hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Farmers-Feeding-Families Coronavirus Response Act

Bill: 116-s-3655
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Farmers-Feeding-Families Coronavirus Response Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use specified federal funding to purchase specialty crops, dairy, meat, and poultry products from specific agricultural producers relying on markets affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to provide to food assistance programs, including the Emergency Food Assistance Program. 
 
USDA must also provide additional funding to the states for the purpose of procuring food products to support food assistance programs within each state. 
 
USDA and the states must use at least 10% of the funding to purchase crops and products that would otherwise have been sold through direct-to-consumer, direct-to-institution, direct-to-retail, or direct-to-restaurant marketing channels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Health Security Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3656
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Animal and plant health
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Global Health Security Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the President to create the Global Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council to implement the Global Health Security Agenda, an initiative launched by nearly 30 nations to address global infectious disease threats. 
 
The council's responsibilities include (1) providing policy recommendations on agenda-related goals, objectives, and implementation; (2) helping federal agencies with implementation; and (3) reviewing the progress and challenges in achieving U.S. commitments, including assistance to help other countries meet agenda targets. In addition, the federal agencies involved with the agenda must prioritize its implementation and take certain steps to achieve that goal.
 
The bill also establishes the position of the United States Coordinator for Global Health Security in the executive branch to coordinate federal responses to global health security emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3657
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Child health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hereditary and development disorders
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 

2020

 
This bill expands coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, other specified federal health care programs, and private health insurance to include foods, vitamins, and individual amino acids that are medically necessary for the management of certain digestive and metabolic disorders and conditions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Bill: 116-s-3659
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Aging
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Disability assistance
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Mental health
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Minority employment
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Women's health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Relaunching America's Workforce Act 

 
This bill establishes several grant programs to address employment, the workforce, and education access in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency. 
 
The Department of Labor must provide grants in response to the COVID-19 national emergency to 
 
 
provide training and employment for dislocated, unemployed, and underemployed workers; 
 
support youth employment; 
 
establish workforce information systems improvements; 
 
provide reentry employment opportunities for justice system-involved youth and young adults; and 
 
 create or expand apprenticeship programs. 
 
 
Programs directed towards assisting Native Americans and migrant and seasonal farmworkers may be extended. 
 
The Department of Education must provide grants to expand the capacity of adult education providers to prioritize serving adults with low-literacy or numeracy levels negatively impacted by the COVID-19 national emergency, and to improve or expand career and technical education programs and programs of study to respond to state and local needs as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Funding for Child Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-3660
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Family services
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mental health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Emergency Funding for Child Protection Act

 
 This bill funds additional grants to states for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Specifically, states may use such grants to expand services, provide support to community-based organizations, and purchase emergency supplies, among other uses. The bill does not require states to match funding under these grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act

Bill: 116-s-3661
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Terrorism
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of State from denying a request from the U.S. Marshals Service for danger pay. (Danger pay is a form of additional compensation for federal employees who are working in a foreign area and who are under threat of physical harm or imminent danger as a result of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, or wartime conditions.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3662
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: California
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government liability
Illinois
Infectious and parasitic diseases
New York City
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Infecting Americans Act of 2020

 
This bill allows foreign states to be sued in a U.S. court for physical or economic harms occurring in the United States as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus 2019). (Typically, a foreign state is immune from lawsuits filed against it in a U.S. court.)
 
Specifically, a foreign state shall not have immunity from a lawsuit seeking damages for (1) the foreign state's spread of COVID-19, or (2) tortious acts intended to deliberately conceal or distort the existence or nature of COVID-19.
 
If the United States is in discussions with a foreign state that is seeking to resolve claims related to COVID-19 against the foreign state, the Department of Justice may intervene and seek a stay in a case filed under this bill involving the foreign state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3663
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020

This bill generally prohibits covered entities from collecting, processing, or transferring an individual's personally identifiable information for the purpose of contact tracing with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without first obtaining the individual's affirmative consent to use such information. Applicable personally identifiable information includes, but is not limited to, precise geolocation data, long-lasting digital identifiers of individuals, and personal health information. However, such information does not include data that is de-identified, related to employee health screening for on-site entry, or publicly available.
 
Covered entities, which include businesses, common carriers, and certain nonprofit organizations, also must provide a mechanism for individuals to revoke prior affirmative consent. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3664
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020

 
This bill permits an inspector general to be removed by the President or by a federal entity before the expiration of his or her term only for permanent incapacity, inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral turpitude.
 
The bill provides for a seven-year term of office for each inspector general. An individual may serve for more than one term.
 
Any individual appointed to fill a vacancy in such position, occurring before the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for a full seven-year term.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3665
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes an area wage adjustment floor for Medicare hospital payments in states that are not frontier states and excludes such adjustments from certain budget neutrality rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act

Bill: 116-s-3666
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Hawaii
Housing and community development funding
Indian lands and resources rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Radio spectrum allocation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

COVID-19 Designation of Immediate Special Authority of Spectrum for Tribes' Emergency Response in Indian Country Act or the COVID-19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act

 
This bill grants emergency special temporary authority and provides funds to deploy wireless broadband service on tribal lands and Hawaiian home lands. 
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant emergency special temporary authority to Indian tribes, certain tribal entities, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands if they request such authority to use electromagnetic spectrum to provide wireless broadband service over tribal lands or Hawaiian home lands. The FCC must grant such emergency authority within 10 days of receiving a request.
 
In addition, the bill provides funds to specified Department of Agriculture grant programs for (1) immediate deployment of wireless broadband service on tribal lands and Hawaiian home lands, including repairs to damaged infrastructure and backhaul costs; and (2) technical assistance and training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Consular and Administrative Support Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3667
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: African Development Foundation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inter-American Foundation
Peace Corps
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Visas and passports
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Consular and Administrative Support Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of State to take certain actions in responding to an outbreak of an infectious disease such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), authorizes additional paid leave for certain agency employees involved in foreign affairs, and extends certain special immigrant visas.
 
The State Department, in responding to an outbreak of an infectious disease, must establish a Repatriation Task Force. The duties of this task force shall include (1) protecting and safeguarding the needs of U.S. nationals, including repatriation and other health and medical needs; (2) managing all communication and coordination with U.S. nationals regarding their needs; and (3) supporting American Citizen Services with repatriation and other health and medical needs. Additionally, in responding to such an outbreak, the State Department must activate a single, comprehensive approach to incident management for the National Passport Center and the National Visa Center.
 
The State Department must also extend the period of validity and the application period for certain special immigrant visas that have been affected by current travel restrictions and health concerns due to COVID-19.
 
Further, specified independent agencies involved in the conduct of foreign affairs (e.g., the Peace Corps) may provide additional paid leave to address employee hardships resulting from COVID-19.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to assist COVID-19 recovery efforts in Sudan.

Bill: 116-s-3668
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Multilateral development programs
Sudan

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to direct the U.S. executive directors of specified international financial institutions (e.g., the African Development Bank) to support the provision of financial assistance for Sudan's response to or recovery from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act

Bill: 116-s-3670
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act

 
This bill designates specified segments of rivers and creeks of the Gila River system in New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and transfers 440 acres of land from the Gila National Forest to the Gila Cliff Dwellings Monument.
 
The comprehensive management plan that is to be prepared for such segments pursuant to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act must provide for public involvement, including consultation with tribal governments.
 
 Any nonfederal land within or adjacent to such a segment that is acquired by the United States shall be incorporated in, and be administered as part of, the applicable segment. 
 
No land or interest in land shall be acquired without the owner's consent. 
 
If the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture determines that no other feasible alternative exists, then it may authorize a project or activity that affects the free-flowing characteristics or other values of a segment under its jurisdiction, including (1) the construction, maintenance, and replacement of fish barriers; or (2) the use of chemicals to manage nonnative fish species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
State & Local Emergency Stabilization Fund Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3671
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Health programs administration and funding
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
State and local finance
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

State & Local Emergency Stabilization Fund Act of 2020

 
This bill appropriates $600 billion in additional funding for states, territories, tribal governments, and local communities due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency and allows additional uses for Coronavirus Relief Fund payments.
 
The bill allows payments under this bill or from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to be used for expenditures from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022, regardless of a connection to the COVID-19 emergency. Payments may not be used to provide a tax cut, rebate, or other tax benefit or to reduce or eliminate a fee.
 
The funds provided by this bill are allocated between (1) the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa; (2) tribal governments; (3) states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; and (4) local communities.
 
Payment amounts for states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are based on population and the coronavirus infection rate. The bill sets a minimum payment amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2325-2326)
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate