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To designate certain future interstates and high priority corridors in Kentucky, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8383
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Kentucky
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 
This bill designates the Louie B. Nunn (Cumberland) Parkway from the interchange with the Interstate 65 in Barren County, Kentucky, east to the interchange with U.S. Highway 27 in Somerset, Kentucky, as (1) a high priority corridor on the National Highway System, (2) a segment of the Interstate System where vehicles are subject to a weight limitation, and (3) Interstate Route I-365.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Development Investment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8384
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Workforce Development Investment Act of 2020

 
This bill allows employers tax credits for partnering with educational institutions to improve workforce development and job training for students and for engaging in job training and apprenticeship programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8385
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local finance
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Taxpayer Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish the Taxpayer Protection Program to provide forgivable loans to state, territory, tribal, and local governments to cover revenue losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and for other specified purposes.
 
Specifically, loan amounts received under this bill may be used (1) to cover revenue losses caused by business interruptions, unemployment, or other economic hardship directly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; and (2) for infrastructure or essential government service expenditures, including all general operating expenses. However, they may not be used for the service of any debt obligation or unfunded liability for employee retirement benefits.
 
The bill permits loan forgiveness if a state or local government meets specified requirements, such as a state having a truly balanced budget, sufficient rainy-day funds, and sound pension funds (i.e., pension funds that are based on generally accepted actuarial principles and that meet other specified requirements).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
GREATER Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-8386
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Grants for Rural Efforts to Address Treatment and Ensure Recovery in Communities Act of 2020 or the GREATER Communities Act

 
This bill expands efforts to address opioid use in rural areas, including by authorizing the Department of Justice to award grants for pilot programs to provide alternatives to incarceration and reduce opioid overdose deaths.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
IMPROVE Addiction Care Act

Bill: 116-hr-8388
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Improving Medicaid Programs' Response to Overdose Victims and Enhancing Addiction Care Act or the IMPROVE Addiction Care Act

 
This bill establishes additional requirements for state Medicaid drug-use review programs with respect to individuals who experience opioid-related overdoses. 
 
Specifically, programs must include protocols that (1) connect individuals who have experienced an opioid-related overdose within the last five years to appropriate treatment; (2) notify providers who prescribe opioids about subsequent fatal overdoses; (3) ensure providers are notified about an individual's history of opioid-use disorder, overdoses, or poisonings; and (4) educate providers about proper prescribing practices for these individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak to convey of certain properties to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8389
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Land transfers
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 
This bill requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), on or before June 30, 2021, to convey specific properties to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including the Keystone Line and stations between Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
 
Amtrak shall be entitled to use the properties conveyed on the same terms and conditions and right to determination by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board as afforded commuter authorities operating over Amtrak's lines, but shall not be entitled to compensation for the conveyances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To require the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a grant program to make grants to eligible entities to develop instructional content on artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8390
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF), beginning not later than January 1, 2022, to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities (e.g. a state research agency, a federal research agency, and an institution of higher education) to research the development of instructional content for teachers of a public elementary school or secondary school in accordance with a comprehensive and structured series of exercises (1) appropriate to each grade level; and (2) designed to convey the principles behind, mechanics of, and societal implications or ethics of the use of artificial intelligence; and (3) provide teaching instructions for teachers at elementary schools or secondary schools on such mechanisms when needed.
 
The NSF shall establish, and appoint individuals to, a review board to select the grant recipients.
 
The bill includes as a mathematics and science teacher, with respect to the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, a teacher at an elementary school or secondary school who instructs from a curriculum that incorporates, to a substantial degree, quantitative data analysis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Apprenticeships for Justice-Impacted Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-8391
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Financial literacy
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
Performance measurement
Small business
Transportation costs
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Strengthening Apprenticeships for Justice-Impacted Communities Act

 
This bill supports pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships, specifically regarding the justice-impacted population (i.e., individuals who have been arrested or convicted of a crime, including individuals currently or formerly incarcerated in a prison, jail, or juvenile facility).
 
The Department of Labor may award grants to eligible applicants (i.e., local educational agencies, state registration agencies, and industries or businesses) to, among other things
 
 
implement novel methods to improve pre-apprenticeship programs or apprenticeship programs available to incarcerated individuals, 
 
improve existing pre-apprenticeship programs and apprenticeship programs available to incarcerated individuals, and 
 
 pilot novel approaches to provide apprenticeship training for justice-connected individuals that matches labor force needs.
 
 
The bill establishes the Interagency Task Force on Strengthening Employment Opportunities and Outcomes for Justice-Impacted Communities that shall identify, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding (1) best practices relating to apprenticeship training for incarcerated individuals, and (2) ways in which federal agencies can better coordinate to support justice-impacted individuals with success and completion of pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs.
 
Labor shall establish an Office of Correctional Apprenticeships to
 
 
 ensure that all federal correctional institutions provide quality pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs for incarcerated individuals that pay fair and graduated wages; 
 
 be a nationwide repository for research, policies, and best practices in correctional education and training; and
 
 offer training and technical assistance for state prison systems and employers seeking to operate or improve corrections-based pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs or pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs that support justice-connected individuals.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Honoring National Recovery Month Act

Bill: 116-hr-8392
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Honoring National Recovery Month Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to develop communication materials, distribute best practices, and carry out other activities in recognition of National Recovery Month. SAMHSA may undertake these activities or enter into an agreement with a national organization to do so.
 
National Recovery Month is an annual observance to celebrate individuals who are in recovery from a substance use disorder or mental illness, educate the public, and combat stigma. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Frontline Health Care Worker Student Loan Assistance Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8393
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nursing
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Frontline Health Care Worker Student Loan Assistance Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a temporary program to provide federal and private student loan forgiveness to certain frontline health care workers. Frontline health care workers are those individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical response (e.g., patient care, medical research, or testing) to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8394
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2020

 
This bill includes diapers as deductible medical expenses and allows payments for diapers from certain tax-preferred spending and reimbursement accounts. The bill prohibits state or local governments from imposing a sales tax on the retail purchase of diapers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Disinformation Research and Reporting Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8395
Sponsor: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

COVID-19 Disinformation Research and Reporting Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the National Science Foundation to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) on the internet and social media platforms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Jenna Quinn Law

Bill: 116-hr-8396
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
School administration
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

Jenna Quinn Law

 
This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for evidence-informed child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs. The grants may be awarded for a period of up to five years.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
National Service Animals Monument Act

Bill: 116-hr-8397
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Monuments and memorials
Service animals

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

National Service Animals Monument Act

 
This bill directs that the monument to commemorate and recognize the heroic deeds and sacrifices of service animals and the handlers of service animals in the United States, to be constructed by the National Service Animals Monument Corporation at a location determined by the corporation, shall be designated as the National Service Animals Monument.
 
The monument shall not be a unit of the National Park System.
 
The designation of the monument shall not require federal funds to be expended for any purpose related to the monument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act

Bill: 116-hr-8398
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Congressional oversight
Higher education
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act

 
This bill directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to establish a program to identify and convey available federal land in Alaska to the University of Alaska for a land grant to support higher education.
 
No later than two years after enactment of the bill, Alaska and the university may jointly identify no more than 500,000 acres of land for inclusion in the program. Upon the request of Alaska and the university, the BLM shall provide technical assistance in the identification of land.
 
If Alaska and the university submit to the BLM one or more joint letters concurring with the conveyance of all or a portion of the land identified for conveyance, the BLM shall convey the land to the Board of Regents of the university, to be held in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the university.
 
The BLM shall convey no more than 360,000 acres of land to the university.
 
The BLM shall notify Congress upon conveyance of the land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Introduced in House
End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

Bill: 116-hr-8399
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: 

End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

 
This bill prohibits tax deductions for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. 
 

Direct-to-consumer advertising
 is any dissemination, by or on behalf of a sponsor of a prescription drug product, of an advertisement that is (1) in regard to the drug product, and (2) primarily targeted to the general public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Parent PLUS Loan Fairness and Responsibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-8400
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2020-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer credit
Family relationships
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: 

Parent PLUS Loan Fairness and Responsibility Act

 
This bill allows parent borrowers to transfer their parent PLUS loans to their child under certain circumstances. Among other requirements for a transfer, the child must demonstrate the ability to repay the loan, as determined by the Department of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-25
text: Introduced in House