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Mothers and Newborns Success Act

Bill: 116-s-4269
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Mothers and Newborns Success Act

 
This bill directs the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take certain actions to improve, and reduce racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in, maternal health outcomes.
 
First, with respect to HRSA, the bill provides statutory authority for grants that support (1) state efforts to reduce disparities in maternal health; and (2) increased access to maternal and obstetrics care in rural areas, including through telehealth. HRSA must also award grants to identify best practices to improve pregnancy and postpartum outcomes.
 
Second, the bill authorizes the CDC to establish or expand, and provide technical assistance on capturing racial and other demographic data related to, maternal health data collection. It also expands the scope of safe motherhood grants awarded to government health departments to include (1) classifying birthing facilities based on the level of maternal and neonatal care the facilities provide, and (2) improving the validity of pregnancy data on death certificates. In addition, the CDC must award grants for a campaign targeting health care providers and the public to increase awareness of maternal and child health issues.
 
Lastly, the NIH must establish the National Maternal Health Research Network to support efforts to improve diagnostics and clinical treatments, improve health outcomes, and reduce inequities to reduce maternal mortality and promote maternal health.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4425)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the CARES Act to ensure that the temporary relief from CECL standards does not terminate in the middle of a company's fiscal year.

Bill: 116-s-4270
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Credit and credit markets
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 
This bill modifies the delay for required compliance with certain accounting standards applicable to credit losses (i.e., current expected credit losses standards, also known as CECL standards) as applied to insured depository institutions and bank holding companies. Specifically, required compliance with this standard is delayed through the first day of an institution's fiscal year beginning after the end of the emergency declaration regarding the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. Currently, this delay ends the earlier of the date on which the emergency declaration terminates, or December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4271
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Due process and equal protection
Firearms and explosives
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020

 
This bill imposes requirements related to firearms.
 
Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first conducts a background check, with some exceptions. Furthermore, a person that is not a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer may not purchase more than one handgun in a 30-day period, with certain exceptions. 
 
The bill also establishes a grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws and carry out related activities. (An
 extreme risk protection order
 is a court-issued order or warrant, with the purpose of reducing firearm-related death or injury, that prohibits a named individual from obtaining or possessing a firearm.) 
 
A person subject to such an order shall be prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition.
 
The bill also makes it unlawful for a person to (1) not notify law enforcement within 48 hours of a firearm becoming lost or stolen, and (2) recklessly leave a loaded and unsecured firearm in a manner that endangers another person under the age of 14.
 
Furthermore, for the purposes of criminal provisions related to firearms, an 
intimate partner
 may be a current or former dating partner. Similarly, a 
misdemeanor crime of domestic violence
 shall include those involving a dating partner.
 
A person may not transport or possess a firearm or ammunition if that person (1) is subject to certain ex parte restraining orders, or (2) has been convicted of misdemeanor stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2000 to provide for additional areas to be added to the park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4273
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Conflicts and wars
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Manufacturing
Military history
U.S. history
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 
This bill adds to the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in California Nystrom Elementary School--The Maritime Building and other areas as the Department of the Interior deems appropriate.
 
Within the boundaries of the park, Interior may acquire lands, improvements, waters, or interests therein by donation, purchase, exchange, or transfer. Any lands, or interests therein, owned by California or any political subdivision of California may be acquired only by donation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Legalizing Drug Discounts for Seniors Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4274
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Legalizing Drug Discounts for Seniors Act of 2020

 
This bill excludes certain discounts for covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit from the federal anti-kickback statute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Integrity Act

Bill: 116-s-4275
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Self-employed
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Integrity Act

 
This bill requires applicants for pandemic unemployment assistance to provide state unemployment agencies with documentation substantiating their employment or planned commencement of employment, including self-employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4425-4426)
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Act

Bill: 116-s-4276
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Self-employed
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Emergency Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Act

 
 This bill establishes grants for states to provide workers in alternative work arrangements such as independent contractors, domestic workers, temporary workers, or self-employed individuals with portable, work-related benefits. Specifically, states must use such grants to address the state's administration of unemployment compensation and design and implement approaches to provide individuals in alternative work arrangements with benefits that may be maintained upon changing jobs including, but not limited to, paid leave, expanded unemployment compensation, and retirement savings options. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4277
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Building construction
Child health
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lighting, heating, cooling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act of 2020

 
This bill reauthorizes and modifies the program of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants to states for the provision of assistance, development of programs, monitoring, and remediation related to environmental hazards (e.g., hazardous substances) in school facilities.
 
The bill requires the EPA to perform outreach activities to provide information to states about (1) the exposure of children to environmental hazards in school facilities; (2) regulations and guidelines applicable to environmental hazards in school facilities; and (3) other materials to assist in addressing environmental problems, contaminants, hazardous substances, and pollutant emissions. Additionally, the EPA must annually convene school stakeholders (e.g., parents) to discuss topics related to the environmental health of children at school and the prevention, identification, and remediation of contaminants in school buildings and grounds.
 
The bill adds polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to the list of emitted substances that the EPA must account for when issuing voluntary guidelines to states for the purpose of their environmental health programs. Such guidelines must also (1) provide technical assistance for the removal, remediation, and disposal of PCBs and other hazardous substances; and (2) collect an inventory of schools affected by PCBs and other hazardous substances.
 
To the maximum extent possible, the EPA must make publicly available (1) information on the exposure of children to environmental hazards in school facilities, and (2) an inventory of schools in which PCBs have been found in light ballasts or other media.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom to Move Act

Bill: 116-s-4278
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Freedom to Move Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to award competitive five-year grants (Freedom to Move Grants) to states, local governments, transit agencies, and non-profit organizations in both rural and urban areas to cover the lost fare revenue for fare-free public transportation and improve public transportation.
 
Grants shall be used to support (1) implementing a fare-free transit program; and (2) efforts to improve public transportation, particularly in underserved communities, such as costs associated with efforts to provide more safe, frequent, and reliable bus service, including bus stop safety and accessibility improvements, and pedestrian and bike shelters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
REIGN Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4279
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Restraint of Executive In Governing Nation Act of 2020 or the REIGN Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the President to disclose to Congress presidential emergency action documents within a specified time frame. Such documents may include draft executive orders, proclamations, and messages to Congress prepared in advance of anticipated emergencies. 
 
Specifically, the President shall submit to Congress (1) any such document not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the process for approval, adoption, or revision; and (2) all such documents in existence before this bill's enactment date not later than 15 days after such date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4280
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lighting, heating, cooling
Medical research
Minority health
Public utilities and utility rates
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2020 or the Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee, which shall focus on reducing the health risks of extreme heat over multiple time scales.
 
The committee must, among other activities (1) develop a strategic plan to coordinate a federal approach to reducing health risks of heat; (2) study health-affected communities, including data collection, warning communications, resiliency, and response capacity; and (3) administer matching grants to increase awareness of heat risks and for projects, such as urban forestry, to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat events.
 
To support the committee's activities, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall provide administrative and technical assistance.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a report to Congress on certain efforts in connection with the financial management systems of the Department of Defense.

Bill: 116-s-4281
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to report on its progress in modernizing its financial management enterprise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4282
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020

 
This bill requires states to support evidence-based crisis care services, such as crisis call centers, through the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant. In addition, for each year in which the appropriations for that grant exceed a specified amount, states must expend a certain percentage of their grant allotments on crisis care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Unemployment Insurance Technology and Accessibility Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4283
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

Unemployment Insurance Technology and Accessibility Act of 2020

 
 This bill provides grants for states to establish accessible, online systems to file claims for unemployment benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
School Choice Now Act

Bill: 116-s-4284
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Corporate finance and management
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Guam
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Northern Mariana Islands
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

School Choice Now Act

 
This bill allows the Department of Education (ED) to establish an emergency education freedom grant program to assistance families with education expenses and prevent closures of private schools. It also allows tax credits for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations that provide assistance to families for private school tuition and home-schooling expenses. 
 
The Department of the Treasury, in coordination with ED, must establish, host, and maintain a web portal that lists all eligible scholarship-granting programs and provides other specified information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate
HOTSPOTS Act

Bill: 116-s-4285
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2020-07-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
American Samoa
Education programs funding
Guam
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: 

The Hotspots and Online Technology and Services Procurement for our Tribes and States Act or the HOTSPOTS Act

 
This bill establishes a two-year pilot program through which the Institute of Museum and Library Services must award grants to states, territories, and Indian tribes to purchase and distribute internet-connected devices to libraries in rural and low-income areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Introduced in Senate