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National Aviation Preparedness Plan Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8712
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Labor-management relations
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

National Aviation Preparedness Plan Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop a national aviation preparedness plan for communicable disease outbreaks, including to ensure that at-risk employees are equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to reduce the likelihood of exposure to a communicable disease that has the potential to cause an epidemic or pandemic of infectious disease that would constitute a public health emergency of international concern (i.e., a covered communicable disease).
 
In developing the plan, DOT must consult with aviation industry and labor stakeholders such as air carriers.
 
The Government Accountability Office must conduct a study assessing the plan, including (1) whether the plan meets the obligations of the United States under international conventions and treaties, and (2) the extent to which the United States aviation system is prepared to respond to an outbreak of a covered communicable disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8713
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing industry and standards
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Metals
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2020

 
This bill requires owners of certain federally assisted housing constructed prior to 1978 to screen for and remove lead-based paint hazards in housing where families with a child under the age of six are living.
 
Specifically, an owner of such housing must, with some exceptions, conduct an initial risk assessment that consists of not just a visual inspection for lead-based paint hazards in housing where such a family will reside. If the assessment identifies any lead-based paint hazards, the owner must address the hazards within 30 days of the assessment and notify all residents in the affected housing. 
 
If the owner fails to address the hazards within 30 days, the family in the affected dwelling unit may relocate on an emergency basis without (1) being placed on any waiting list, (2) paying any penalty, or (3) experiencing any lapse in assistance.
 
Further, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must establish a demonstration program to pay for the costs to address lead-based paint hazards in dwellings that receive certain federal rental assistance and in which the tenant is a family with a child under the age of six.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Family Friendly Schools Act

Bill: 116-hr-8714
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Family services
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

Family Friendly Schools Act

 
This bill establishes a pilot program to implement policies at elementary schools that align the school day with the work day. It also establishes a grant program as a supplement to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program to support programs and activities during summer recess.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award five-year grants to local educational agencies for establishing policies at 500 elementary schools that align the school day with the work day. ED must report to Congress at the three-year mark and at the conclusion of the five-year grant period on best practices and recommendations for aligning school and work schedules, and for strengthening partnerships between schools and community resources.
 
In addition, the bill requires ED to carry out a supplemental grant program to establish or expand community learning center summer programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Pandemic Planning and Response For Schools Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8715
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

Pandemic Planning and Response For Schools Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, within 30 days of declaring a public health emergency and in consultation with the Department of Education, to make publicly available a plan to continue education during the emergency.
 
Specifically, the plan must include (1) best practices for keeping students and faculty safe during the emergency; (2) best practices for keeping schools functioning during the emergency that are consistent with public health requirements and recommendations; and (3) guidance on establishing priorities for cohorts of students who should receive their instruction online, in person, or through a hybrid program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Competitiveness, Transparency, and Security in the Americas Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8716
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Argentina
Asia
Brazil
Caribbean area
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Cuba
Cultural exchanges and relations
Dams and canals
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic development
Ecuador
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Evidence and witnesses
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign loans and debt
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Infrastructure development
Intellectual property
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International exchange and broadcasting
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Latin America
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Navigation, waterways, harbors
News media and reporting
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
Rule of law and government transparency
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Spacecraft and satellites
Subversive activities
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade secrets and economic espionage
U.S. and foreign investments
Venezuela
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

Advancing Competitiveness, Transparency, and Security in the Americas Act of 2020 

 
This bill supports U.S. economic engagement and diplomatic presence in Latin American and Caribbean countries and implements requirements to counter foreign corrupt practices and malign business practices in the region. Specifically, the bill establishes measures to (1) increase U.S. economic competitiveness and promote the rule of law in Latin American and Caribbean countries, (2) promote regional security and digital security, and (3) protect human rights in the Americas and advance the role of civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Meat Packing Act

Bill: 116-hr-8717
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax credits
Livestock
Meat
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

Feed America by Incentivizing Rural Meat Packing Act or the FAIR Meat Packing Act

 
This bill allows an investment tax credit through 2025 for 25% of the basis of each livestock processing facility property placed in service during the taxable year. The amount of the credit may not exceed $250,000 in any taxable year and is not available to taxpayers whose gross receipts exceed $100 million in a taxable year. 
 
The bill defines 
livestock processing facility
 as a facility that slaughters livestock (i.e., cattle, sheep, goats, bison, swine, and poultry) for processing into meat and meat products and participates in a meat and poultry inspection program, The facility must employ an average of fewer than 500 employees and include property used for the intake or storage of livestock, the disposal or management of livestock waste, or the packaging, handling, warehousing, or storage of meat products. 
 
The bill also allows a refundable income tax credit for the startup and organizational expenditures of livestock processing facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
To extend the statute of limitations for offenses under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

Bill: 116-hr-8718
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 
This bill extends the statute of limitations for civil and criminal violations of federal campaign finance laws. 
 
Specifically, it extends the statute of limitations for civil violations from 5 years to 15 years, and for criminal violations from 5 years to 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
CASE-IT Act

Bill: 116-hr-8719
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Crimes against children
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
First Amendment rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

Curbing Abuse and Saving Expression In Technology Act or the CASE-IT Act

 
This bill limits the protections for a user or provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media company) related to content that is published on or removed from its platform.
 
The bill removes for one year the protection from being treated as the publisher of information provided by another content provider if a user or provider facilitates (1) illegal online content; (2) certain exploitive contact between adults and minors; or (3) content that is indecent, obscene, or otherwise harmful to minors. 
 
Further, to avoid being treated as the publisher of third-party content or subject to liability for screening and blocking content on its platform, an interactive computer service that is dominant in its market (i.e., has gained substantial, sustained market power over any competitors) must make content moderation decisions pursuant to policies or practices that are consistent with the First Amendment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
To provide greater flexibility to agencies to make appointments to positions for which there is a severe shortage of candidates, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8720
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 
This bill provides direct-hire authority to federal agencies for purposes of filling positions in the competitive service for which there is a severe shortage of candidates, as determined by the agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Public Banking Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8721
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Air quality
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business expenses
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Consumer credit
Corporate finance and management
Credit and credit markets
Currency
Digital media
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing and community development funding
Insurance industry and regulation
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Securities
U.S. Postal Service
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

Public Banking Act of 2020

 
 This bill provides for the establishment of public banks. Among other things, the bill 
 
 
allows public banks to become members of the Federal Reserve; 
 
establishes loan facilities for public banks;
 
prohibits the investment in fossil fuels by public banks;
 
allows for the establishment of securities issued by public banks; 
 
provides for the establishment of public banks at U.S. post offices; and
 
provides grants for the formation, chartering, and capitalization of public banks. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for repair and remodeling of community centers, clinics, and hospitals that serve veterans.

Bill: 116-hr-8722
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants to community centers, clinics, and hospitals that serve veterans so such entities can make structural repairs and remodel buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
To condition receipt of State funding from the Bureau of Health Workforce on adoption by the State of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8723
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 
This bill requires states and physician licensing boards to promote interstate medical practice and interstate telemedicine, respectively. It does this by adding conditions to certain funding managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
 
Specifically, to receive funding from HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce, states must join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact within three years. This compact expedites multistate licensing of qualified physicians.
 
Additionally, to receive certain grants to address barriers to telemedicine, physician licensing boards must carry out campaigns to encourage interstate telemedicine use by specialists. The bill also reauthorizes these grants from FY2021-FY2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
First Responders Day Act

Bill: 116-hr-8724
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
First responders and emergency personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: 

First Responders Day Act

 
This bill establishes First Responders Day as a federal holiday.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Introduced in House
HAPI Act

Bill: 116-hr-8725
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2020-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Immunology and vaccination
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: 

Helping Adults Protect Immunity Act or the HAPI Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines for adults that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the "PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-hr-8726
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2020-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-11-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the "PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Telehealth Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-8727
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2020-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-11-05
text: 

Telehealth Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. 
 
Specifically, the bill extends certain flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other things, the bill allows (1) rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); (2) the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for all services (rather than for only certain services); and (3) all types of practitioners to furnish telehealth services, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-05
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: 2020-11-05
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: 2020-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-11-05
text: Introduced in House