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Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act

Bill: 116-hr-7699
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act

This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to report on, and increase awareness regarding, scams targeting older adults. Specifically, the commission must
 
 
report on the number and type of scams that target older adults and provide policy recommendations to prevent such scams; 
 
revise the commission's web portal with current information about such scams, including contact information for law enforcement and adult protective services agencies; and 
 
coordinate with media outlets and law enforcement to disseminate such information. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Mine Worker Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-7700
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Coal
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mining
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate health and safety standards to protect coal miners from occupational exposure to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Labor shall promulgate emergency standards within seven days of this bill's enactment, and such emergency standards shall be in force until permanent standards are established. 
 
Labor shall also collect data to track and investigate cases of exposure to COVID-19 among coal miners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7702
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Law enforcement officers
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to make annual grants to an eligible state that establishes or maintains a point-of-contact system for a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer to verify that a firearm sale or transfer would be lawful.
 
To be eligible for such a grant, the state shall meet certain requirements related to the system, including (1) prohibiting a sale or transfer from being completed unless the parties to the transaction receive an approval from the system within 10 days of the start of the transaction; (2) operating a hotline for contacting the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), for use by licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers; and (3) publishing an annual report with certain information from the system and information substantially similar to the information found in a NICS operations report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7704
Sponsor: Rep. Horn, Kendra S. [D-OK-5]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Horticulture and plants
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Pilot Program to award grants to local educational agencies for (1) projects that hire qualified, full-time food and nutrition educators to carry out programs in schools that have the goal of improving student health and nutrition; and (2) projects that fund school gardens or other evidence-based interventions relating to student health and nutrition to create hands-on learning opportunities for students.
 
In awarding grants under the program, USDA must prioritize projects that serve schools or districts (1) in which not less than 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, or (2) that include neighborhoods with high rates of childhood obesity or other diet-related diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
River Basin Commission Transfer Act

Bill: 116-hr-7705
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Delaware
Delaware River Basin Commission
District of Columbia
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Maryland
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Regional and metropolitan planning
Virginia
Water resources funding
Watersheds
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

River Basin Commission Transfer Act

 
This bill makes the Environmental Protection Agency, rather than the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for allocating funds to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
National Emergency Student Vote Act

Bill: 116-hr-7706
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional elections
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
Higher education
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

National Emergency Student Vote Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs to provide students with additional resources on registering to vote. In addition, IHEs must provide students who are off campus due to a public health emergency with resources on voting by mail (e.g., absentee ballot applications).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
PLUS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7707
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Debt collection
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Providing Liquidity for Uncollectible Sales Act of 2020 or as the PLUS Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a new tax credit for the uncollectible accounts receivable of an eligible wholesale distributor. The bill defines an 
eligible wholesale distributor
 as any person engaged in the trade or business of selling inventory to a food and beverage establishment that ceases to provide on-premises consumption of food and beverage on or after March 25, 2020, pursuant to an order or recommendation of an applicable governmental authority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Defend COVID Research from Hackers Act

Bill: 116-hr-7708
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intellectual property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Right of privacy
Sanctions
Subversive activities
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Defend COVID Research from Hackers Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to impose visa-blocking, property-blocking, or economic sanctions on a foreign person that is involved in activities that are reasonably likely to result in a significant threat to U.S. national security, foreign policy, public health, economic health, or financial stability.
 
The Department of State must submit a report detailing the extent of known or attempted cyber-enabled activities by foreign persons related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and assessing whether those activities qualify for the imposition of sanctions.
 
Further, the bill provides penalties for a person who knowingly traffics in access to a protected computer if the trafficker knows the protected computer has been damaged in a prohibited manner. The bill also authorizes an injunction against a person who causes damage through accessing a protected computer or transmitting a program, information, code, or command to a protected computer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
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: 2020-07-21
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: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Open Schools Responsibly Act

Bill: 116-hr-7710
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal preemption
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Open Schools Responsibly Act

 
This bill limits civil liability for elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education relating to any harm arising from exposure to, or infection by, coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) suffered by a student, employee, or visitor. Specifically, a school or institution shall not be liable for such harm if the school or institution was in compliance with applicable state and federal guidelines. However, a school or institution may be liable for acts or omissions that constitute willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3670)
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Badge Transparency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7711
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Badge Transparency Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a framework to require law enforcement officers to visibly display their identification while on duty. 
 
Specifically, it requires federal law enforcement agencies to enact policies requiring on-duty officers to visibly display identification. State and local law enforcement agencies must implement a substantially similar policy as a condition of receiving funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program and the Community Oriented Policing Services program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Special Operations and International Security Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-7712
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Higher education
Military education and training
School administration
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

Special Operations and International Security Education Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from eliminating, divesting, downsizing, or reorganizing specified programs of the National Defense University until DOD issues a related report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
NOPP Revitalization Act

Bill: 116-hr-7713
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

National Oceanographic Partnership Program Revitalization Act or the NOPP Revitalization Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Navy to establish the National Oceanographic Partnership Program the purpose of which, among other things, is to promote the national goals of assuring national security, advancing economic development, protecting quality of life, ensuring environmental stewardship, and strengthening science education and communication through improved knowledge of the ocean. The bill also establishes (1) an Ocean Policy Committee, and (2) an Ocean Research Advisory Panel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the floor on the deduction for medical expenses.

Bill: 116-hr-7714
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 
This bill makes permanent the reduction in the adjusted gross income (AGI) threshold that must be exceeded before a taxpayer may claim a deduction amount for medical expenses. The reduction is from 10% to 7.5% of AGI and 5% in any taxable year beginnning in 2020 or 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Military Right to Carry Act

Bill: 116-hr-7715
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

U.S. Military Right to Carry Act

 
This bill requires a state that receives funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to have implemented (1) a law or policy authorizing members of the Armed Forces who are outside of their state of residence under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and (2) a law or policy that treats members of the Armed Forces on active duty in the state as residents of the state for purposes of issuing a permit to carry a concealed firearm in the state. The Department of Justice must reduce by 5% the amount that a state would otherwise receive under the grant program if the state fails to comply with either requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
American Family and Private Property Defense Act

Bill: 116-hr-7716
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2020-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against property
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: 

American Family and Private Property Defense Act

 
This bill establishes various defenses a defendant charged with a crime of violence may assert and contains other related provisions. 
 
It shall be an affirmative defense if the defendant used force, including deadly force, against another person if the defendant reasonably believed such force was necessary to defend the defendant or a third party from what the defendant reasonably believed was the person's use (or imminent use) of unlawful force. (An affirmative defense allows a defendant to escape criminal liability, but the defendant has the burden to prove that the defendant is entitled to the defense.)
 
A defendant who used deadly force may also assert this defense if the force was used against a person who unlawfully enters, attempts to unlawfully enter, or remains after unlawfully entering the private property lawfully occupied by a third party.
 
If such a defendant was the initial aggressor, the defendant may still assert this affirmative defense in certain instances. A defendant has no duty to retreat from any location where the defendant has a right to be.
 
The bill also establishes an affirmative defense for a defendant who used physical force on another to the extent the defendant reasonably believed such force was necessary to prevent what the defendant reasonably believed to be the commission or attempted commission of theft or damage of property.
 
Evidence of a defendant suffering from battered spouse syndrome shall be admissible as to the issue of whether the defendant lawfully acted in self-defense or defense of another.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-21
text: Introduced in House