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State- and Science-based Gray Wolf Reintroduction Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6267
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Mammals
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

State- and Science-based Gray Wolf Reintroduction Act of 2020

 
This bill requires a state to obtain approval from the Department of the Interior before reintroducing the gray wolf (
Canis lupus
) and allows a person to take (e.g., kill or harm) a gray wolf under certain circumstances.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits a state from reintroducing the gray wolf unless Interior approves a state petition that meets the requirements of this bill. If an affected county makes a recommendation to deny the petition, then Interior may not approve the petition.
 
A person in a state with an approved petition may take a gray wolf that is attacking a stock animal or dog if the person (1) is not trespassing or on land administered by the National Park Service; and (2) did not intentionally bait, feed, or otherwise attract the wolf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
SBA Business Stabilization Direct Loan Program Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6268
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Commuting
Computers and information technology
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Employment taxes
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Life, casualty, property insurance
Sales and excise taxes
Small Business Administration
Small business
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

SBA Business Stabilization Direct Loan Program Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to temporarily make loans directly to small businesses located in a U.S. state or territory with a confirmed or presumed positive case of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
A recipient of such a loan may use the funds to, among other things (1) make periodic payments of principal and interest on outstanding SBA loans; (2) provide benefits to employees such as disability insurance, sick leave, and paid family leave; (3) pay wages to employees; or (4) provide employees and patrons with the necessary items specified by a public health authority to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
 
The SBA shall accept any available collateral to secure such a loan and shall not decline to make a loan to an otherwise eligible borrower due solely to inadequate collateral. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Insured Depository Institution Business Continuity Planning Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6269
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Insured Depository Institution Business Continuity Planning Act of 2020 

 
This bill requires federal banking agencies to set standards related to business continuity planning and management for all insured depository institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Unemployment Assistance for Individuals Impacted by Quarantine Order for a National or State Public Health Emergency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6271
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Unemployment Assistance for Individuals Impacted by Quarantine Order for a National or State Public Health Emergency Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the President to treat a national or state public health emergency, including a virus threat or other health pandemic, as a major disaster for purposes of providing disaster unemployment assistance. 
 
The President may provide additional unemployment assistance to an individual who is under a quarantine order and meets certain requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Pandemic School Nurse Training to Protect Students and Communities Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6272
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Nursing
School administration
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Pandemic School Nurse Training to Protect Students and Communities Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, state and local education agencies to train elementary and secondary school nurses to serve as first responders and crisis managers in the event of a biological or chemical attack at a school or an outbreak of pandemic influenza among individuals under their care.
 
The training must prepare school nurses to (1) protect and preserve life; (2) notify public health authorities to help contain or mitigate the effects of an attack or outbreak; and (3) take other appropriate and feasible actions, such as preserve evidence of an attack.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Vulnerable Americans in Times of Crisis Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6273
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Guam
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Protecting Vulnerable Americans in Times of Crisis Act of 2020

 
This bill increases the Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for all states and U.S. territories during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), in accordance with specified conditions. For example, in order to receive the increased FMAP, a state Medicaid program may not require standards for eligibility that are more restrictive than the standards that were in effect on January 1, 2020. 
 
The bill also increases Medicaid funding for U.S. territories for FY2020-FY2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act

Bill: 116-hr-6274
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act

 
This bill allows tribes and tribal organizations to apply directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program funds. Currently, only states and certain local entities may apply for PHEP funds to respond to public health emergencies, such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
The CDC must award at least 10 cooperative agreements to tribal applicants.
 
Additionally, the CDC must consult with tribes and tribal organizations to ensure the PHEP program enables such entities to respond to public health emergencies. The CDC may make modifications to the program after such consultation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act

Bill: 116-hr-6276
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax deferral
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act 

 
This bill allows certain employer-sponsored retirement plans to make matching contributions for an employee's student loan payments as if the loan payments were salary reduction contributions to the retirement plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Families of Fallen Sailors Act

Bill: 116-hr-6277
Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accidents
Civil actions and liability
Marine and inland water transportation
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Fairness for Families of Fallen Sailors Act

 
This bill allows the personal representative of a military service member to bring a civil action against those responsible for the service member's death if the service member was killed in an accident while serving aboard a U.S. military vessel on the high seas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the "Colonel Carlyle 'Smitty' Harris Post Office".

Bill: 116-hr-6278
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Mississippi
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the "Colonel Carlyle 'Smitty' Harris Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6279
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business ethics
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Crimes against children
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Human rights
Human trafficking
Labor standards
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Sex offenses
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2020

 
This bill requires certain issuers of securities to disclose their efforts to prevent the use of forced labor, slavery, trafficked persons, and child labor in their supply chains. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Reservist Pay Equity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6280
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Reservist Pay Equity Act of 2020

 
This bill increases the rate of the differential wage payment tax credit from 20% to 50% and requires that the maximum dollar amount of such credit be adjusted for inflation after 2021. The credit is allowed to employers for their employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6281
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 

2020

 
This bill provides statutory authority for, and extends, a specified methodology used to calculate the minimum Medicare hospital wage index for all-urban states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Commission on America’s Medical Security Act

Bill: 116-hr-6282
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Commission on America's Medical Security Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on the security of the U.S. medical product supply chain (i.e., supply of drugs and devices).
 
Among other things, the report shall
 
 
assess the dependence of the United States, including the private sector, states, and federal government, on critical drugs and devices sourced or manufactured outside of the United States; and
 
provide recommendations to address supply vulnerabilities or potential disruptions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6283
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Federal preemption
Health care quality
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2020

 
This bill extends liability protection for harm caused by acts or omissions by volunteer health care professionals in the course of providing certain health care services during specified public-health or national emergencies or major disasters. However, such liability protection shall not apply if (1) the harm was caused by willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the health care professional provided services under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicating drug. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Smart Cars Act

Bill: 116-hr-6284
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

21st Century Smart Cars Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prescribe federal motor vehicle safety standards that (1) establish minimum performance requirements for crash avoidance technologies; and (2) require all new passenger motor vehicles manufactured for sale in the United States, introduced or delivered for introduction in interstate commerce, or imported into the United States, to be equipped with the crash avoidance technologies.
 
DOT must also conduct advanced crash systems research into (1) driver monitoring systems that will minimize driver disengagement, prevent automation complacency, and account for foreseeable misuse of the automation; (2) lane keeping assistance that assists with steering to keep a vehicle within its driving lane; (3) intersection movement assistance; and (4) automatic crash data notification systems that notify emergency responders that a crash has occurred and provide the geographical location of the vehicle and crash data in a manner that allows for assessment of potential injuries and emergency response, and that transfer anonymized automatic crash data for the purposes of safety research and statistical analysis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6285
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: 

Veterans' True Choice Act of 2020

 
This bill allows covered veterans to receive coverage under TRICARE Select, a health care program of the Department of Defense (DOD). Veterans covered by this bill include those with service-connected disabilities, former prisoners of war, Purple Heart recipients, Medal of Honor recipients, those discharged from service due to disability, and those entitled to disability compensation.
 
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must reimburse DOD's costs of enrolling eligible veteran beneficiaries in the program.
 
A covered veteran may not concurrently receive medical care from DOD and the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Introduced in House