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Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8918
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in coordination with the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to nonprofits, institutions of higher education, or consortia of these entities to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children in early care and education settings. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
eVIP Mail Service for Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-8919
Sponsor: Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Ensuring Vastly Improved Performance (eVIP) for Mail Service for our Veterans Act or the eVIP Mail Service for Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a strategy to improve its printing and mailing operations (excluding the mailing of prescription and over-the-counter drugs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Cold Storage Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8921
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

COVID-19 Cold Storage Expansion Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse health care providers for costs to obtain and operate certain equipment capable of maintaining cold storage of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Break Up Big Tech Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8922
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Break Up Big Tech Act of 2020

 
This bill removes immunity protections from a provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) that engages in specified activities, such as selling and displaying personalized and contextual advertising without a user's consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act

Bill: 116-hr-8923
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health care quality
Health personnel
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Protection of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act

This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must exercise in the event a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.
 
 A health care practitioner who is present must exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to another child born alive at the same gestational age. The bill also requires a health care practitioner or other employee to immediately report any failure to comply with this requirement to law enforcement.
 
A person who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
 
Additionally, an individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder.
 
The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive for conspiracy to violate these provisions, for being an accessory after the fact, or for concealment of a felony.
 
A woman who undergoes an abortion or attempted abortion may file a civil action for damages against an individual who violates this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Our Homes, Our Votes Act

Bill: 116-hr-8924
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Housing finance and home ownership
Intergovernmental relations
Landlord and tenant
Licensing and registrations
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Our Homes, Our Votes Act

 
This bill facilitates voter registration for residents of certain federally assisted housing for the purpose of federal elections.
 
Specifically, the bill requires each lease for such housing that is administered by a public housing agency (PHA) to include a voter registration application. A PHA must send any completed application to state election officials.
 
The bill also treats owners of federally assisted housing as voter registration agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1121)
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
John Lewis Prompt and Accurate Reporting of Elections Act

Bill: 116-hr-8925
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Kwanza [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

John Lewis Prompt and Accurate Reporting of Elections Act

 
This bill requires states to count all ballots cast or received by early voting (e.g., early in-person voting or mail voting) prior to the date of the federal election.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
American High-Speed Rail Act

Bill: 116-hr-8926
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Credit and credit markets
Department of Transportation
Economic development
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Technology transfer and commercialization
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

American High-Speed Rail Act 

 
This bill addresses high-speed rail corridor development in the United States, including by providing additional funding for high-speed rail corridor planning, and developing comprehensive, performance-based safety regulations and standards for all high-speed rail projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Federal Gift Shop Tax Act

Bill: 116-hr-8927
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: General public lands matters
Intergovernmental relations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Federal Gift Shop Tax Act

 
This bill allows states to levy a sales tax on purchases made from any gift shop located on federal property or made online through the gift shop.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1119)
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Portable Generator Safety STANDARD Act

Bill: 116-hr-8928
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Electric power generation and transmission
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Portable Generator Safety Standard To Avoid Needless Deaths And Reduce Disabilities Act or the Portable Generator Safety STANDARD Act

 
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish safety standards for portable generators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Default Proceed Sale Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-8929
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: 

Default Proceed Sale Transparency Act

 
This bill establishes new requirements in the case of a firearm transfer by a licensed dealer, manufacturer, or importer to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits such transactions&#8212;default proceed transactions&#8212;if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
E–QUIP Act

Bill: 116-hr-8930
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2020-12-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting, heating, cooling
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text:  Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property Act of 2020 or the E-QUIP Act 
This bill allow straight line depreciation over a 10-year period of energy efficient qualified improvement property. The bill defines 
energy efficient qualified improvement property
 as any improvement to a building that is nonresidential real property, or multifamily residential rental property, first placed in service more than 10 year before the enactment of this bill, and that is installed as part of the lighting system, the heating, cooling, ventilation, or hot water systems, or the building envelope. The improvement must meet specified performance and other requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-09
text: Introduced in House
Protect Women’s Sports Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8932
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Education programs funding
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 

Protect Women's Sports Act of 2020

 
This bill makes it a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
ATVM Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-8933
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 

ATVM Modernization Act

 
This bill expands eligibility under the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program to include certain energy-efficient aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Community Integration Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8934
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Home and outpatient care
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing supply and affordability
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 

Community Integration Act of 

2020

 
This bill requires a state Medicaid program to, with respect to an individual who requires a level of care provided in a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled, institution for mental disease, or other similar setting (1) provide the individual with the choice and equal opportunity to receive such care in a home- and community-based setting; and (2) meet specified requirements relating to the provision and availability of care in such a setting, including a requirement to develop a statewide plan to increase affordable and accessible housing for individuals with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
National Dam and Hydropower Safety Improvements Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8935
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hydrology and hydrography
Licensing and registrations
Michigan
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 

National Dam and Hydropower Safety Improvements Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to take certain actions related to dam safety.
 
Specifically, the commission may issue a license for a dam and other project works only if the project meets the relevant safety requirements and the licensee can operate and manage the project works in a manner that ensures dam and public safety. A licensee with an already-issued license must also meet these safety requirements.
 
The commission shall also establish procedures to assess the financial viability of an applicant for such a license. 
 
The commission's Office of Energy Projects must notify a state in certain situations, such as when the commission issues a finding that requires a dam operator in that state to make repairs.
 
The commission must also (1) hold a conference with states to discuss dam safety issues, and (2) report to Congress an assessment of the failures of the Edenville and Sanford dams in Michigan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Homecare Worker Training Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8936
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 

Homecare Worker Training Improvement Act
 
of 2020

 
This bill establishes a 75% federal matching rate for home care worker training programs under Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
National Civilian Medals Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-8937
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Art, artists, authorship
Behavioral sciences
Biological and life sciences
Chemistry
Citizenship and naturalization
Earth sciences
Family relationships
Federal officials
Members of Congress
Performing arts
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 

National Civilian Medals Improvement Act

 
This bill modifies the requirements for awarding the National Medal of Science, the National Medal of Arts, the National Humanities Medal, and the National Technology and Innovation Medal and establishes a National Medal of Social Sciences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a standardized procedure for all States to submit weekly reports on hospital policies and metrics related to the response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8938
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 
This bill requires state, territorial, and tribal health departments to report weekly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the surge capacity and availability of personal protective equipment for hospitals in their jurisdictions to respond to increased COVID-19 cases. It also requires hospitals, as a condition of receiving COVID-19 funding, to provide specified data to their respective health departments every two weeks and post online their COVID-19 testing, infection control, and related policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Late Term Abortion Ban Act

Bill: 116-hr-8939
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 

Late Term Abortion Ban Act

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for performing or attempting to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more.
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
The bill provides exceptions for an abortion (1) that is necessary to prevent the loss of life or severe injury of the pregnant woman, or (2) when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion under an exception must comply with specified requirements.
 
A woman who undergoes a prohibited abortion may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate the provisions of this bill.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are citizens of certain countries which exert malign foreign influences in the United States.

Bill: 116-hr-8940
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2020-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional officers and employees
Europe
Iran
Middle East
North Korea
Russia
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: 
This bill prohibits a congressional office from appointing an intern who is a citizen of a specified foreign country (e.g., Russia, Iran, North Korea, or China).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Introduced in House