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Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4065
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Buy American requirements
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of
 
2020

 
This bill specifies that the Federal Trade Commission's regulation of the labeling of products as 
Made in the U.S.A.
 or 
Made in America
 supersedes any conflicting state laws. 

action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of
 
2020

 
This bill specifies that the Federal Trade Commission's regulation of the labeling of products as 
Made in the U.S.A.
 or 
Made in America
 supersedes any conflicting state laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S4398)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S4398)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4398)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4398)
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
PACT Act

Bill: 116-s-4066
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency Act or the PACT Act

 
This bill requires providers of interactive computer services (e.g., social media platforms) to (1) publish an acceptable use policy, (2) provide a system for users to submit complaints related to the removal of content, and (3) periodically report about violations of the use policy and removal of content.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
American Assistance for American Companies Act

Bill: 116-s-4067
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

American Assistance for American Companies Act

 
This bill disallows certain tax benefits for inverted domestic corporations. An
 inverted domestic corporation
 is a U.S. corporation that acquires foreign entities to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than U.S. rates). Specifically, an inverted domestic corporation may not claim net operating loss carrybacks, increased deductibility of business interest, nor participate in Federal Reserve Lending Facilities. 
 The bill allows an inverted domestic corporation to elect to be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. tax purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S3209-3210)
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Background Check Completion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4068
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Background Check Completion Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Support Baseball in Communities Act

Bill: 116-s-4069
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Professional sports
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Support Baseball in Communities Act

 
This bill makes a Major League Baseball team that reduces its number of affiliated minor league teams ineligible to receive support under (1) the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), or (2) certain other economic stabilization and assistance programs implemented in response to COVID-19. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the "Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Bill: 116-s-4070
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Michigan
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 
This bill designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center or the Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
American Citizen Coronavirus Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-4071
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

American Citizen Coronavirus Relief Act

 This bill requires taxpayers and their dependent children to include a valid Social Security number on their tax returns in order to receive a 2020 recovery rebate. The bill allows a reduced rebate for taxpayers filing a joint return if one spouse provides a valid number.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bend, Oregon, as the "Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Bill: 116-s-4072
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Oregon
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 
This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Bend, Oregon, as the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic.

action_date: 2020-09-17
text: 
This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Bend, Oregon, as the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic.

action_date: 2020-09-23
text: 
This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Bend, Oregon, as the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic.

action_date: 2020-10-13
text: 
This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Bend, Oregon, as the Robert D. Maxwell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Became Public Law No: 116-169.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Became Public Law No: 116-169.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H4733)
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4733)
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Mr. Takano asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5716)
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5716)
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 116-169
Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

Bill: 116-s-4073
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Business investment and capital
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

 
This bill establishes a new business-related tax credit to finance home building and rehabilitation in neighborhoods that meet certain eligibility criteria relating to poverty rates, income, and home values. The credit is limited to 35% of the lesser of the qualified development cost (i.e., the cost of construction, substantial rehabilitation, demolition, and environmental remediation of residential properties) or 80% of the national median sale price for new homes. The credit applies to single family homes containing four or fewer residential units, condominiums, or houses or apartments owned by cooperative housing corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
FAIR Act

Bill: 116-s-4074
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Customs enforcement
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2019 or the FAIR Act

 
This bill revises the procedure for and the structure of civil forfeiture.
 
First, the bill revises the general rules for civil forfeiture proceedings. Specifically, it (1) requires the government to provide written notice within seven days of seizure, (2) requires the right to counsel in all civil forfeiture proceedings, (3) raises the evidentiary standard to clear and convincing evidence for the civil forfeiture of property, (4) requires the government to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the owner of the seized property used the property with the intent to facilitate the offense or knowingly consented or was willfully blind to its use in connection with the offense, and (5) expands the proportionality criteria used by a court to determine whether a civil forfeiture was constitutionally excessive. 
 
Next, it requires the proceeds from the disposition of seized property to be deposited into the General Fund of the Treasury, rather than to Department of Justice accounts for law enforcement activities.
 
Additionally, the bill eliminates equitable sharing payments (which allow the federal government to share federally forfeited property with participating states and local law enforcement agencies). 
 
It also adds a 
mens rea 
requirement (i.e., a knowing violation) to the prohibition against structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements. Further, it requires a probable cause hearing to be held within 14 days to determine if there is a violation for structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements, and requires the return of a monetary instrument if probable cause is not established.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Removing Confederate Names and Symbols from Our Military Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4076
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Military facilities and property
Military history
Monuments and memorials
National symbols
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Removing Confederate Names and Symbols from Our Military Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to remove from its property, and prohibits DOD from using or displaying in the future, any name, symbol, display, monument, or paraphernalia that honors or commemorates the Confederacy or anyone who served voluntarily with the Confederacy. The removal requirement does not apply to grave markers.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Affordable Housing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4078
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Securities
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Emergency Affordable Housing Act of 2020

 
This bill enhances provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and adjusts the credit to provide assistance during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. 
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
increases to three years (currently, two years) following an allocation of housing credits, the period for making rehabilitation expenditures for a low-income housing tax credit project; 
 
extends to three years the period during which a project may be placed in service and remain eligible for the credit; 
 
reduces for a two-year period the financing percentage for an affordable housing project from 50% to 25%;
 
establishes a 4% minimum credit rate for affordable housing projects that received a housing credit allocation after 2019; 
 
makes permanent the expansion of the 9% housing tax credit; 
 
increases the credit for low-income housing tax credit buildings that designate at least 20% of their occupied units for extremely low-income households; 
 
increases the credit during a specified temporary period to compensate for construction or leasing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and 
 
allows a credit for low-income housing supportive services. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4079
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Florida
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 
This bill allows the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer its real property that is not held in trust by the United States.

action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 
This bill allows the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer its real property that is not held in trust by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7827-7828)
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7827-7828)
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-359.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Countering Global White Supremacist Terrorism Act

Bill: 116-s-4080
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hate crimes
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Political movements and philosophies
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Sanctions
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Countering Global White Supremacist Terrorism Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to develop a strategy titled the 
Department of State Strategy for Countering White Identity Terrorism Globally, 
and it establishes related reporting requirements.
 
Such strategy shall include (1) an assessment of the global threat from white identity terrorism abroad, (2) detailed plans for using public diplomacy to degrade and delegitimize white identity terrorist ideologues and ideology globally, and (3) an outline of how the State Department plans to use designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist or foreign terrorist organization to support the strategy.
 
Annual country reports on terrorism must include all credible information about white identity terrorism, and the President must determine whether the foreign persons, organizations, and networks identified in such reports satisfy the criteria to be designated as (1) foreign terrorist organizations, or (2) Specially Designated Global Terrorist Organizations.
 
The State Department must also contract with a federally funded research and development center to facilitate a study that provides for a comprehensive social network analysis of the global white identity terrorism movement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Reopen Schools Safely Act

Bill: 116-s-4081
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority education
Minority health
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Reopen Schools Safely Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education to comply with the guidelines, recommendations, and other public health communications issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local governments to mitigate the hazards of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in schools.
 
Subgrants must be used for certain activities, such as implementing exposure control plans, hiring personnel and purchasing equipment for health screenings, providing students and staff with personal protective equipment, and purchasing sanitation supplies.
 
Unexpended funds must be returned to ED. Additionally, unused supplies and materials that were purchased with grants may not be resold. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in Senate