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Open Back Better Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7303
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Building construction
Buy American requirements
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Disaster relief and insurance
Educational facilities and institutions
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor standards
Libraries and archives
Manufacturing
Metals
Natural disasters
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Open Back Better Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide grants to federal and state agencies and tribal organizations to implement building projects that increase resiliency, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and grid integration. It also provides grants for projects that may have combined heat and power and energy storage as project components.
 
States must use at least 40% of grant funds to implement projects in environmental justice communities or low-income communities that have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
No funds may be used for a project unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States, with specified exceptions.
 
The bill also directs DOE to hire a specified number of employees to carry out the grant program, including at least 300 full-time employees in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7304
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Labor standards
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and inland water transportation
Minority health
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for developing climate action plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or other air pollutants at ports or port facilities or implementing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at one or more ports or port facilities. Climate action plans must demonstrate that the measures proposed to be implemented through the grants will do at least two of the following:
 
 
improve energy efficiency at ports or port facilities,
 
deploy technology or processes that reduce idling of vehicles at ports or port facilities, or 
 
reduce the direct emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants with a goal of achieving zero emissions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Federal Emergency Judicial Tolling Act

Bill: 116-hr-7305
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Federal Emergency Judicial Tolling Act

 
This bill tolls (i.e., pauses) the statute of limitations for criminal and civil actions under federal law during the period of January 31, 2020, through December 31, 2020. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
BUS Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7306
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Motor vehicles
Trade restrictions
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Best to Use Safety Belts Act of 2020 or the BUS Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits a person from manufacturing for sale, selling, introducing into interstate commerce, or importing into the United States a school bus that is not equipped with lap and shoulder belts for each passenger. A violation of this requirement shall be treated as a violation of a federal motor vehicle safety standard.
 
The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall establish a program to provide school buses with seat belts and other safety features, under which DOT may make a competitive grant to a state educational agency and a local educational agency to (1) retrofit a school bus with seat belts, or (2) make another safety upgrade to a school bus that demonstrably decreases the risk of injury or death to students in the event of an impact or rollover.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-7307
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Due process and equal protection
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Right of privacy
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to include information on the status of surveillance and use of advanced technology in each foreign country in its annual country reports on human rights practices.
 
Specifically, the State Department must include in such reports a description of each country's status of excessive surveillance and use of advanced technology (e.g., facial recognition or biometric data collection) to impose arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy or unlawful or unnecessary restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, association, or other internationally recognized human rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
American Assistance for American Companies Act

Bill: 116-hr-7309
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

American Assistance for American Companies Act

 
This bill disallows certain tax benefits for inverted domestic corporations. An
 inverted domestic corporation
 is a U.S. corporation that acquires foreign entities to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than U.S. rates). Specifically, an inverted domestic corporation may not claim net operating loss carrybacks, increased deductibility of business interest, nor participate in Federal Reserve Lending Facilities. 
 The bill allows an inverted domestic corporation to elect to be treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. tax purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Securing Our Skies Against Chinese Technology Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7311
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Asia
Aviation and airports
China
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Securing Our Skies Against Chinese Technology Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits using federal funds to purchase a drone manufactured in China or by an entity controlled by the Chinese government. An executive agency may not provide funds to a private or state government entity unless the recipient certifies that it is not using such drones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7312
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization Act of 2020

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, which provides funds to states and local governments to create affordable housing for low-income individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Aerospace Infrastructure Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7313
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

21st Century Aerospace Infrastructure Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot program, through FY2023, to issue transportation infrastructure grants to operators of outer space launch sites for the construction, repair, or maintenance of infrastructure and facilities at such sites. A 
launch site
 means the location on Earth from which a launch takes place 
 
Grants issued to an operator may not exceed $2.5 million for a fiscal year.
 
DOT may issue supplemental grants to operators in support of state, local, or private matching under specified conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Workers’ Memorial Day

Bill: 116-hr-7314
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Workers' Memorial Day

 
This bill establishes Workers' Memorial Day as a federal holiday.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7315
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies the criminal civil rights statute that prohibits deprivation of rights under color of law.
 
Current law prohibits the deprivation of federally protected rights, privileges, or immunities by a government official (including a law enforcement officer). 
 
This bill specifies that use of force during a response to a protest constitutes a deprivation of rights, privileges, or immunities. 
 
Additionally, the bill removes the death penalty as a penalty option if death results or if certain aggravating factors are present.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment or operation of a center to be known as the Emergency Mental Health and Substance Use Training and Technical Assistance Center.

Bill: 116-hr-7316
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability assistance
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to provide technical assistance to certain organizations to expand access to and awareness of mental health and substance use prevention and treatment services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Masks Work Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7317
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Materials
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Masks Work Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health to provide access to, increase public awareness of, and support research on cloth face coverings to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), respectively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Greener Transportation for Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-7318
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Motor vehicles
Public utilities and utility rates
Roads and highways
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Greener Transportation for Communities Act 

 
This bill authorizes the use of tax-exempt facility bonds to fund zero-emission vehicle infrastructure used to charge or fuel zero-emissions vehicles. The bill defines 
zero-emissions vehicles
 as (1) any any light-duty vehicle or light-duty truck conforming to the applicable low-emission vehicle standard, or any heavy-duty vehicle with an engine conforming to such standard; or (2) vehicles that produce zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant (or precursor pollutant) or greenhouse gas under any possible operational modes and conditions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Educator Preparation Reform Act

Bill: 116-hr-7319
Sponsor: Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Higher education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School administration
Special education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Educator Preparation Reform Act

 
This bill modifies federal grants and requirements for educator preparation programs.
 
Specifically, the bill revises the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant program to require a partnership (e.g., a high-need local educational agency or school and an institution of higher education) to use grant funds to carry out a program for the pre-baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate preparation of teachers, a teaching or principal residency program, or a combination of such programs. Currently, such grants must be used for programs specific to teachers.
 
A partnership may also use funds to carry out other educator development programs, including programs for school librarians, counselors, and paraprofessionals.
 
The bill further revises requirements for teacher residency programs and prescribes requirements for the establishment of principal residency programs. A partnership carrying out a principal residency program must perform activities for high-need schools.
 
The bill revises requirements for state reporting on the quality of teacher preparation programs and specifies that a state must conduct an assessment to identify at-risk and low-performing teacher preparation programs as a condition of receiving certain federal funds.
 
It also modifies student eligibility for the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to require equitable adjustments to certain construction contracts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7320
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Building construction
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 
This bill allows a small business performing a construction contract awarded by a federal agency to request an equitable adjustment if the agency's contracting officer directs a change in the work that is within the general scope of the contract without the agreement of the small business.
 
The agency must provide the small business with an interim partial payment to cover additional costs resulting from such a change, and the small business must pay a first tier subcontractor or supplier the portion of the partial payment that is attributable to additional costs incurred due to the change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Elevating America’s Workforce Act

Bill: 116-hr-7321
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Performance measurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Elevating America's Workforce Act

 
This bill establishes personal reemployment accounts for individuals who need additional job training to make a successful transition to new employment following the economic disruption caused by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), in order to accelerate the reemployment of such individuals, promote retention, and provide such individuals with choices in obtaining job training services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House