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Preventing Unwarranted Communications Shutdowns Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8659
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government liability
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Preventing Unwarranted Communications Shutdowns Act of 2020

 
This bill limits the authority of the President to exercise certain emergency powers related to communications (e.g., suspending or amending rules and regulations applicable to facilities or stations for wire communications). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2020-10-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E982)
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Labor to modify regulations to allow the use of performance benchmarks in the case of designated investment alternatives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8660
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 
This bill permits administrators of employee health or retirement plans to use a blend of different broad-based stock indices (e.g., the Dow Jones Industrial Average) to meet the performance benchmarking requirements for designated investment alternatives if certain conditions are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Rural Housing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8661
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Protecting Rural Housing Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses housing affordability, including by establishing a pilot grant program for government or nonprofit entities that primarily serve rural areas to support the development or rehabilitation of housing that is affordable for low-income families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

Bill: 116-hr-8662
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

 
This bill establishes grant programs to address neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and contains other related provisions.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall award grants to eligible entities to support research on and facilitate access to investigational drugs that diagnose or treat ALS. The Food and Drug Administration shall award grants to public and private entities to cover the costs of research and development of drugs that diagnose or treat ALS and other severely debilitating neurodegenerative diseases.
 
HHS shall also establish the Collaborative for Neurodegenerative Diseases, which shall support the development and regulatory approval of drugs that address ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-8663
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Political parties and affiliation
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Chinese Communist Party Influence Transparency Act

 
This bill requires an agent of a Chinese business entity to register as an agent of a foreign principal in certain instances.
 
The bill's provisions shall apply to an entity that (1) is organized under the laws of China and has its principal place of business there, unless the entity is a Chinese subsidy or affiliate of a non-Chinese entity; or (2) has been designated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as being subject to the Chinese Communist Party's extrajudicial direction.
 
Generally, under current law, an agent of a foreign principal engaging in lobbying in the United States must periodically file disclosures with DOJ, with specified exemptions. Under the bill, an existing exemption for a foreign agent that engages only in private and nonpolitical activities to further trade and commerce shall not apply to an agent operating on behalf of such a Chinese entity. Similarly, another existing exemption for an agent that has already registered as a lobbyist shall not apply to an agent working for such a Chinese entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
PPE for Safe Schools Act

Bill: 116-hr-8664
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Motor vehicles
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

PPE for Safe Schools Act

 
This bill provides funding for grants to state educational agencies and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies to purchase sanitation supplies and personal protective equipment, provide staff training, and hire additional support staff to clean and sanitize school facilities and buses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8665
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Indian lands and resources rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Radio spectrum allocation
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to, within 30 days, establish a new tribal priority window for the 2.5 gigahertz band, through which tribes in rural areas may apply for unassigned spectrum. The new window is subject to the same terms and conditions as the tribal priority window that was adopted by the FCC on July 10, 2019, and that closed on September 2, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
No Small Business Aid for China Act

Bill: 116-hr-8666
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Human rights
Securities
Small Business Administration
Small business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

No Small Business Aid for China Act

 
This bill prohibits the Small Business Administration from providing aid, counsel, or assistance to a small business concern that (1) is headquartered in China, (2) has more than 25% of voting stock owned by affiliates that are citizens of or organized under the laws of China, or (3) is known to be associated with human rights violations that have occurred in Xinjiang Province, China. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Financial Services Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8667
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Legal fees and court costs
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Fair Access to Financial Services Act of 2020 

 
This bill prohibits financial institutions from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill also provides an aggrieved person with a private right of action for preventive relief. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include the KIA, MIA, and POW acronyms on headstones and markers furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 116-hr-8668
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 
This bill authorizes specified acronyms to be included on headstones or markers that are furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill authorizes the VA to include KIA (killed in action), MIA (missing in action), and POW (prisoner of war) on a headstone or marker. Such acronyms are prohibited from counting towards any character or line limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8669
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medicaid
Sales and excise taxes
Tax-exempt organizations
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Corporate Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill imposes an excise tax on large employers (at least 500 full-time employees in the preceding calendar year) for qualified federal benefits received by their employees. The bill defines 
qualified federal benefits
 to include food stamps, school lunches, section 8 housing subsidies, and Medicaid benefits.
 
The bill exempts employers that pay their employees $15 per hour and have less than $100 million in assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
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: 2020-10-23
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: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Protecting our KIDS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8670
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sex offenses
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Protecting our KIDS Act of 2020

 
This bill makes changes to the administration of the National Sex Offender Registry, including by setting out more detailed requirements for the internet identifiers (e.g., email addresses) that sex offenders must provide to the registry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
CREATE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8671
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Budget process
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Carbon Removal, Efficient Agencies, Technology Expertise Act of 2020 or the CREATE Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the Committee on Large-Scale Carbon Management within the National Science and Technology Council, the duties of which shall include developing a strategic plan for federal research, development, and demonstration of technological carbon dioxide removal and storage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-8672
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rhode Island

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act 

 
This bill adds Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and increases council membership from 21 to 23 members. The council is not given authority over the fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean seaward of Rhode Island.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
INSPECT Act

Bill: 116-hr-8673
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Nuclear power
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols for Extended Canister Transfers Act or the INSPECT Act

 
This bill requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assign a resident inspector to each commercial nuclear power plant that has permanently ceased operation. The inspector must (1) conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities, and (2) remain at the plant until all fuel is transferred from its spent fuel pools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Homelessness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8674
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Legal fees and court costs
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Prevent Homelessness Act of 2020 

 
This bill establishes the Housing Stabilization Fund to provide annual grants for nonprofit organizations and state and local governments that assist homeless individuals and families through the Continuum of Care Program. Grants must be used to provide emergency housing assistance for extremely low-income families. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Regulatory Penalties for PPP Lenders Act

Bill: 116-hr-8675
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Preventing Regulatory Penalties for PPP Lenders Act 

 
This bill prohibits federal banking agencies from including Paycheck Protection Program loans as assets when calculating capital ratios, deposit insurance premiums, and other asset thresholds for certain small financial institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
OFF U.S. Embassies Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8676
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Opposing Foreign Fundraising at United States Embassies Act of 2020 or the OFF U.S. Embassies Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to host a fundraising event for, or on behalf of, a foreign political party or candidate at a U.S. embassy, consulate, or other diplomatic post, and it requires the Department of State to revise both its Standardized Regulations and the Foreign Affairs Manual to prohibit this kind of activity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
HEAT Act

Bill: 116-hr-8677
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Roger [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Home health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act or the HEAT Act

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of home health services that are furnished via telehealth during a public health emergency, in accordance with specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House