Urban Progress Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6318
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal district courts
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
National Guard and reserves
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Protest and dissent
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
Teenage pregnancy
Temporary and part-time employment
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Violent crime
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 
 
 

Urban Progress Act of 2020 

 
This bill addresses economic development, employment opportunities, gun violence, and poverty. Among other provisions, the bill
 
 
makes permanent the work opportunity tax credit and increases it for employers who hire ex-felons; 
 
establishes grants to promote commercial development in underserved communities, to provide career training programs, and to support summer employment opportunities for youth; 
 
increases Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits when school is not in session for households with minor children; 
 
increases the child tax credit for low-income taxpayers; 
 
broadens the categories of prohibited persons who are barred from receiving or possessing firearms; 
 
requires states to submit mental health and criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; 
 
prohibits firearm transfers between private parties unless a licensed dealer first conducts a background check; 
 
requires gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms; and 
 
prohibits licensed gun dealers from transferring firearms to unlicensed persons prior to background check completion. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House