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Northern Border Regional Commission Financial Flexibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-6447
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Economic development
Infrastructure development
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 

Northern Border Regional Commission Financial Flexibility Act

 
This bill temporarily increases the maximum percentage that certain federal regional commissions may contribute toward infrastructure projects in distressed counties (i.e., counties that are the most economically distressed and underdeveloped and have high rates of poverty, unemployment, or outmigration).
 
Specifically, for grants awarded between January 1, 2019-December 31, 2021, the bill allows the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, the Southwest Border Regional Commission, and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) to contribute 100% of costs for projects in distressed counties. (Currently, only the NBRC is active.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6448
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Minority health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 

Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2020

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Food and Necessities During Public Emergencies Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6449
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cosmetics and personal care
Disaster relief and insurance
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 

Food and Necessities During Public Emergencies Act of 2020

 
This bill provides that during an emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits may be used to purchase specified durable goods.
 
Specifically, such goods shall include infant care necessities, household paper products, household cleaning products, and personal cleaning products.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Price Gouging Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-6450
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Inflation and prices
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 

Price Gouging Prevention Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, a consumer good during a federally-declared emergency at a price that (1) exceeds 10% of the price charged by similarly-situated sellers of such good during the 120 days before the emergency was declared. However, such a price increase may not be a violation if the increase is (1) attributable to additional costs incurred by the seller to provide the consumer good, or (2) is not more than 10% greater than a combination of the total cost incurred by the seller and the customary price markup of the good.
 
 The bill grants the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general the authority to enforce compliance with the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Fair Coronavirus Credit Reporting Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6451
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 

Fair Coronavirus Credit Reporting Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits a credit reporting agency from including on a consumer's credit report a debt resulting from a medically necessary procedure related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Equity Act

Bill: 116-hr-6452
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 

Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Equity Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to refund credit risk premiums under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan program upon the satisfaction of a loan's obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6453
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Firearms and explosives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report comparative data on background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and background checks conducted during the equivalent period of 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Equity for Disaster Victims Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6454
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 

Equity for Disaster Victims Act of 2020

 
This bill (1) cancels the repayment requirement for all uncollected amounts owed with respect to community disaster loans made by the federal government between January 1, 2011, and the enactment of this bill; and (2) changes from January 1, 2016, to January 1, 2011, the applicability date for the waiver of the prohibition against duplication of certain disaster-related benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Commission Act

Bill: 116-hr-6455
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional operations and organization
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: 

National Commission Regarding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Act
 
or the COVID-19 Commission Act

 
This bill establishes, in the legislative branch, the National Commission Regarding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic and sets forth its powers, duties, funding, and membership. Among other activities, the commission shall investigate the facts and circumstances of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and make recommendations to improve preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. 
 
The commission terminates 60 days after the submission of its final report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Serving Rural America Act

Bill: 116-hr-6456
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Public participation and lobbying
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 

Serving Rural America Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program for awarding grants to eligible partnerships for projects that expand broadband service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Disaster and Emergency Pricing Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-6457
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 

Disaster and Emergency Pricing Abuse Prevention Act

This bill prohibits a person from selling or offering for sale an essential good or service at a price that is unconscionably excessive during, or in anticipation of, a state of emergency or natural disaster. Additionally, the bill establishes a telephone hotline to receive complaints from the public about potential violations of this prohibition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Investor Tax Parity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6458
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 

Small Business Investor Tax Parity Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a tax deduction for qualified business development company interest dividends on the same basis as qualified real estate investment trust (REIT) dividends. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Cities and Towns Investment Act

Bill: 116-hr-6459
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development
Small towns
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 

 

Small Cities and Towns Investment Act

 
This bill establishes a program through which the Rural Development Innovation Center shall make grants to local governments to address major community development and public infrastructure challenges. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide funding for needed child and adult care so that essential workers can report to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill: 116-hr-6460
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adult day care
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Family services
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 
This bill provides funding for FY2020 for child and adult-dependent care services for essential workers. Essential workers include (1) health-sector employees, (2) emergency responders, (3) sanitation workers, (4) employees of businesses required to remain open during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, and (5) other workers a state deems essential and who are unable to telework. Eligibility for such funding is not based on income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
IPO Act

Bill: 116-hr-6461
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commodities markets
Congressional officers and employees
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 

Integrity for Public Officials Act or the IPO Act 

 
This bill prohibits certain senior government officials, including Members of Congress, from engaging in specified transactions.
 
 Specifically, the bill prohibits these individuals from (1) purchasing or selling certain investments in securities, commodities, or futures; (2) entering into a transaction that creates a net short position in a security; or (3) serving as an officer or board member of a for-profit association, corporation, or other entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Medicaid for Coronavirus Treatment Act

Bill: 116-hr-6462
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 

Emergency Medicaid for Coronavirus Treatment Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover individuals who are diagnosed with a disease that is the subject of a declared national emergency, including with respect to ongoing treatment and testing.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Services Act

Bill: 116-hr-6463
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Public transit
Roads and highways
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 

Improving Access to Services Act

 
This bill requires transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to improve safe and convenient access to certain services, including health care facilities, child care, and affordable housing. (
Access
 is the ability to travel by auto, transit, pedestrian, and bike networks measured in terms of travel times, with impedances for level of travel stress for active travel and costs for low income travelers.)
 
The Department of Transportation must establish minimum standards for states to use in determining and improving safe and convenient access to certain services for all users by all modes of travel.
 
If a state fails to improve access, it must obligate 10% of federal transportation funds apportioned to such state from the previous fiscal year into its efforts to meet the minimum standards to improve access.
 
The bill prohibits metropolitan transportation planning organizations from approving a transportation improvement plan that increases the ratio of automobile to non-automobile access in urbanized areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E352)
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Jobs Act

Bill: 116-hr-6464
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2020-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Public transit
Roads and highways
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: 

Improving Access to Jobs Act

 
This bill requires transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to improve safe and convenient access to employment. (
Access
 is the ability to travel by auto, transit, pedestrian, and bike networks measured in terms of travel times, with impedances for level of travel stress for active travel and costs for low income travelers.)
 
The Department of Transportation must establish minimum standards for states to use in determining and improving safe and convenient access to employment for all users by all modes of travel.
 
If a state fails to improve access, it must obligate 10% of federal transportation funds apportioned to such state from the previous fiscal year into its efforts to meet the minimum standards to improve access.
 
The bill prohibits metropolitan transportation planning organizations from approving a transportation improvement plan that increases the ratio of automobile to non-automobile access in urbanized areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E356)
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-07
text: Introduced in House