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National Evaluation of Aviation and Aerospace Solutions to Climate Change Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5977
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

National Evaluation of Aviation and Aerospace Solutions to Climate Change Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which it must conduct a study on climate change mitigation efforts related to the civil aviation and aerospace industries, including developing and applying an appropriate indicator for assessing the effectiveness of such efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
MADE HERE Act

Bill: 116-hr-5978
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Performance measurement
Regional and metropolitan planning
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Manufacturing American Dynamism in Entrepreneurship and Harnessing Education to Retool Employees Act or the MADE HERE Act

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense to establish a manufacturing cluster program to award resources and grants to eligible manufacturing clusters, and it establishes an interagency entity to oversee and coordinate the activities of manufacturing cluster programs at federal agencies.
 
A manufacturing cluster is a geographic concentration of companies and institutions within a particular field of manufacturing that engage collaboratively in workforce development, technology development, supply chain sourcing, and other activities.
 
The program shall be comprised of three phases wherein awards shall be distributed to manufacturing clusters for (1) the development of a detailed implementation plan, (2) the implementation of such plan, and (3) continuing the activities of the cluster. Phase two and three awards may be used for purposes such as developing and deploying educational programs for cluster members, funding efforts with respect to supply chain sourcing and innovation, and developing shared infrastructure or resources for cluster members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed 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: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed 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: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed 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: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Tax Deadline Uniformity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5979
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Tax Deadline Uniformity Act of 2020

 
This bill requires individual and corporate estimated income tax to be paid on a quarterly basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act

Bill: 116-hr-5980
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act

 
This bill makes a Member of Congress who has been convicted of a crime related to public corruption ineligible between the date of sentencing and the date of final conviction to receive retirement payments pursuant to the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System based on their service as a Member.
 
Under current law, a Member must forgo receipt of these payments only after a final conviction (i.e., after the exhaustion of all appeals under the judicial process).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Credit Union Board Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-5981
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Credit Union Board Modernization Act 

 
This bill reduces the frequency of meetings required to be held by a credit union's board of directors. Specifically, the bill requires at least six meetings annually, with at least one meeting held during each fiscal quarter. Currently, boards must meet at least once a month. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Safe Medicine Act

Bill: 116-hr-5982
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: 

Safe Medicine Act

 
This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to temporarily ban the sale of a drug if (1) the drug (or an active ingredient of the drug) is manufactured in a country that, because of systemic problems of supervision, may be producing contaminated drugs; and (2) the drug's labeling does not have certain warnings about potential contamination. 
 
The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on vulnerabilities in the U.S. medicine supply chain, including vulnerabilities related to reliance on production from other countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, California, as the Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-5983
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2020-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, California, as the "Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post Office Building."
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, California, as the "Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-307.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-307.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7643-7644)
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7135)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-307
COAT Act

Bill: 116-hr-5984
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business expenses
Business records
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
School administration
Securities
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Charter Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency Act or the COAT Act

 
This bill requires state educational agencies, in order to receive certain federal funds, to ensure that each contract between a charter school located in the state and a private charter management organization includes certain compliance requirements.
 
Specifically, such organization must annually disclose certain information to the Department of Education (ED), including the identity of each charter school it operates or manages, the amount expended on operations and administration, information about its contracts, and an audited income statement. ED must publish such information on its website.
 
Additionally, such organization must hold board meetings that are open and accessible to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

Bill: 116-hr-5985
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Public-private cooperation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish an interagency task force to study the most effective ways to combat unlawful robocalls made into the United States from foreign sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1232)
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the Ralph Hall Post Office.

Bill: 116-hr-5987
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the "Ralph Hall Post Office."
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the "Ralph Hall Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H5071)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H5071)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Mr. Connolly asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the Audie Murphy Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-5988
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Television and film
Texas
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Audie Murphy Post Office Building."
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Audie Murphy Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 566.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H5071)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H5071)
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Mr. Connolly asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 116-hr-5989
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 
 
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act 

 
This bill establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama, consisting of land in Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Washington, and Wilcox Counties. 
 
The Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama shall prepare and submit a management plan for the heritage area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 116-hr-5990
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Illinois
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in Chicago, Illinois.
 
The Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission shall be the local coordinating entity for the heritage area and shall submit a management plan for the heritage area.
 
The authority of the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the heritage area expires 15 years after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Downwinders Parity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5992
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government liability
Nevada
Nuclear weapons
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

Downwinders Compensation Act of 2020

 
This bill extends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund for five years. In addition, the bill expands eligibility for relief for individuals who were exposed to atmospheric nuclear testing and subsequently developed specified cancers. Specifically, the bill extends eligibility to qualified individuals who were exposed in any part of Clark County, Nevada, or Mohave County, Arizona.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
VAlue FAAmily Act

Bill: 116-hr-5993
Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2020-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: 

VAlue FAAmily Act

 
This bill provides employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Veterans Health Administration with the same family and medical leave benefits as other federal employees, beginning in FY2021.
 
The bill also specifies that TSA screeners are eligible to receive family and medical leave benefits beginning in FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1447)
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Introduced in House