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Citizen Justice Restoration Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-9045
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Disability and health-based discrimination
Evidence and witnesses
Government liability
Judicial review and appeals
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: 

Citizen Justice Restoration Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits decisions to search, seize, or scrutinize an individual that discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, or sex.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
prohibits a person acting under color of law from basing a decision to search, seize, or scrutinize an individual on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, or sex, including sexual orientation, and makes evidence obtained as a result of such a search or seizure inadmissible, with exceptions;
 
requires an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a state court to be granted with respect to any federal claim that was adjudicated on the merits in state court proceedings, which adjudication was in error;
 
makes a new rule of constitutional law announced by the U.S. Supreme Court, a U.S. Court of Appeals, or a U.S. District Court retroactive to cases on collateral review; and
 
requires an ambiguity in a statute that provides protection against discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, or sex to be construed in the manner that will provide the greatest protection against such discrimination.
 
 
The bill further creates a private right of action and provides for the award of a bounty for citizen lawsuits under specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021

Bill: 116-hr-9046
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2020-12-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021

 
This bill repeals the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021. It also provides continuing FY2021 appropriations through January 11, 2021, for the programs and activities that are funded in the act. The continuing appropriations would fund most of these programs and activities at the FY2020 levels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
CASH Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-9047
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2020-12-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: 

Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act of 2020 or the CASH Act of 2020

 
This bill amends the COVID-related Tax Relief Act of 2020 to increase the recovery rebate amount for individual taxpayers to $2,000 ($4,000 for joint return filers). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-12-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to modify the oath of office taken by individuals in the civil service or uniformed services, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-9048
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2020-12-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
Political parties and affiliation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: 
This bill modifies the oath of office for elected and appointed positions in the federal civil service and uniformed services. Specifically, the bill modifies the oath to include a pledge to place the obligation to support and defend the Constitution above an obligation to any individual, political party, or faction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Centers Assistance for Renovations and Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-9049
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2020-12-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: 

Cancer Centers Assistance for Renovations and Expansion Act of 2020

 
This bill temporarily establishes and provides funds for a cancer center construction grant program for capital costs associated with research, prevention, or patient care infrastructure improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for additional recovery rebates for individuals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-9050
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2020-12-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: 
This bill provides for additional 2020 recovery rebates (i.e., refundable tax credits) for individual taxpayers whose gross income does not exceed $75,000 ($150,000 for joint return filers). The amount of such rebates are $2,000 for each individual taxpayer ($4,000 for joint return filers) and $600 for each qualifying child of the taxpayer. The Internal Revenue Service may determine eligibility for the recovery rebate based on a taxpayer's 2019 tax return or other information if the taxpayer has not filed a return for 2019. 
 
To be eligible for a recovery rebate, a taxpayer must provide a valid identification number (i.e., a Social Security account number). If only one spouse filing a joint return provides a valid identification number, the amount of the recovery rebate is reduced to $2,000. The bill provides a limited exemption from garnishment and other offsets for recovery rebates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Introduced in House
CASH Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-9051
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2020-12-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: 

Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act of 2020 or the CASH Act of 2020

 
This bill increases the 2020 recovery rebate from $1,200 to $2,000 for each individual taxpayer and extends such rebate to taxpayer dependents.

action_date: 2020-12-28
text: 

Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act of 2020 or the CASH Act of 2020

 
This bill increases the 2020 recovery rebate from $1,200 to $2,000 for each individual taxpayer and extends such rebate to taxpayer dependents. 
 
The bill does not have budgetary impact (i.e., no entry on PAYGO scorecards). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645.
action_date: 2020-12-29
text: Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 275 - 134 (Roll no. 252). (text: CR H9153-9154)
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 275 - 134 (Roll no. 252).
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9163)
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9051.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9153-9160)
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Mr. Neal moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
PPS Act

Bill: 116-hr-9052
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2020-12-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: 

Preventing a Patronage System Act or the PPS Act

 
This bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in Schedules A through E as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules.
 
On October 21, 2020, the President issued an executive order titled 
Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service
. The order places executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also requires any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
No Congressional Gun Loophole Act

Bill: 116-hr-9053
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Firearms and explosives
Government Operations and Politics
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
Motor vehicles
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: 

No Congressional Gun Loophole Act

 
This bill prohibits the Capitol Police Board from allowing Members of Congress or their staff to carry firearms on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol or in its buildings. Members and their staff may store firearms in their cars in Capitol complex garages if their possession complies with the firearms laws of the District of Columbia and the firearms are locked with gun locks while on the complex. 
 
Current board regulations allow Members of Congress to keep firearms in their offices; the regulations also allow Members and their staff to transport unloaded and securely wrapped firearms within the Capitol grounds. Firearms are prohibited inside the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in adjacent lobbies and cloakrooms, the galleries, the Marble Room of the Senate, and the Rayburn Room of the House, unless approved by the Sergeants at Arms for security purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
Crisis Housing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-9055
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2020-12-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: 

Crisis Housing Act of 2020 

 
This bill provides funding to public housing agencies for rental assistance for certain families located in an area that either (1) meets specified unemployment levels, or (2) is subject to a major disaster declaration. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, and the Budget, 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: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, and the Budget, 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: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, and the Budget, 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: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, and the Budget, 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: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

Bill: 116-hr-9056
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2020-12-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Mining
Research and development
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: 

Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to conduct ongoing assessments of and secure any energy resource that (1) is essential to the energy sector and energy systems of the United States, and (2) has a supply chain which is vulnerable to disruption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-28
text: Introduced in House
Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens and People with Disabilities through Workforce Advancement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-9057
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-12-31 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: 

Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens and People with Disabilities through Workforce Advancement Act of 2020 

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to award demonstration project grants to partnerships of health care providers, long-term care facilities, and other organizations to test models of care coordination and service delivery for older individuals, and individuals with disabilities, who have chronic illnesses or are at risk of institutional placement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
______ Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-9058
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to enter an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study addiction to or psychological dependence on social media applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
Climate Protection and Sustainable Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-9059
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-31 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Credit and credit markets
Environmental health
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: 

Climate Protection and Sustainable Communities Act 

 
This bill requires a financial regulator to assess and rate the record of a financial institution in meeting the environmentally sustainable investment needs of its community. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to clarify that States are persons for purposes of liability under that section, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-9060
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-31 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: 
This bill specifies that states, state agencies, and state officials acting in their official capacities are civilly liable for deprivations of rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish a credit to any bid for a lease that includes a commitment to use a project labor agreement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-9061
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, in evaluating a bid for an oil or gas lease, to award a 10% credit to the value of a bid if the bidder commits to enter into a project labor agreement with respect to any employees who will be engaged in building or construction in the offshore wind energy development within the leased track.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
No Sanctuary for Criminals Act

Bill: 116-hr-9062
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Government liability
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Motor vehicles
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: 

No Sanctuary for Criminals Act

 
This bill prohibits federal, state, or local government entities from having policies that restrict any government entity from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement activities. A state or local government entity that violates this provision shall be ineligible for certain Department of Justice or Department of Homeland Security grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-31
text: Introduced in House