hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
HEAL for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3799
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2020 or the HEAL Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2020

 
This bill extends Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program coverage to individuals lawfully present in the United States who otherwise meet eligibility requirements. Individuals granted federally authorized presence also are required to maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage and are eligible for health insurance exchanges, reduced cost sharing, premium subsidies, and premium tax credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Command Accountability for Military Family Readiness Act

Bill: 116-s-3800
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
Nutrition and diet
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Command Accountability for Military Family Readiness Act

 
This bill requires each military department to prioritize military readiness.
 
Specifically, each department must
 
 
designate the command personnel who shall undergo a climate assessment that takes into account their support of military family readiness;
 
provide training, guidance, and other information to ensure that such command personnel are equipped to encourage and support military family readiness within their unit or installation;
 
ensure that each assessment includes the extent to which the command personnel encourage and support military family readiness; and
 
ensure that each assessment includes surveys of the spouses of service members on matters that are relevant to military spouses, military families, and military family readiness.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Spouse Relocation and Contract Reimbursement Act

Bill: 116-s-3801
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Higher education
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Military Spouse Relocation and Contract Reimbursement Act

 
This bill authorizes reimbursements from the My Career Advancement Account Program account of a military spouse to pay fines imposed by an employer for breaking an employment contract in connection with the spouse's relocation due to a permanent change of station. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Medical Censorship and Cover Ups in China Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3802
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Foreign property
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Human rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
News media and reporting
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Sanctions
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Ending Medical Censorship and Cover Ups in China Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on persons responsible for various acts of censorship in China. Specifically, such sanctions shall apply to persons that engage in acts to (1) prohibit or limit the exercise of free expression and assembly in China, (2) penalize Chinese citizens for the public dissemination of accurate epidemiological information, or (3) limit access to media in China. 
 
The President shall periodically update the list of sanctioned persons, which shall be publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
BEAMS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3803
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Blocking Evasive Attempts to Manipulate Signals Act of 2020 or the BEAMS Act of 2020

 
This bill restricts the transfer of certain broadcast permits whereby a person may broadcast into a foreign country (e.g., Mexico or Canada) for the purpose of rebroadcasting into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Collective Bargaining Agreements Under One-Touch Make-Ready Act

Bill: 116-s-3804
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Protecting Collective Bargaining Agreements Under One-Touch Make-Ready Act

 
This bill makes inapplicable any provision of the Federal Communications Commission rules relating to telecommunications attachments to utility poles that conflicts with certain labor laws or an existing collective bargaining agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3805
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies provisions related to the forgiveness of loans made to small businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program implemented in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a minimum maturity of five years for a paycheck protection loan that has a remaining balance after the application of forgiveness. The bill also extends the covered period during which the recipient of a paycheck protection loan may use such funds for certain expenses while remaining eligible for forgiveness of the loan.
 
Further, the bill prohibits the Small Business Administration from limiting the non-payroll portion of a forgivable covered loan amount. Currently, only 25% of a paycheck protection loan may be allocated to non-payroll expenses such as rent and utilities.
 
The bill extends the period of time in which an employer may rehire or eliminate a reduction in employment, salary, or wages that would otherwise reduce the forgivable amount of a paycheck protection loan. However, the forgivable amount must be determined without regard to a reduction in the number of employees if the recipient is (1) unable to rehire an employee, (2) able to demonstrate an inability to hire a similarly qualified employee, or (3) able to demonstrate an inability to return to the same level of business activity.
 
Lastly, the bill eliminates a provision that makes a paycheck protection loan recipient who has such indebtedness forgiven ineligible to defer payroll tax payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3806
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Cemeteries and funerals
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Disaster relief and insurance
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020

 
This bill waives cost share requirements for all federal emergency declarations and major disaster declarations during 2020.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide a 100% cost share in such instances. In general, FEMA disaster assistance requires a 75% cost-share commitment from the federal government with 25% provided from nonfederal sources.
 
The bill lists activities for which the federal cost share is waived, including
 
 
miscellaneous costs, such as the costs of cleaning and sanitizing public areas and buildings where individuals who have contracted COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) have been present to prevent the spread of the virus;
 
other needs assistance for uninsured, disaster-related necessary expenses and serious needs, including specified child care assistance and funeral and burial assistance;
 
mental health services;
 
medical equipment; and
 
hospital and morgue capacity expansion projects to meet actual or projected COVID-19 surge demands.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevention of Mental Health Discrimination During Military Accession Act

Bill: 116-s-3807
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Child health
Department of Defense
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Prevention of Mental Health Discrimination During Military Accession Act

 
This bill addresses discrimination in appointment, enlistment, or induction in the Armed Forces on account of an Armed Forces candidate having a mental health condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care Affordability and Accessibility for Military Families Act

Bill: 116-s-3808
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Child Care Affordability and Accessibility for Military Families Act

 
This bill expands access to child care for military families.
 
For example, the bill (1) lowers child development center fees for certain parents who are active-duty service members, (2) requires each military department to implement a fee assistance program for service members who obtain child care services from a civilian provider, and (3) directs each military medical treatment facility to ensure that service members and their spouses who are attending medical appointments at such facilities may obtain child care services for their children on an hourly basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Moms’ Mental Health Assessment Act

Bill: 116-s-3809
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medical research
Mental health
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Minority employment
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Military Moms' Mental Health Assessment Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study prenatal and postpartum mental health conditions among members of the Armed Forces and dependents of such members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-3810
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

National Institutes of Health Director Protection Act

 
This bill specifies that the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may only fire a director of a national research institute or national center of the NIH on the basis of malfeasance, neglect of office, or incapacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoration of Essential Conveyance Act

Bill: 116-s-3811
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Dams and canals
Earth sciences
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
State and local government operations
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Restoration of Essential Conveyance Act

 
This bill authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to provide financial assistance for various projects in California to mitigate the sinking or settling of the ground (i.e., subsidence mitigation), specifically for projects related to the Friant-Kern Canal, the Delta-Mendota Canal, and certain parts of the San Luis Canal/California Aqueduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-375.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2588-2589)
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II.

Bill: 116-s-3812
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to include veterans of World War II who are not already covered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3813
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Dams and canals
Historic sites and heritage areas
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2036 the authority of the Department of the Interior to make any grants or provide any financial assistance for the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway in Ohio.
 
The bill increases the total amount that may be appropriated for the canalway. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
RESTART Act

Bill: 116-s-3814
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings
Women in business
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty Act or the RESTART Act

 
This bill extends the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), for certain businesses, and it establishes a loan program whereby the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall guarantee loan amounts to certain businesses affected by COVID-19.
 
Specifically, the bill provides a paycheck protection loan recipient with 16 weeks to use such funds if the recipient has (1) less than 500 full-time employees, and (2) suffered a decline in revenues of at least 25%.
 
The bill also establishes a loan program whereby the SBA shall guarantee 100% of program loan amounts made to certain small businesses that have not more than 5,000 full-time employees. The terms for such loans shall include (1) a maximum duration of not more than seven years; (2) an amount that is not greater than 45% of 2019 gross receipts, up to $12 million; and (3) no payment on principal for the first two years of the loan.
 
A lender that is otherwise approved to make paycheck protection loans may make and approve loans established by the bill, and a recipient may use loan funds for specified allowable expenses including payroll costs, rent, utilities, and personal protective equipment.
 
Such loans may be forgiven up to the amount of total losses incurred by the recipient in the taxable year 2020. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2020-06-03
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3815
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies requirements governing the national instant criminal background check system (NICS).
 
Specifically, it allows the NICS to retain records related to a firearms-related background check for as long as necessary to make a final determination of firearms eligibility.
 
Additionally, it requires the NICS to query an additional database&#8212;the National Data Exchange&#8212;as part of a firearm-related background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act

Bill: 116-s-3816
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Lease and rental services
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act

 
This bill revises requirements for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address underused storage facilities.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE)to lease such storage facilities to private entities. Currently, DOE may only lease these storage facilities to foreign governments. DOE must ensure that leasing of facilities to foreign governments will not impair national security. 
 
In addition, DOE must conduct a program to lease storage capacity for up to 200 million barrels of petroleum products at storage facilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and related facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Pandemic Moment of Silence Act

Bill: 116-s-3817
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-05-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Monuments and memorials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: 

COVID-19 Pandemic Moment of Silence Act

 
This bill directs the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe a moment of silence on June 1, 2020, to honor the memory of the lives lost in the United States due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Introduced in Senate