hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Modernizing Veterans' Healthcare Eligibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-7469
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Modernizing Veterans' Healthcare Eligibility Act

 
This bill establishes the Commission on Eligibility to examine veterans' eligibility for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The President must require the VA and other relevant agencies to implement recommendations set forth by the commission that are feasible, advisable, and can be implemented without further legislative action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-09-10
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act

Bill: 116-hr-7470
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Dental care
Education programs funding
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Nursing
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act

 
This bill establishes, within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), grant programs for health professional education and training. It also requires the National Academy of Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) to study the documentation requirements for cognitive services under Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurers, including administrative and labor costs of such documentation.
 
For the first grant program, HHS must award matching grants to states for scholarships to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals. As a condition of receiving scholarships, recipients must agree to work in areas with shortages of health care providers for one year for each year they receive the scholarship.
 
For the second grant program, HHS must award grants to medical and other health professions schools to improve curricula for, and education and training on, certain priority competencies, such as patient-centered medical homes and chronic disease management. The Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry shall select these competencies annually.
 
For the last grant program, HHS may award grants to medical schools for primary care mentorship programs to support faculty who serve as mentors and encourage interest in primary care among students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
SAFE While Traveling Act

Bill: 116-hr-7471
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement officers
Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Securing All Fundamental Equipment While Traveling Act or the SAFE While Traveling Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide all its frontline personnel, including in U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Transportation Security Administration, with personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, eyewear that must be worn by such personnel when interacting with members of the public for the duration of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency and any other public health emergency.
 
Additionally, for the duration of the public health emergency, the Department of Transportation must direct air carriers, rail carriers, owners and operators of airports, and owners and operators of train stations to implement requirements relating to the use of personal protective equipment for its passengers, guests, and employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2020-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7472
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Performance measurement
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to public health agencies in states, tribes, and territories to incorporate digital contact tracing technology in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) contact tracing programs. 
 
This technology must meet requirements with respect to contact tracing functions, data security and privacy, and voluntary use. Grantees that develop or procure technology that does not meet these requirements lose eligibility for this funding and future funding for COVID-19 contact tracing technology.
 
Furthermore, as a condition of receiving funding, grantees must (1) undertake an independent security assessment, and (2) develop a plan that delineates how the technology augments existing COVID-19 contact tracing and response efforts and addresses interoperability and protections to limit access to the data. 
 
In addition, the bill expressly applies federal privacy standards for the use and disclosure of personal health information by health care providers, health plans, health clearinghouses, and their business associates to contact tracing technology and its use. Current law provides an exception to these standards for personal health information used by, or disclosed to, a public health authority that is legally authorized to collect the information. The bill also prohibits the use of data derived from the contact tracing technology in legal proceedings or for immigration enforcement. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate this program within 90 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Main Street Revival Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7473
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Debt collection
Economic performance and conditions
Employment taxes
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Main Street Revival Act
 
of 2020

 
 This bill allows a specified small business to elect to pay its first-year employment taxes in four equal installments. The bill defines 
specified small business
 as any HUBZone business (a business operating in a historically underutilized business zone as defined by the Small Business Act) that is not reasonably expected to employ more than 25 full-time employees in its first year of operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Review of Military Suicide Act

Bill: 116-hr-7474
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Comprehensive Review of Military Suicide Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to issue and implement guidance that requires that each suicide involving a member of the Armed Forces be reviewed by a multidisciplinary board established at the command or installation level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Pandemic Act

Bill: 116-hr-7475
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Pandemic Act

 
This bill allows federal employees to enroll in, or change enrollment under, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program during a nationwide pandemic (as determined by the Office of Personnel Management). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report to Congress on programs to notify veterans of potential exposure to certain herbicide agents outside of Vietnam, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7476
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on outreach activities regarding the potential exposure of veterans to certain herbicide agents utilized, stored, or tested by the military between May 1, 1945, and June 10, 1977, at sites outside of Vietnam. The report must indicate whether outreach activities are being conducted in Spanish.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
WPA Act

Bill: 116-hr-7477
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Adult day care
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Labor
Disability assistance
Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Workforce Promotion and Access Act or the WPA Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a program to provide competitive grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate and outlying areas) to establish programs to ensure employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities. 
 
The bill also imposes a trading excise tax on certain transactions occurring on a qualified board or exchange in the United States or with respect to a derivative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
COST of Relocations Act

Bill: 116-hr-7478
Sponsor: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Congressional Oversight to Secure Transparency of Relocations Act or the COST of Relocations Act

 
This bill requires a federal agency seeking to relocate more than 5% of its employees or more than 100 employees to conduct and make public a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the proposed change.
 
Specifically, the agency must conduct such analysis and submit it to the agency's office of inspector general for review and submission to Congress.
 
The report must include, among other things
 
 
the anticipated outcomes and improvements that will result from the proposed relocation,
 
the metrics for measuring whether the proposed relocation results in the anticipated outcomes and improvements,
 
a timeline of past and future engagements with stakeholders regarding the proposed relocation,
 
a comprehensive strategy for accomplishing the proposed relocation, and
 
an assessment of the short- and long-term effects of the proposed relocation on the agency's mission.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a regional center for security studies for the Arctic in the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7479
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arctic and polar regions
Congressional tributes
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Members of Congress
Policy sciences
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish and administer a DOD regional center for security studies for the Arctic, to be located in Alaska or Hawaii and known as the Ted Stevens Arctic Center for Security Studies.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Veterans Memorial Extension Act

Bill: 116-hr-7480
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Military history
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: 

COVID-19 Veterans Memorial Extension Act

 
This bill extends the seven-year legislative authority for one year for each commemorative work that was authorized to be established during the seven-year period immediately before the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
RESTART Act

Bill: 116-hr-7481
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings
Women in business
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: 

Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty Act or the RESTART Act

 
This bill establishes a loan program whereby the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall guarantee loan amounts to certain businesses affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the SBA to guarantee 100% of program loan amounts made to certain small businesses that have not more than than 5,000 full-time employees. The terms for such loans shall include (1) a maximum duration of not more than seven years; (2) an amount that is not greater than 45% of 2019 gross receipts, up to $12 million; and (3) no payment on principal for the first two years of the loan.
 
A lender that is otherwise approved to make paycheck protection loans may make and approve loans established by the bill, and a recipient may use loan funds for specified allowable expenses including payroll costs, rent, utilities, and personal protective equipment.
 
Such loans may be forgiven up to the amount of total losses incurred by the recipient in the taxable year 2020. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Future of Agricultural Resiliency And Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-7482
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural research
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Natural disasters
Pest management
Soil pollution
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: 

Future of Agricultural Resiliency And Modernization Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to certain entities, including states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations, to carry out projects that further agricultural resiliency and modernization, such as projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions; improve air, water, and soil health; and increase carbon sequestration.
 
Additionally, USDA must establish a program to award grants to governmental organizations and private entities in the agricultural sector to carry out at least 10 pilot projects with the potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse emissions that convert and valorize tree nut harvest by-products and waste into multiple higher value biocarbon products, including sustainable industrial applications, agrochemicals, repurposing process heat, energy, and construction materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Introduced in House