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To require the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and any affiliates to return amounts received under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7802
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family planning and birth control
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wages and earnings
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: 
This bill requires the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and any affiliates thereof to return any amounts received under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Stop Mail-In Voter Fraud Act

Bill: 116-hr-7803
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal district courts
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: 

Stop Mail-In Voter Fraud Act

 
This bill provides for enhanced penalties for certain crimes related to federal elections and contains other related provisions.
 
More specifically, the bill increases the maximum terms of imprisonment for various criminal acts if the act involves multiple ballots related to a federal election. For example, current law allows for a prison term of up to 20 years for certain fraudulent schemes involving the mail. Under this bill, the maximum prison term shall be 30 years if such a mail fraud scheme involves multiple ballots for a federal election. 
 
The bill also requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a system, including a toll-free hotline and confidential website, for an individual to report instances of fraudulent transmission of ballots by mail in a federal election. 
 
In addition, the bill requires courts to notify state election offices and DOJ when an individual has been recused from serving on a jury on the grounds that the individual is not a U.S. citizen. Each state's election office shall, as part of regular maintenance of its list of eligible voters, remove the name of such an individual from the voter list. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2020-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Back to Work Child Care Grants Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7804
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2020-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: 

Back to Work Child Care Grants Act of 2020

 
 This bill establishes a grants program for licensed child care providers that were in continuous operation immediately prior to March 1, 2020, to pay for specified fixed costs and operating expenses for a period of not more than nine months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Stop Predatory Organ Trafficking Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7805
Sponsor: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2020-07-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Human rights
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Sanctions
Smuggling and trafficking
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: 

Stop Predatory Organ Trafficking Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the imposition of visa-blocking sanctions on a foreign individual who has committed or facilitated the trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal.
 
The Department of State must report to foreign ministries the names of individuals convicted of crimes related to organ purchasing for consideration regarding the issuance of visas to such individuals. The State Department must also submit an annual report to Congress that includes descriptions of (1) the sources, practices, methods, facilitators, and recipients of trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal; and (2) State Department and foreign country activities undertaken to address and prevent such trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2020-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
SOS Act

Bill: 116-hr-7806
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Music
Performing arts
Small business
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: 

Save our Stages Act or the SOS Act

 
This bill authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to eligible live venue operators, producers, promoters, or talent representatives to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on certain live venues.
 
Specifically, the SBA may make (1) an initial grant of up to $12 million dollars to an eligible operator, promoter, producer, or talent representative; and (2) a supplemental grant that is equal to 50% of the initial grant. An initial grant must be used for costs incurred between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, but a supplemental grant may be used for expenses incurred through June 30, 2021.
 
Such grants shall be used for specified expenses such as payroll costs, rent, utilities, and personal protective equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Rebecca Trimble.

Bill: 116-hr-7807
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-27 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: 
This bill provides for the relief of Rebecca Trimble.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Censorship Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7808
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Freedom of information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Stop the Censorship Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies a social media company's immunity from liability for screening and blocking offensive content on its platform. 
 
Under current law, the immunity applies for action taken to restrict content that is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable. The bill eliminates immunity for restricting content that is otherwise objectionable and applies such immunity when a company restricts content that is unlawful or that promotes violence or terrorism. 
 
Under current law, such immunity also applies to actions taken to enable or make available the technical means to restrict access to such content. The bill applies this immunity to actions taken that provide users with the option to restrict access to any material, regardless of whether such material is constitutionally protected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
HOPE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7809
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Helping Open Properties Endeavor Act of 2020 or the HOPE Act of 2020 

 
This bill establishes an equity facility in the Department of the Treasury to assist commercial mortgage borrowers. Specifically, Treasury must guarantee the purchase by financial institutions of certain equity instruments backed by a commercial mortgage. The bill defines 
commercial mortgage
 as a mortgage loan secured by an interest in real property owned for rental income. Borrowers with reduced revenues from their commercial property may qualify for an amount not to exceed 10% of the outstanding amount owed on their commercial mortgage. 
 
The bill sets forth eligibility requirements for borrowers, as well as requirements for the equity instruments, including rates, fees, repayment, and the rights of purchasers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Texas, as the Tom Reid Post Office Building.

Bill: 116-hr-7810
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Texas, as the "Tom Reid Post Office Building."
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Texas, as the "Tom Reid Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-320.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-320.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-24
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7643-7644)
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-12-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7136)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7136)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7136)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-320
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a reduction in loan fees for certain veterans affected by major disasters.

Bill: 116-hr-7811
Sponsor: Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
User charges and fees
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 
This bill reduces specified Department of Veterans Affairs home loan fees for veterans affected by major disasters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
ORE Act

Bill: 116-hr-7812
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Buy American requirements
Defense spending
Income tax deductions
Materials
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mining
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Onshoring Rare Earths Act of 2020 or the ORE Act

 
This bill allows permanent expensing of property used in the extraction of certain critical minerals and metals within the United States and of nonresidential real property used in extracting such minerals and metals. 
Expensing
 is the treatment of expenditures as operating costs deductible in full in the current taxable year. 
 
The bill allows a new tax deduction for 200% of the cost of purchasing or acquiring such critical minerals and metals extracted from deposits in the United States. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a pilot project grant program for the development of critical minerals and metals in the United States. A grant awarded under such program may not exceed $10 million. In awarding grants, DOD must give priority to projects determined to be economically viable over the long term and must allot 30% of grants funds to the secondary recovery of critical minerals and metals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Academic Institution Research Integrity Act

Bill: 116-hr-7813
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cultural exchanges and relations
Higher education
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Academic Institution Research Integrity Act

 
This bill requires a nonprofit foundation or other entity affiliated with an institution of higher education (e.g., a research, endowment, or alumni foundation) to disclose to the Department of Education any gift from or contract with a foreign entity or individual valued at $250,000 or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Prosperity and Security Act

Bill: 116-hr-7814
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Asia
Budget process
China
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Government information and archives
Metals
Mining
Nuclear power
Russia
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Nuclear Prosperity and Security Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish and operate a uranium reserve to ensure the availability of uranium mined in the United States in the event of a market disruption and support strategic fuel cycle capabilities in the United States.
 
Uranium that is mined in the United States by an entity that is owned or controlled by the Russian Federation or the People's Republic of China or is incorporated in either country must be excluded from the reserve.
 
DOE must publish a request for information to evaluate (1) how to operate and manage the reserve, (2) how to acquire uranium for the reserve, and (3) the quantity and form of uranium to acquire for the reserve.
 
DOE must also include in its budget materials (1) a request for amounts for the acquisition, transportation, or storage of uranium in the reserve; or (2) an explanation for why such amounts are not requested.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah

Bill: 116-hr-7815
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Federal-Indian relations
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public utilities and utility rates
Reptiles
Utah
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to amend and renew the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah, and approve such amendment and renew such plan and the permit that was issued for such plan under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), for a 25-year period.
 
Interior must amend the resource management plans for the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area, the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6, and shall seek to acquire those lands through exchange or by purchase or donation.
 
Interior shall manage the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Zone 6, as a land bank to provide mitigation credits for future disturbances of the reserve, including utility disturbances and the construction of the Northern Transportation Corridor.
 
In the permit extended by the ESA, Interior shall credit Washington County a mitigation credit (1) for the tortoises protected on nonfederal lands in Zone 6; and (2) for those tortoises successfully translocated and surviving, based on survivorship and juvenile recruitment estimates.
 
The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area shall consist of approximately 45,000 acres of public and nonfederal land in Washington County, Utah.
 
Interior shall recognize on federally managed lands a 150 foot-wide transportation and utility corridor through the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-08-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-08-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7816
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion
Family planning and birth control
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: 

Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the use of certain foreign assistance funds to provide comprehensive reproductive health care services in developing countries, including abortion services, training, and equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Introduced in House