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Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act

Bill: 116-hr-7454
Sponsor: Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act 

 
This bill revises the Good Neighbor Authority program to modify the treatment of revenue from timber sale contracts under good neighbor agreements with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior. (The Good Neighbor Authority permits USDA and Interior to enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with states, counties, and Indian tribes to perform forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on federal land managed by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management.)
 
Specifically, the bill (1) requires Indian tribes and counties to retain revenue generated from timber sales under a good neighbor agreement; and (2) allows states, counties, and Indian tribes to use such revenue for authorized restoration projects on nonfederal lands under a good neighbor agreement. (Under current law, only a state is permitted to retain the revenues, and the revenues must be used for restoration projects on federal land.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7455
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska
Hawaii
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act of 2020

 
This bill allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adjust the federal per diem payment rate for Medicare skilled nursing facilities in Alaska or Hawaii to reflect the unique circumstances of such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-07-01
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: 2020-07-01
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: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To establish a grant program for domestic maritime workforce training and education, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7456
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Marine and inland water transportation
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to award maritime career training grants to institutions of higher education and postsecondary vocational institutions for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for American workers related to the maritime workforce.
 
Each awarded grant may not exceed $20 million.
 
DOT must award grants based on 
 
 
a determination of the merits of the grant proposal submitted by the institution of higher education or postsecondary vocational institution to develop, offer, or improve maritime educational or career training programs to be made available to workers;
 
an evaluation of the likely employment opportunities available to workers who complete a maritime educational or career training program that the institution proposes to develop, offer, or improve;
 
 an evaluation of prior demand for training programs by workers in the community served by the institution, as well as the availability and capacity of existing maritime training programs to meet future demand for training programs; and
 
any prior designation of the institution as a Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act

Bill: 116-hr-7457
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor carriers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act 

 
This bill establishes a standard of care for the selection of brokers and other entities that contract with motor carriers for the shipment of goods or household goods. (A 
broker
 is a person, other than a motor carrier or an employee or agent of a motor carrier, that as a principal or agent sells, offers for sale, negotiates for, or holds itself out by solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise as selling, providing, or arranging for, transportation by motor carrier for compensation.)
 
Specifically, the bill requires such entities to verify that a transporting motor carrier (1) is properly registered with the Department of Transportation (DOT); (2) has obtained the minimum required insurance coverage; and (3) is not determined unfit to safely operate commercial motor vehicles, or otherwise ordered to discontinue operations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or a state.
 
DOT must prescribe by regulation a process for revoking the registration of an owner or operator determined unfit to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Pork Producer Assistance Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7458
Sponsor: Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Livestock
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

U.S. Pork Producer Assistance Act of 2020

 
This bill provides supplemental funding for the Department of Agriculture to provide support payments to domestic pork producers with losses of market-ready hogs due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Coronavirus Service Corps Act

Bill: 116-hr-7459
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
National Guard and reserves
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Coronavirus Service Corps Act 

 
This bill establishes a Coronavirus Service Corps that must employ unemployed or underemployed citizens to carry out work such as 
 
 
health care, including contract tracing, administering COVID-19 tests, and peer mental health counseling; 
 
assisting essential services and the reopening of businesses; 
 
social services, including hunger relief, homeless services, and senior care. 
 
 
The hourly wage for corps employees must be the greater of (1) 150% of the minimum hourly wage in the applicable locality, or (2) $15 an hour. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To authorize appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for construction and maintenance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7461
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 
This bill authorizes appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for construction projects, nonrecurring maintenance, and grants for the acquisition and operation of state home facilities for furnishing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7462
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Government information and archives
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT), every two years, to conduct nationwide on-the-ground road safety assessments focused on pedestrian and bicycle safety in each state.
 
The purpose of the assessments is to 
 
 
identify and examine specific locations with documented or perceived problems with pedestrian and bicycle safety and access,
 
examine barriers to providing safe pedestrian and bicycle access to transportation infrastructure, and
 
develop and issue recommendations designed to effectively address specific safety and access issues and enhance pedestrian and bicycle safety in high-risk areas.
 
 
DOT must maintain a national pedestrian and bicycle safety database that includes (1) a list of high-risk intersections, roads, and highways with a documented history of pedestrian or bicycle accidents or fatalities and details regarding those incidents; and (2) information on corrective measures that have been implemented at the state, local, or federal level to enhance pedestrian and bicyclist safety at those high-risk areas, including details on the nature and date of corrective action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Assisted Living Facility Coronavirus Reporting Act

Bill: 116-hr-7463
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 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 facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nursing
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Assisted Living Facility Coronavirus Reporting Act

 
This bill temporarily imposes reporting requirements related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) cases in assisted living facilities on states as a condition of receiving certain federal COVID-19 relief funding.
 
Specifically, states must report each week on suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in assisted living facilities to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the data disaggregated by race and other demographic characteristics. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must publish the information provided by states. 
 
States must also require assisted living facilities to notify federal, state, and local health agencies and facility residents, their representatives, and their families within one calendar day of any confirmed cases of COVID-19 or the onset of new respiratory symptoms at a particular facility. 
 
In addition, subject to some limitations, the bill applies federal COVID-19 reporting requirements for nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities to assisted living facilities and requires the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the use of required reporting by nursing homes to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 in such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
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: 2020-07-01
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: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Elijah E. Cummings Merchant Mariner Workforce Development Act

Bill: 116-hr-7464
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Educational facilities and institutions
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Marine and inland water transportation
Performance measurement
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Elijah E. Cummings Merchant Mariner Workforce Development Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Elijah E. Cummings Merchant Mariner Career Training Loan Program to make loans available to certain students for the training of U.S. merchant mariners, including those working to receive a Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping endorsement.
 
The program shall be administered by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD).
 
MARAD may not make loans to a student under the program in an amount that exceeds $30,000 in a calendar year or $120,000 in the aggregate.
 
MARAD must publish a plan to recruit, train, and retain merchant mariners, including (1) a strategy to address merchant mariner recruitment, training, and retention issues in the United States; and (2) demonstration and research priorities concerning such issues.
 
Additionally, DOT may award competitive grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, maritime training institutions to carry out demonstration and research projects that implement the priorities identified in the plan for the purpose of recruiting, training, or retaining U.S. merchant mariners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Andrew Jackson Statue Removal Act

Bill: 116-hr-7465
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Andrew Jackson Statue Removal Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to ensure that the Andrew Jackson statue and marble base is removed from Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia.
 
Interior shall donate the Andrew Jackson statue and marble base to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the statue and base may not store, display, or exhibit the statue outside, but if the statue is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the statue and marble base will revert back to the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Emancipation Statue Removal Act

Bill: 116-hr-7466
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Emancipation Statue Removal Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to ensure that the Emancipation Monument is removed from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia.
 
 Interior shall donate the Emancipation Monument to a museum or other similar entity. The recipient of the Emancipation Monument may not store, display, or exhibit the monument outside, but if the monument is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the monument will revert back to the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Revolving Loan Fund Flexibility Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7467
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Revolving Loan Fund Flexibility Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes a grantee that provides revolving loans using funds from a Department of Commerce economic development grant to transfer funds repaid from such a loan to another eligible project, subject to various requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Stop Home Manufacture of Ghost Guns Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7468
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: 

Stop Home Manufacture of Ghost Guns Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits and penalizes the transfer, possession, or purchase of a firearm manufacturing machine; this prohibition does not apply to licensed manufacturers. A firearm manufacturing machine is a device that is intended to make or convert a product into a frame or receiver for a firearm. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Introduced in House