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United States Secret Service Mission Improvement and Realignment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3636
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protection of officials
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-06
text: 

United States Secret Service Mission Improvement and Realignment Act of 2020

 
This bill transfers the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security to the Department of the Treasury.
 
The bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to make incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, and liabilities held in connection with the functions transferred.
 
The Secret Service, by December 31 of each year, shall submit to specified congressional committees an annual report on any trip by a protected individual with a stop at a location that is not owned or controlled by the federal government, including any such trip that is outside of the United States.
 
Such report shall include (1) for each instance of such travel, a statement of the protected individuals, dates of departure and return, total amount of travel expenditures, and other specified information; and (2) for each protected individual, the total amount of incidental expenditures incurred for the purpose of providing protection to the protected individual during the reporting period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act

Bill: 116-s-3638
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2020-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal-Indian relations
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-06
text: 

Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act

 
This bill allows Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to be used to replace state, tribal, or local government revenue shortfalls resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) during the period from March 1-December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3639
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Financial literacy
Housing finance and home ownership
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies the discount given by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on single-family mortgage-insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete a financial-management counseling program. Under current law, the maximum premium amount for such homebuyers is 2.75% of the original insured principal obligation of the mortgage (compared to 3% for other homebuyers). 
 
The bill instead requires that the premium amount for such homebuyers (1) in the case of a mortgage insured within four years of enactment, be 25 basis points (0.25% of the original insured principal obligation of mortgage) lower than the amount otherwise established by the FHA; or (2) in the case of a mortgage insured four years after enactment, at a rate set by the FHA that corresponds to the reduced risk of loss due to the counseling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
CARES Windfall for the Wealthiest Repeal Act

Bill: 116-s-3640
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

CARES Windfall for the Wealthiest Repeal Act

 
This bill restores and makes permanent the disallowance of excess business losses of noncorporate taxpayers and limits to two years the carryback of net operating losses of small businesses arising in the first taxable year beginning after August 31, 2019.
 
The bill also permits taxpayers who expect a net operating loss after August 31, 2019, to apply for an advance carryback adjustment of prior year taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the area between the intersections of International Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, Northwest and International Place, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Li Wenliang Plaza", and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3641
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 
This bill designates as 
Li Wenliang
 
Plaza
 the area between the intersections of International Drive NW and Van Ness Street NW and International Drive NW and International Place NW in the District of Columbia.
 
Additionally, the bill redesignates the address of 3505 International Place NW, District of Columbia, as 1 Li Wenliang Plaza.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act

Bill: 116-s-3643
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act

 
This bill authorizes additional individuals to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine. 
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the following individuals to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine:
 
 
specified health care professionals who have the qualifications set forth by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA);
 
appointed postgraduate health care employees who are under clinical supervision and must obtain an active, current, full, and unrestricted certification or meet qualification standards set forth by the VA in a specified time frame; and
 
VA health professional trainees who are under the supervision of a VA health care professional who is authorized to provide health care via telemedicine.
 

action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act

 
This bill authorizes additional individuals to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine. 
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the following individuals to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine:
 
 
specified health care professionals who have the qualifications set forth by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA);
 
appointed postgraduate health care employees who are under clinical supervision and must obtain an active, current, full, and unrestricted certification or meet qualification standards set forth by the VA in a specified time frame; and
 
VA health professional trainees who are under the supervision of a VA health care professional who is authorized to provide health care via telemedicine.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID–19 Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3644
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and Medicaid nursing facilities (NFs) during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, SNFs and NFs must comply with specified quality of care, worker safety, and transparency requirements, subject to civil penalties. Requirements include (1) testing residents and employees for COVID-19 weekly or before shifts, respectively, and reporting any lack of available testing kits on a daily basis; (2) providing at least two weeks of paid sick leave to each employee; and (3) reporting the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, including demographic information, on a daily basis.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must also distribute funds to allow states to establish strike teams that may be deployed to SNFs and NFs within 72 hours of three or more COVID-19 diagnoses to help separate those who have been exposed, supervise testing, and ensure enforcement of whistleblower protections, among other needs. Teams must include members of the National Guard, public health officials, medical experts, and representatives of residents and workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
FIRST Act

Bill: 116-s-3645
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Cosmetics and personal care
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and security Together Act or the FIRST Act

 
This bill imposes requirements during a communicable disease-related national emergency, such as requiring the release of certain aliens in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. 
 
Covered aliens, specifically those who have certain health conditions, are at least 50 years old, or are 21 years of age or younger, shall be released from ICE custody without bond during such a national emergency, unless the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the alien is likely to pose a substantial and specific risk of harming another. 
 
DHS shall review the files of any detained individual who is not a covered alien, and such an individual shall be released unless (1) alternatives to detention would not reasonably ensure the individual's appearance at removal proceedings; (2) the individual is likely to pose a substantial and specific risk of harming another; or (3) a final removal order has been entered, appeals have been exhausted, and removal of the alien is reasonably foreseeable. 
 
ICE shall not redetain aliens released under this bill solely due to the expiration of the national emergency.
 
During such a national emergency, ICE shall suspend (1) requiring individuals under supervision to report in person; (2) immigration enforcement actions; and (3) warrantless enforcement in certain locations, such as an essential business during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. ICE shall also provide to detained individuals (1) access to no-cost telephonic or video communication, including unmonitored communications with legal providers; and (2) hygiene products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Community Supervision Act

Bill: 116-s-3646
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
HIV/AIDS
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial review and appeals
Neurological disorders
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Emergency Community Supervision Act

 
This bill establishes measures to reduce the number of individuals in federal custody during a national emergency relating to a communicable disease.
 
Specifically, it does the following:
 
 
requires certain categories of inmates to be released and placed in community supervision (e.g., home confinement); 
 
limits the use of pretrial detention; and 
 
modifies supervised release, including to suspend the request for detention and imprisonment as a sanction for a violation of probation, supervised release, or parole. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevent Emergency and Disaster Profiteering Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3647
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Prevent Emergency and Disaster Profiteering Act of 2020
 

 This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a designated good or service at a price that is unconscionably excessive during a federally-declared emergency or disaster. The Department of Health and Human Services may designate a list of necessary goods or services during an emergency period and establish a margin over which an increase in the average price of such goods or services is deemed unconscionably excessive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
E-BRIDGE Act

Bill: 116-s-3648
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility Act or the E-BRIDGE Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to award economic development grants for public-private partnerships and certain consortiums to carry out specified broadband projects.
 
Such projects shall be to provide, extend, expand, or improve high-speed broadband service through (1) planning, technical assistance, or training; (2) land acquisition or development; or (3) acquisition, construction, or improvement of facilities.
 
Title to real or personal property acquired or improved with grant funds, or another acceptable possessory interest, must be vested in a public partner or eligible nonprofit organization or association for the useful life of the project. In addition, grant funds may be combined with amounts made available under any other federal program, and Commerce may provide credit toward the non-federal share of a broadband project's cost. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Broadband Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3649
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Community Broadband Act of 2020

 
This bill restricts state, local, or tribal governments from prohibiting or inhibiting such government entities or their affiliates from serving as public providers of telecommunications services or advanced telecommunications capabilities to any person or any public or private entity.
 
The bill prohibits such public providers from favoring themselves over competing providers in the application of regulations, ordinances, public rights-of-way, or permitting requirements. However, the bill provides an exemption from this prohibition during an emergency declared by the President, a governor, or an authorized elected local official. 
 
Lastly, the bill expresses the sense of Congress that such governments or affiliates intending to provide public telecommunications services should consider public-private partnerships. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Coverage for Urban Indian Health Providers Act

Bill: 116-s-3650
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Health care quality
Health personnel
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Coverage for Urban Indian Health Providers Act

 
This bill extends federal torts claim coverage for certain personal injury claims (i.e., medical malpractice liability protection) to urban Indian organizations and their employees by deeming them as part of the Public Health Service. Currently, such coverage is provided to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Indian contractors, and their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-07-01
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Suspend School Meal Debt Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3651
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Suspend School Meal Debt Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits each school food authority and local educational agency participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program from collecting unpaid school meal fees (including late fees associated with unpaid meals) or using a debt collector to collect such fees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The prohibition ends 30 days after the date on which the public health emergency is terminated.
 
Additionally, the Department of Agriculture must reimburse each school food authority and local educational agency participating in either program for unpaid meal fees (including late fees associated with unpaid meals) owed to the authority or agency as of the date of the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
All Dependents Count Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3652
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
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: 2020-05-07
text: 

All Dependents Count Act of 2020

 
This bill extends the 2020 recovery rebates of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to all taxpayer dependents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting State and Local Leaders Act

Bill: 116-s-3653
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee leave
Employment taxes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Supporting State and Local Leaders Act

 
This bill repeals the prohibition against granting state and local governments a tax credit for paid sick and paid family and medical leave. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Health Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-3654
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: 

Rural Health Relief Act

 
This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass public hospitals that are owned or operated by a state or local government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate