measures. The additional amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule, which excludes the budget effects from being counted for purposes of enforcing the PAYGO rules.
 
In particular, the bill authorizes the formation of interstate compacts of states, tribes, and territories to procure COVID-19 tests and supplies, and it specifically reserves a portion of funding for jurisdictions that join compacts that meet requirements for transparency, governance, anti-corruption, and timeliness of test results. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must also support the formation of, and cooperate with, these compacts.
 
The bill also provides additional funding, and reallocates existing funding, specifically for contact tracing and other public health measures. To receive such funding, a jurisdiction must submit a plan, developed with relevant stakeholders, to HHS that details how it will suppress COVID-19 to levels recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HHS must provide guidance and undertake other efforts to coordinate these plans, such as by developing shared indicators.
 
HHS must report within 30 days to Congress concerning the timeline for the distribution of these funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Introduced in Senate