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Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Bill: 116-s-3493
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

 
This bill broadens the scope of allowable firearm transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses.
 
Specifically, the bill allows a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States.) 
 
The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Layoff Prevention Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3494
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Layoff Prevention Act of 2020

 
This bill provides 100% of temporary federal financing of limited short-time compensation (STC) payments in states with existing or new STC programs. (STC, also known as work sharing, is a program within the federal-state unemployment system that provides pro-rated unemployment compensation to workers whose hours have been reduced in lieu of a layoff.)
 
Certain states without an STC program may enter into an agreement with the Department of Labor under which Labor will temporarily finance 50% of the state's STC payments. If such a state subsequently enacts a state law implementing a STC program that meets federal requirements it shall be ineligible for such 50% financing, but shall be eligible for the 100% financing. Federal financing of STC payments is limited to 260 weeks.
 
Labor must 
 
 
award grants to states that enact STC programs to implement or improve administration of such programs and promote and enroll employers in STC programs;
 
develop and provide model legislative language for states to develop and enact STC programs, including periodically reviewing and revising such language; 
 
provide technical assistance and guidance in developing, enacting, and implementing STC programs; and 
 
establish certain STC reporting requirements. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Home Advantage for American Families Act

Bill: 116-s-3495
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Foreign property
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Real estate business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Home Advantage for American Families Act

 
This bill requires any foreign person involved in a transaction related to the sale of residential property located in any of the 15 largest metropolitan statistical areas by population to report to the Department of the Treasury information for identifying the person purchasing the property, the amount and source of the funds received by the seller, the date and nature of the transaction, and other information deemed necessary.
 
The bill also increases (1) from 15% to 30% the rate of withholding on sales proceeds of certain residential real property, and (2) the low-income housing tax credit state ceiling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Layoffs During a Public Health Emergency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3496
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Preventing Layoffs During a Public Health Emergency Act of 2020

 
This bill provides 100% of temporary federal financing of limited short-time compensation (STC) payments in certain states where a public health emergency has been declared. (STC, also known as work sharing, is a program within the federal-state unemployment system that provides pro-rated unemployment compensation to workers whose hours have been reduced in lieu of a layoff.)
 
The term
 public health emergency
 means a public health emergency declared for an area by (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or (2) a state public health official with the authority to declare such an emergency for the area.
 
Certain states without a STC program may enter into an agreement with the Department of Labor under which Labor will temporarily finance 50% of the state's STC payments.
 
If such a state subsequently enacts a state law implementing a STC program that meets federal requirements it shall be ineligible for such 50% financing; however, it shall be eligible for the 100% financing.
 
 Labor must
 
 
develop and provide model legislative language for states to develop and enact STC programs, including periodically reviewing and revising such language; 
provide technical assistance and guidance in developing, enacting, and implementing STC programs; and 
establish certain STC reporting requirements.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1743-1744)
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act

Bill: 116-s-3497
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local finance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act

 
This bill expands unemployment benefits to certain individuals affected by the public health emergency declared by the Department of Health and Human Services on January 27, 2020, with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, beginning on enactment of this bill and ending 26 weeks after the COVID-19 public health emergency expires, the Department of Labor must enter into an agreement with a state under which Labor shall finance 100% of such state's unemployment benefit assistance to unemployed workers who
 
 
are not eligible for other federal or state unemployment insurance;
 
 meet certain conditions related to being unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable to work due to COVID-19;
 
 are not able to telework; and 
 
 are not receiving other paid leave.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Coronavirus Mobile Collection Site Act

Bill: 116-s-3498
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Coronavirus Mobile Collection Site Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse states for the full cost of operating drive-through testing sites for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020. To be eligible for such reimbursement, states may not charge individuals for the testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Free COVID–19 Testing Act

Bill: 116-s-3499
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Minority health
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Free COVID&#8211;19 Testing Act

 
 This bill requires specified public health care programs and private health insurance to cover testing for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without imposing cost-sharing (e.g., deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments) for the duration of the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020. This coverage includes the cost of administering such approved tests and related visits to health care providers.
 
 Specifically, these requirements apply to COVID-19 testing and office visits for individuals covered through (1) Medicare, (2) Medicare Advantage, (3) Medicaid, (4) the Children's Health Insurance Program, (5) the Department of Defense (i.e., TRICARE), (6) the Department of Veterans Affairs, (7) the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, or (8) the Indian Health Service. Additionally, state Medicaid programs may cover COVID-19 testing and related visits for uninsured individuals during the emergency, and the Department of Health and Human Services must reimburse laboratories for the cost of such tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3500
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 

2020

 
This bill provides statutory authority for, and extends, a specified methodology used to calculate the minimum Medicare hospital wage index for all-urban states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide a 77-day extension of certain authorities for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3501
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: 
This bill extends through May 30, 2020, certain authorities related to foreign intelligence gathering, such as those relating to accessing certain business records and treating individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers for intelligence purposes.

action_date: 2020-03-16
text: 
This bill extends through May 30, 2020, certain authorities related to foreign intelligence gathering, such as those relating to accessing certain business records and treating individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers for intelligence purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1753; text: CR S1753)
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Bank Regulatory Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-3502
Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2020-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Credit and credit markets
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Reserve System
National Credit Union Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: 

Community Bank Regulatory Relief Act 

 
This bill delays required compliance with certain accounting standards applicable to credit losses (i.e., current expected credit losses standards, also known as CECL standards). Specifically, no agency may require a person to comply with this standard with respect to a fiscal year beginning before December 31, 2024. 
 
Additionally, the community bank leverage ratio is set at 8% for community banks seeking to satisfy simplified capital adequacy requirements. Currently, banking agencies are required to set the rate between 8% and 10% through rulemaking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Delay REAL ID Act

Bill: 116-s-3504
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Photography and imaging
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Delay REAL ID Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to extend the deadline by which states are required to meet the driver's license and identification card issuance requirements under the Real ID Act of 2005 until not earlier than September 30, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Rapid Coverage for Coronavirus Vaccines Act

Bill: 116-s-3505
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Rapid Coverage for Coronavirus Vaccines Act

 
This bill shortens the time frame under which private health insurance plans must cover certain new preventative services related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Under current law, health plans have one year to cover services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force or the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Under this bill, health plans must cover such services to prevent or diagnose COVID-19 within 15 days.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3506
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Homeland security
Industrial facilities
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act of 2020

 
This bill extends through July 18, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to make testing for the coronavirus disease 19 available to all members of the Armed Forces deployed to an area in which the United States Central Command has responsibility.

Bill: 116-s-3507
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to make available, to specified servicemembers, testing for the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19).
 
The bill requires that testing be made available to all members of the Armed Forces deployed to an area in which the United States Central Command has responsibility (presently including 20 nations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia). 
 
DOD shall report on policies or protocols provided to members of the Armed Forces regarding testing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Protection for Workers’ Credit Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3508
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Consumer credit
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Disaster Protection for Workers' Credit Act of 2020 

 
This bill generally provides credit protections to consumers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and other major disasters. The bill prohibits furnishers of credit information from reporting adverse credit information that is the result of any inaction or action that occurred during the COVID-19 outbreak. It also prohibits any such reporting regarding a consumer who resides in an area covered by a major disaster declaration. 
 
Credit reporting agencies are prohibited from including in a credit report any such adverse credit information. 
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must create a website that allows consumers to report economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak or a major disaster. Consumers may request the deletion of adverse credit information and request an extension of certain credit protections. 
 
Credit reporting agencies must provide unlimited free credit reports and free credit scores upon request (1) during the COVID-19 outbreak or a major disaster, and (2) for a year afterwards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide borrowers the right to request forbearance on mortgage loan payments due to a declared disaster, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3509
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Housing finance and home ownership
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 
This bill suspends foreclosures and establishes a forbearance program for certain federally backed mortgages during the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) outbreak and other disasters. 
 
Specifically, during the coronavirus outbreak or in an area where another disaster has been declared, a federally backed mortgage servicer is (1) prohibited from initiating a foreclosure, and (2) must suspend any foreclosure procedures. These requirements are lifted 180 days after such a declaration.
 
Borrowers experiencing financial hardships due to the coronavirus outbreak or other disaster may request a forbearance on their federally backed mortgage payment for 180 days, which may be extended for an additional 180 days at the borrower's request. A servicer may not charge fees, interest, or other penalties in connection with the forbearance. Before the end of the forbearance period, a servicer must evaluate a borrower's ability to make regular mortgage payments. If the borrower is unable to return to making regular payments, the servicer must evaluate the borrower for certain loan modification options. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act

Bill: 116-s-3510
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latin America
Mexico
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: 

Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act

 
This bill transfers any unobligated federal funds for constructing a physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Agency for International Development to combat COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate