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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the "Jim Ramstad Post Office".

Bill: 116-s-4971
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Minnesota
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the "Jim Ramstad Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Received in the House.
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. (text: CR S7644)
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: 2020-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural STEM Education Act

Bill: 116-s-4972
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Rural STEM Education Act

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research regarding STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science) education in rural schools.
 
The NSF must award grants to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations for (1) research and development to advance innovative approaches to support and sustain high-quality STEM teaching in rural schools, (2) research and development of programming to identify the barriers rural students face in accessing high-quality STEM education, (3) development of innovative solutions to improve the participation and advancement of rural students in grades Pre-K through 12 in STEM studies, and (4) research on online STEM education courses for rural communities.
 
The NSF may establish a pilot program of regional cohorts in rural areas to provide peer support, mentoring, and hands-on research experiences for rural STEM educators of students in grades Pre-K through 12 in order to build an ecosystem of cooperation among educators, researchers, academia, and local industry.
 
The NSF shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the National Academy agrees to evaluate aspects of STEM education and workforce development in rural areas.
 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology must award prizes to stimulate research and development of creative technologies in order to deploy affordable and reliable broadband connectivity to unserved rural communities. 
The Office of Science and Technology Policy must establish a broadband research and development working group to address national research challenges and opportunities for improving broadband access and adoption across the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the provision of compensation to personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency who incur disabilities resulting from certain injuries to the brain, to authorize the provision of compensation to personnel of the Department of State who incur similar disabilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4973
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of State to compensate employees and certain family members for qualifying brain injuries sustained while stationed in a foreign country.
 
Under the bill, the CIA and the State Department may provide compensation for a covered individual who has a partial or total disability resulting from a qualifying brain injury for which the individual is not receiving disability payments from the United States. 
 
Existing requirements and limitations related to compensation for injuries sustained by CIA and State Department employees shall apply to compensation provided under the bill.
 
The bill shall apply to qualifying injuries sustained before or after the bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Air Source Heat Pump Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4974
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Air Source Heat Pump Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a new refundable tax credit for qualified air source heat pump expenditures. The bill defines 
qualified air source heat pump expenditures
 as expenditures for property that uses an air source heat pump to heat and cool a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as the taxpayer's principal residence. The air source heat pump must also meet specified performance and other requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
PROMISE Act

Bill: 116-s-4975
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Promoting Responsibility Over Moderation In the Social-media Environment Act or the PROMISE Act

 
 This bill requires interactive computer services (e.g., social media companies) to establish and publicly disclose policies for moderating content on their services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Preference Reform and Worker Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4976
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Trade Preference Reform and Worker Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits the President from providing duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences when the U.S. unemployment rate has been less than 4%, on average, during the preceding six-month period, and it makes countries that use forced labor or child labor ineligible for duty-free treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Annuity Supplement Clarity Act

Bill: 116-s-4977
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Retirement Annuity Supplement Clarity Act

 
This bill specifies that an annuity supplement payment made under the Federal Employees Retirement System must be included when dividing an annuity pursuant to a court order in a divorce or similar proceeding, unless the court order expressly provides otherwise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Israel CENTCOM Reclassification Act

Bill: 116-s-4978
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Israel CENTCOM Reclassification Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to direct a study on potentially transferring Israel from the area of responsibility of the U.S. European Command to the U.S. Central Command.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to terminate the Department of Education.

Bill: 116-s-4979
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Education
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 
This bill terminates the Department of Education on December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Data Collection for Adverse Childhood Experiences Act

Bill: 116-s-4980
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Improving Data Collection for Adverse Childhood Experiences Act

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collect data, in cooperation with states, through relevant public health surveillance systems or surveys for a longitudinal study on the links between adverse childhood experiences and negative outcomes. In addition, the CDC may provide, directly or through grants or other agreements with public or nonprofit entities, technical assistance related to this data collection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act

Bill: 116-s-4981
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Right of privacy
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation to support merit-reviewed and competitively awarded research on privacy enhancing technologies. The award of grants for basic research on innovative approaches to the structure of computer and network hardware and software that are aimed at enhancing computer security may include privacy enhancing technologies and confidentiality. The bill also requires the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program to submit to Congress a report on the progress of research on privacy enhancing technologies and the development of specified voluntary resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Creating Helpful Incentives for Producing Semiconductors for America and Foundries Act

Bill: 116-s-4982
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Asia
Business investment and capital
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employment and training programs
Espionage and treason
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Industrial facilities
Intellectual property
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority employment
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: 

Creating Helpful Incentives for Producing Semiconductors for America and Foundries Act

 
This bill establishes measures to incentivize semiconductor and microelectronics manufacturing. These measures include creating (1) a financial assistance program for investment in semiconductor facilities and equipment, (2) a public-private partnership with the Department of Defense to ensure the development and production of secure microelectronics, and (3) a Multilateral Semiconductors Security Fund to support the development and adoption of secure semiconductors and semiconductor supply chains. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4983
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Survivors of Human Trafficking Fight Back Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes two new criminal offenses for knowingly distributing or possessing with the intent to distribute visual depictions of forced or coerced sex acts or the nonconsensual distribution of depictions of sex acts. An aggrieved individual may bring a civil action for violations.
 
Additionally, the bill requires websites that display visual depictions of sex acts to have procedures to remove those visual depictions that are in violation of the bill.
 
Violators are subject to criminal penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 in Immigration Detention Data Transparency Act

Bill: 116-s-4984
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Immigrant health and welfare
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lawyers and legal services
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Data Transparency Act

 
This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to collect and report various information about detained individuals, including data on COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing.
 
During the COVID-related declared public health emergency and for one year after, ICE, CBP, and ORR shall publicly post on a website certain data about its detention facilities, including COVID-19 testing numbers for detained individuals and detention facility staff, COVID-19 case outcomes, and COVID-related information about detained individuals who were released or removed from the United States. 
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shall issue guidance as to the COVID-related data that ICE, CBP, and ORR must collect and report weekly to the CDC. The CDC shall periodically report to Congress a summary of this data and an analysis of the trends and pattern of the spread of the disease.
 
ICE, CPB, and ORR shall also ensure that each detained individual receives all medical records related to any COVID-19 test administered to the individual. 
 
ICE, CPB, and ORR shall also report to Congress on (1) the COVID-19 safety protocols in their facilities, and (2) their efforts to ensure that each detained individual has access to legal counsel.
 
This bill's data collection and reporting requirements that apply to ICE, CPB, and ORR shall also apply to any contract facilities that they use to hold detained individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act

Bill: 116-s-4985
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish (1) objectives for increased net carbon stock for the forest, grassland, wetland, and coastal blue carbon habitat ecosystems of the United States that are owned or managed by the federal government; and (2) objectives that shall be developed collaboratively between one or more nonfederal entities and one or more federal partners for increased net carbon stock for the forest, grassland, wetland, and coastal blue carbon habitat ecosystems of the United States that are owned or managed by a state or local government, an Indian Tribe, or a private person.
 
USDA shall establish a program, to be known as the Rural Forest Market Investment Program, to guarantee an environmental impact bond, loan, or other investment vehicle issued for the sole purpose of financing eligible projects developed to facilitate the sale of credits in the voluntary carbon market or other recognized environmental market to enable rural private forest landowners to participate in an innovative market for forest carbon or other products.
 
USDA may enter into an agreement, or expand on existing partnerships, with a nonprofit organization to establish an International Forest Foundation to, among other things, support forest landscape restoration, end deforestation, and conserve and restore grasslands, wetlands, and blue carbon habitats around the world.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act

Bill: 116-s-4986
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Disability assistance
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 
 
Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act
 
This bill expands the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits program, temporarily expands the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, and otherwise modifies these programs. 
Specifically, the bill revises OASDI benefits by (1) modifying funding formulas, (2) extending eligibility for certain benefits, and (3) increasing income thresholds used to determine the percentage of benefits subject to federal income tax. 
Changes to OASDI funding formulas include (1) increasing the primary insurance amount, (2) establishing new methods to calculate benefits for individuals with lifetime low earnings and for widows and widowers, and (3) modifiying application of the national average wage index to prevent certain reductions to benefits. 
In addition, children of a deceased, disabled, or retired worker remain eligible for OASDI benefits through age 22 if they are full-time students. Under current law, they receive benefits through age 18. 
The bill also extends dependent child benefits under the OASDI program to specified family members other than grandparents or step-grandparents, including in cases where a court grants custody of the dependent child to an eligible family member. To receive benefits under current law, either both parents must be disabled or deceased or a grandparent or step-grandparent must legally adopt the dependent child. 
The bill also temporarily increases income and resource limits for the SSI program, thereby temporarily expanding eligibility. This program helps aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income and resources meet their basic needs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7328)
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Interactions Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4987
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Safe Interactions Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to nonprofit disability organizations to develop training programs for law enforcement officers who may encounter individuals with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in Senate