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Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act

Bill: 116-hr-8560
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act

 
This bill permits the expungement of certain records concerning first-time drug possession offenses that were committed at any age. Under current law, only individuals who committed these offenses before age 21 may apply to have their records expunged.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Fairness to Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8561
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Restoring Fairness to Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2020

 
This bill eliminates, beginning in 2021, the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) that currently applies to coverage of the Medicaid expansion population (i.e., adults under the age of 65 who are newly eligible through Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Pandemic Essential Supplies Act

Bill: 116-hr-8562
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Pandemic Essential Supplies Act

 
This bill requires the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to establish an online system for states and local governments to submit requests for essential items during a disaster or emergency. It also designates the Director of the DLA as the head of an existing COVID-19 Joint Acquisition Task Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study to determine the costs for the Corps of Engineers to ensure that certain project activities authorized under Nationwide Permit 14 comply with public safety conditions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8563
Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 
This bill requires the Army to report to Congress on the costs for the Army Corps of Engineers to (1) include public safety conditions on certain permits for water-related projects, and (2) conduct safety inspections to ensure that authorized projects comply with such public safety conditions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Río Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico.

Bill: 116-hr-8564
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
New Mexico
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 
This bill designates specified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Taos County, New Mexico, comprising 13,103 acres in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, to be known as the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness.
 
The Department of the Interior shall enter into a cooperative agreement with New Mexico that specifies, subject to certain prohibition provisions under the Wilderness Act, the terms and conditions under which wildlife management activities in the wilderness may be carried out.
 
Subject to such agreement and such prohibition provisions, Interior may authorize the maintenance of any existing structure or facility for wildlife water development projects (including guzzlers) in the wilderness, if 
 
 
the structure or facility would enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and 
 
the visual impacts of the structure or facility on the wilderness can reasonably be minimized. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Children’s Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8565
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Mental health
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Children's Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill requires federal agencies to analyze the impact of any proposed and final rule that may negatively affect the health outcomes of a substantial number of children, including the impact of the rule on access to health insurance, health care, and behavioral health care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study on the racial gap in stock ownership, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8566
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission to jointly report on the racial gap in stock ownership and to provide recommendations for legislative or administrative changes to raise stock ownership among African Americans and any other group less likely to own stocks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Required Minimum Distribution Modernization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8567
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Required Minimum Distribution Modernization Act of 2020

 
This bill revises rules requiring mandatory minimum distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans. Specifically, it increases from 72 to 75 the age at which plan participants must being making distributions from their accounts. It also exempts defined contribution plans from mandatory distribution requirements if the aggregate value of an employee's entire interest in all such plans does not exceed $100,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
PREPARE LTC Act

Bill: 116-hr-8568
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act or the PREPARE LTC Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for certain infection control and emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities, and expands certain requirements to apply to other infectious disease outbreaks beyond COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8569
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes within the executive branch a National Disaster Safety Board to study the underlying causes of disaster-related fatalities and property damage nationwide and make policy recommendations, and authorizes appropriations for the board through FY2024.
 
Specifically, the board shall review and establish the facts, circumstances, and cause or probable cause of the loss of life, human injury, and economic injury due to a natural hazard or public health incident with 10 or more fatalities.
 
The board shall
 
 
 initiate a review of an incident by monitoring the situation and assessing available facts to determine the appropriate review response without interfering in any ongoing lifesaving and life sustaining efforts underway by other entities;
 
 disseminate best practices for the development of internal review organizations; and
 
 establish an office to review and make recommendations to mitigate and prevent the loss of life, or human or economic injury, for vulnerable populations.
 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall audit the board at least once every two years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Teachers and Parents at the Table Act

Bill: 116-hr-8570
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Teachers and Parents at the Table Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish (1) a Teacher Advisory Committee to monitor the implementation and impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the elementary and secondary education law that replaced the No Child Left Behind Act; and (2) a Parents and Families Advisory Committee to monitor the effects and implementation of the ESSA on children and families and to review and analyze the implementation of various family engagement activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act

Bill: 116-hr-8571
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

VA/DoD Deployment Interoperability Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to update interoperable electronic health record systems to include certain information about deployments.
 
Specifically, the records must include the following information: (1) whether a member or veteran of the Armed Forces was deployed outside of the United States, (2) the number of such deployments, (3) the length of each such deployment, and (4) whether the member or veteran served in a theater of combat operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Securing America’s Nuclear Waste Act

Bill: 116-hr-8572
Sponsor: Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Economic development
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters
Nuclear power
Pollution liability
Public contracts and procurement
Radioactive wastes and releases
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Securing America's Nuclear Waste Act

 
This bill addresses storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States.
 
Specifically, the bill requires
 
 
the Government Accountability Office to report on the risks to current storage locations for spent nuclear fuel, including spent nuclear fuel from civilian nuclear power reactors, and high-level radioactive waste, including risks that are related to global weather patterns and geography;
 
the Office of Management and Budget to report on the economic benefits of consolidated interim storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, including economic benefits associated with job growth and redeveloping sites of decommissioned civilian nuclear power reactors; and
 
the Department of Energy to study and report on an auction process or other system for selecting and entering into contracts with nonfederal entities for consolidated interim storage facilities that are located at a site without an operating nuclear reactor, and for which such entities will hold a license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Helping Families Access Pediatric Care Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8573
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Insurance industry and regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Helping Families Access Pediatric Care Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits deductibles for outpatient pediatric services under private health insurance, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and TRICARE.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act

Bill: 116-hr-8574
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long Term Care Facilities Act or the PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act

 
This bill establishes a series of requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities during declared emergencies relating to infectious disease outbreaks, including specific survey and reporting requirements, and provides funds for state survey agencies to conduct related investigations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House