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Promising Pathway Act

Bill: 116-hr-7269
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Promising Pathway Act

 
This bill establishes a provisional approval pathway for medicines intended for serious or life-threatening diseases, including illnesses posing a threat of epidemic or pandemic. The period of the provisional approval is for two years and is potentially renewable.
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must establish a priority review system to evaluate completed provisional approval applications within 90 days of receipt. A provisional approval application may be approved if the FDA determines that (1) there is substantial evidence of safety for the drug; and (2) there is relevant early evidence of efficacy, based on adequate and well-controlled investigations.
 
During the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, or another epidemic or pandemic, the FDA must accept and review various portions of a provisional approval application on a rolling basis.
 
The manufacturer of a provisionally approved drug must require patients to participate in an observational registry. A manufacturer that fails to comply with registry requirements is subject to civil penalties.
 
A provisionally approved drug must be labeled as such.
 
If a drug that receives provisional approval status is not brought to market within 180 days of the approval, the approval must be rescinded.
 
The bill also limits the liability of a manufacturer of a provisionally approved drug with respect to any claim under state law alleging that the drug is unsafe or ineffective.
 
Private health insurers and federal health care programs shall not deny coverage of a provisionally approved drug on the basis of it being experimental.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7270
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2020

 
This bill requires certain reports on federal criminal statutory and regulatory offenses.
 
Specifically, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must report to Congress a list of all criminal statutory offenses and the potential criminal penalty, the number of prosecutions brought by DOJ each year for the previous 15 years, and the 
mens rea 
(i.e., guilty mind) requirement for each offense. Further, the bill requires each specified federal agency to provide Congress with a similar list of all criminal regulatory offenses that are enforced by the agency.
 
 Finally, the bill requires DOJ and each specified federal agency to establish a publicly accessible index of the crimes that are reported to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
SNAP PLUS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7271
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cosmetics and personal care
Food assistance and relief
Health technology, devices, supplies
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

SNAP Provisions to Lower Undue Struggle Act of 2020 or the
 
SNAP PLUS Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to permit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase items such as vitamins, household supplies, personal hygiene items, and menstrual hygiene products. Additionally, the bill requires specified annual increases for the value of the allotment of SNAP benefits that state agencies are authorized to issue to eligible households. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Mamie Till-Mobley Memorial Stamp Act

Bill: 116-hr-7272
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Postal service
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Mamie Till-Mobley Memorial Stamp Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till (who was kidnapped and lynched in 1955).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program.

Bill: 116-hr-7273
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 
This bill establishes the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program. 
 
Specifically, under the program, the Forest Service shall 
 
 
 carry out critical deferred maintenance, urgent repairs, road and trail relocation, and associated activities on National Forest System roads, trails, and bridges; 
 
restore passages of fish and other aquatic species by removing or replacing unnatural barriers from such passages; and 
 
 decommission any roads and trails as unneeded as soon as practicable after identifying them as unneeded. 
 
 
In implementing the program, the Forest Service shall give priority to projects that protect or restore
 
 
water quality and watershed function; 
 
 a watershed that supplies a public drinking water system; 
 
 the habitat of a threatened, endangered, or sensitive fish or wildlife species, or a species of conservation concern; or 
 
 a watershed for which the Forest Service has completed a watershed protection and restoration action plan. 
 
 
The Forest Service shall identify the minimum road system needed for each unit of the National Forest System. 
 
The Forest Service shall develop a national strategy to carry out the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Kobe Bryant & Gianna Bryant Helicopter Safety Act

Bill: 116-hr-7274
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Kobe Bryant & Gianna Bryant Helicopter Safety Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue regulations to implement National Transportation Safety Board recommendations for crash-resistant systems with respect to existing and new U.S.-registered turbine-powered rotorcraft (e.g., a helicopter) certificated for six or more passenger seats.
 
Specifically, the FAA must require all U.S.-registered turbine-powered rotorcraft certificated for six or more passenger seats to be equipped with a flight data recorder, a cockpit voice recorder, and a terrain awareness and warning system.
 
The FAA may exempt any civilian helicopter from one or more of the equipment requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
National Security Innovation Act

Bill: 116-hr-7275
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homeland security
Intergovernmental relations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

National Security Innovation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a program office to be known as the National Security Innovation Network to, among other things, maintain a network throughout the United States that connects DOD to academic institutions, commercial accelerators and incubators, commercial innovation hubs, and nonprofit entities with missions and capabilities relating to national security innovation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
East Africa Locust Eradication Act

Bill: 116-hr-7276
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insects
International organizations and cooperation
Pest management
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

East Africa Locust Eradication Act

 
This bill establishes an interagency working group to (1) assess the scope of the locust outbreaks in the East Africa region and their impacts on food security and political stability, including in the context of restrictions relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019); (2) review the effectiveness of regional and multilateral efforts to eradicate locust outbreaks; and (3) develop and implement a plan to eradicate locust outbreaks and address future outbreaks. 

action_date: 2020-11-18
text: 

Desert Locust Control Act

 
This bill requires the President to establish an interagency working group to (1) coordinate the U.S. response to the ongoing desert locust outbreak in the East Africa region and its impact on food security and political stability, including in the context of restrictions relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019); (2) review the effectiveness of regional and multilateral efforts to eradicate the desert locust outbreak; and (3) develop and implement a plan to control the desert locust outbreak.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-30
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5895-5896)
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5895-5896)
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7276.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5895-5897)
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Unconscionable Pricing Act

Bill: 116-hr-7277
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 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
Public contracts and procurement
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Unconscionable Pricing Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell, rent, or lease an emergency supply at an unconscionable price during a federally-declared emergency. A price is unconscionable if (1) it exceeds 10% of the average price for the same or similar emergency supply during the 30 days before the emergency was declared, and (2) such price increase is not related to the reasonable costs incurred to sell or rent the supply.
 
 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: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
JUSTICE Act

Bill: 116-hr-7278
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Employment and training programs
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hate crimes
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Minority employment
Minority health
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Personnel records
Photography and imaging
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex offenses
Smithsonian Institution
State and local government operations
U.S. Sentencing Commission
U.S. history
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 or the JUSTICE Act

 
This bill addresses policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. The bill funds state and local grants, incentivizes state and local reporting on the use of certain policing practices, creates new federal offenses for certain misconduct, establishes a commission to study the conditions affecting Black men and boys, and establishes best practices and training requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, 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: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, 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: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, 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: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
No Bonuses Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7279
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Corporate finance and management
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

No Bonuses Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits debtors in bankruptcy proceedings from paying bonuses to certain individuals for two years, including insiders (such as relatives) and highly compensated employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for certain wastewater management subsidies.

Bill: 116-hr-7280
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, a taxpayer subsidy provided by a state or local government to a resident for the purchase or installation of any wastewater management measure intended solely for the taxpayer's principal residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Dismantle Mass Incarceration For Public Health Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7281
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immigration status and procedures
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nutrition and diet
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Dismantle Mass Incarceration For Public Health Act of 2020

 
This bill requires states and local governments, as a condition of receiving funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program, to release eligible individuals from correctional facilities (including juvenile facilities) during the COVID-19 emergency. The bill specifies the categories of individuals who are eligible for release, including an individual who is (1) awaiting trial, (2) subject to an immigration detainer issued by the Department of Homeland Security, (3) medically vulnerable, (4) over the age of 55, or (5) a primary caregiver or pregnant.
 
The bill also requires states and local governments that receive funds under the program to implement recommendations released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Against Public Safety Disinformation Act

Bill: 116-hr-7282
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Research administration and funding
Subversive activities
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

Protecting Against Public Safety Disinformation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take specified steps to combat disinformation operations by malicious foreign actors on domestic preparedness.
 
 Specifically, the DHS (1) Office of Intelligence and Analysis, on an onging basis, shall assess the impact of disinformation operations by malicious foreign actors on domestic preparedness for and response to terrorism and other homeland security threats; and (2) Science and Technology Directorate shall develop and recommend research-based methods for identifying and countering such operations and report to Congress. 
 
DHS is authorized to share the research and recommendations with state, local, tribal, and territorial officials, and with public health and other officials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2020-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House