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National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5049
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Disaster relief and insurance
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Manufacturing
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the Committee on National Critical Capabilities to review specified forms of outbound investment, including any merger, acquisition, or takeover of a foreign person by or with a U.S. business that could result in a threat to national critical capabilities. Further, the bill establishes a congressional commission to review the activities of the committee, and it authorizes the President to suspend or prohibit transactions that pose a threat to national critical capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5050
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor fuels
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a grant program for deploying renewable fuel infrastructure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5051
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Genetics
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2020

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Algorithmic Fairness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5052
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Research administration and funding
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Algorithmic Fairness Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes requirements for companies that use algorithmic processes utilizing machine learning, advanced statistical techniques, artificial intelligence, or similar techniques to make determinations about opportunities or access to education, employment, housing, health insurance, or other services.
 
Additionally, the Federal Trade Commission must study these techniques and enforce the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Forage Fish Conservation Act

Bill: 116-s-5053
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atlantic Ocean
Ecology
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Forage Fish Conservation Act

 
This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish. (A forage fish is any fish at a low trophic level that contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds and serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.)
 
The Department of Commerce must establish guidelines to assist regional fishery management councils in (1) developing a list of unmanaged forage fish areas and prohibiting the development of any new forage fish fisheries until the potential impacts of such fisheries have been assessed; and (2)setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries that assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of other fish species and marine wildlife.
 
The bill adds shad (American shad and hickory shad)and river herring (blueback herring and alewife)to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Internet Sexual Exploitation Act

Bill: 116-s-5054
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Photography and imaging
Pornography
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Stop Internet Sexual Exploitation Act

 
 This bill requires online platforms that publish pornographic images to require users uploading depictions of sexually explicit conduct to verify that they are of the minimum age to consent to sexual acts and provide a signed consent form from each individual depicted. Such platforms also must prominently display instructions for requesting the removal of such content if a depicted individual has not consented to an upload.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Immigrant Families Act

Bill: 116-s-5055
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Labor-management relations
Lawyers and legal services
Marketing and advertising
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Fairness for Immigrant Families Act

 
This bill addresses various immigration-related issues, including by (1) repealing certain provisions barring an alien from admission into the United States if that alien had been previously removed, (2) making it unlawful to fraudulently provide immigration services or make certain misrepresentations related to such services, and (3) establishing a National Office of New Americans to support the integration of immigrants and refugees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
OCEAN Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5056
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alabama
Appropriations
Aquatic ecology
Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Atmospheric science and weather
California
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Connecticut
Delaware
Department of Commerce
Disaster relief and insurance
District of Columbia
Ecology
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Everglades
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Florida
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Higher education
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Louisiana
Maine
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Natural disasters
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York State
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Rhode Island
Rural conditions and development
Seafood
Seashores and lakeshores
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Texas
Unemployment
Vermont
Virginia
Washington State
Water quality
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Ocean Climate Emergency Action Now Act of 2020 or the OCEAN Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses climate change and establishes programs and incentives concerning efforts to 
 
 
protect oceans, coastal ecosystems, and wildlife; 
 
 support fisheries;
 
support certain seaweed and shellfish farming;
 
help coastal communities adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and sea level rise; and 
 
reduce or halt greenhouse gas emissions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Antitrust Freedom Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5057
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Antitrust Freedom Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes that certain laws related to antitrust and unfair competition shall not prohibit or otherwise apply to any voluntary economic coordination, cooperation, or agreement between any individual or group of individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Local News and Broadcast Media Preservation Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5058
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Local News and Broadcast Media Preservation Act of 2020 
 
 
This bill modifies ownership rules and limitations related to media such as newspapers and broadcast stations.
 
Specifically, the bill repeals specified media ownership limitations and prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from disallowing multiple ownership of radio and television stations. It also prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from considering whether certain media mergers will substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly. 
 
Further, the bill creates a four-year safe harbor from antitrust laws for print or digital news companies to collectively negotiate with online content distributors (e.g., social media companies) regarding the terms on which the news companies' content may be distributed by online content distributors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
PAST Act

Bill: 116-s-5059
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional committees
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal district courts
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Judicial review and appeals
Libraries and archives
Military operations and strategy
National Archives and Records Administration
Presidential administrations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Promoting Accountability and Security in Transitions Act of 2020 or the PAST Act
 
 
This bill revises requirements for preservation of presidential records and requires that information be made available to the next administration in a timely fashion.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) requires the President to receive written guidance from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) before destroying any records, (2) prohibits White House staff from using nonofficial electronic messaging accounts that cannot be easily copied or forwarded to official accounts, (3) establishes consequences for former Presidents who destroy presidential records, (4) requires former Presidents to cover the cost of digitizing records for display in a presidential library, and (5) requires NARA to ensure that newly inaugurated Presidents are granted easy access to national security information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5060
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2020 

 
This bill establishes the Office for Access to Justice within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to advise on matters relating to justice for low-income and other people in the criminal and civil justice systems. Additionally, DOJ must establish a Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable to raise the awareness of executive branch agencies of the ways in which civil legal aid and indigent defense can help advance federal objectives, including those related to employment, family stability, housing, consumer protection, health services, and public safety. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing Supply and Affordability Act

Bill: 116-s-5061
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Indian social and development programs
Labor market

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

Housing Supply and Affordability Act 

 
This bill allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for the development and implementation of housing policy plans. These housing policy plans must increase the housing supply while avoiding resident displacement, increase housing affordability, and reduce barriers to housing development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
College Athletes Bill of Rights

Bill: 116-s-5062
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Assault and harassment offenses
Athletes
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Contracts and agency
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Federally chartered organizations
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Nutrition and diet
School athletics
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: 

College Athletes Bill of Rights

 
This bill addresses issues of rights to compensation, health and safety standards, and educational opportunities for college athletes.
 
Included among the bill's provisions are those that
 
 
prohibit an institution of higher education, an intercollegiate athletic association, or a conference from restricting the ability of college athletes to market the use of their names, images, likenesses, or athletic reputations;
 
set penalties for any such institution that violates specified protections for athletes;
 
 establish a Commission on College Athletics to protect the economic interests of college athletes and promote the health, wellness, and safety of college athletes and establish a medical trust fund to cover the cost of out-of-pocket expenses relating to any sports-related injury; and 
 
direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish health, wellness, and safety guidelines for intercollegiate athletic programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Direct Payments Act

Bill: 116-s-5063
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2020-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 

Emergency Direct Payments Act

 
This bill provides an additional recovery rebate (i.e., refundable tax credits) beginning in 2020 to individual taxpayers whose adjusted gross income does not exceed $75,000 ($150,000 for joint return filers). The increased amount is $1,200 per taxpayer ($2,400 for joint return filers) and $500 for each dependent of the taxpayer.
 
To be eligible for the increased rebate amount, a taxpayer must provide a valid identification number (i.e., Social Security account number). The bill allows an exemption from the identification requirement for members of the Armed Forces if at least one military spouse provides a valid identification number. It also provides for a qualified exemption for the recovery rebate from garnishments and other offsets.
 
The Department of the Treasury must conduct a public awareness campaign regarding the availability of the recovery rebate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act

Bill: 116-s-5064
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Licensing and registrations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 

Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act 

 
This bill allows employers who establish a tax-exempt 403(b) pension plan to participate in a multiple employer plan (MEP) and to take the small employer pension plan start-up tax credit for their first three years of participation in a MEP. 
 
The bill also establishes a safe harbor to allow certain pension plans to correct errors in administering automatic enrollment and escalation features for plans enrolling in a MEP, if such errors are corrected within a specified time period in a manner favorable to plan participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-5066
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Livestock
Meat
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
State and local government operations
Vocational and technical education
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 

Strengthening Local Processing Act 

of 2020

 
This bill authorizes grants and other forms of assistance for smaller and very small meat and poultry processing establishments, including competitive grants for training programs and activities related to COVID-19 response and recovery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S7806-7808)
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate