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To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to modify certain regulations relating to insurance-dedicated exchange-traded funds.

Bill: 116-hr-6732
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Financial services and investments
Life, casualty, property insurance
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to modify certain regulations relating to insurance-dedicated exchange-traded funds. An 
exchange-traded fund
 is a regulated investment company, partnership, or trust (1) that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an open-end investment company or a unit investment trust, (2) the shares of which can be purchased or redeemed directly from the fund only by an authorized participant (i.e., a financial institution that is a member or participant of a registered clearing agency), and (3) the shares of which are traded throughout the day on a national stock exchange at market prices that may or may not be the same as the net asset value of the shares. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Federal Frontline Worker Leave Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-6733
Sponsor: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Federal Frontline Worker Leave Protection Act

 
This bill restores annual leave that is lost by federal employees who respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Eco-Tourism Vessel Equity and Relief Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6734
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Eco-Tourism Vessel Equity and Relief Act of 2020

 
 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to prescribe a tonnage measurement as a small passenger vessel for the M/V 
LISERON
 (U.S. official number 971339) for purposes of applying an optional regulatory measurement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E427)
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in House
COVID-19 Fraud Prevention Act

Bill: 116-hr-6735
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lawyers and legal services
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

COVID-19 Fraud Prevention Act 

 
This bill establishes the Consumer and Investor Fraud Working Group to prevent fraud during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The working group must report monthly regarding resources available to consumers, public enforcement actions, and related consumer complaints. 

action_date: 2020-09-21
text: 

COVID-19 Fraud Prevention Act 

 
This bill establishes the Consumer and Investor Fraud Working Group to prevent fraud during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The working group must report quarterly regarding resources available to consumers, public enforcement actions, and related consumer complaints. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4605)
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6735.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4605-4606)
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Mr. Sherman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Protect Rural Renters Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6736
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

Protect Rural Renters Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes additional rental assistance to low-income individuals and families residing in certain rural housing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt distilled spirits plants from denaturing requirements with respect to hand sanitizer produced to help combat COVID-19.

Bill: 116-hr-6737
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Cosmetics and personal care
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 
This bill modifies the excise tax on distilled spirits to exempt distilled spirits plants from requirements relating to the denaturing of such spirits with respect to hand sanitizers used to eliminate the corornavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). 
Denaturing
 is the process of making distilled spirits unfit for consumption. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6738
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Animal and plant health
Aquatic ecology
Biological and life sciences
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Floods and storm protection
Genetics
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Monuments and memorials
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pest management
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2020

 
This bill sets forth requirements concerning the conservation and restoration of coral reef ecosystems, including to reauthorize through FY2025 and expand the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, reauthorize through FY2025 the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology program, and establish the Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Seniors’ Access to COVID Treatments Act

Bill: 116-hr-6739
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

Ensuring Seniors' Access to COVID Treatments Act

 
This bill requires prescription drug plans under Medicare and Medicare Advantage to cover drugs that are approved to treat COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without cost-sharing during the public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
To designate the area between the intersections of International Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, Northwest and International Place, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Li Wenliang Plaza", and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6740
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 
This bill designates as 
Li Wenliang
 
Plaza
 the area between the intersections of International Drive NW and Van Ness Street NW and International Drive NW and International Place NW in the District of Columbia.
 
Additionally, the bill redesignates the address of 3505 International Place NW, District of Columbia, as 1 Li Wenliang Plaza.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Mortgage Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-6741
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal Reserve System
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Landlord and tenant
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

COVID-19 Mortgage Relief Act 

 
This bill extends protections for renters and mortgage borrowers provided in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, revises bankruptcy provisions, and expands COVID-19 aid programs to include mortgage servicers. 
 
Mortgage forbearance may be extended to borrowers for up to 12 months. Currently, borrowers may receive 180 days of forbearance, with an extension of up to an additional 180 days. The bill also expands the forbearance provisions to apply to nonfederally backed mortgages. 
 
The bill expands the current moratorium on evictions of renters from property receiving a forbearance to generally protect all such renters, not only renters in federally assisted housing or property that has a federally backed mortgage. 
 
The current moratorium on mortgage foreclosures is extended from 60 days beginning on March 18, 2020, to 6 months after enactment of this bill. The bill also expands this moratorium to include nonfederally backed mortgages. 
 
Additionally, the bill generally revises bankruptcy provisions. COVID-19 aid is excluded from property subject to bankruptcy proceedings and the homestead exemption available to individual debtors is increased, among other protections.
 
Existing COVID-19 economic aid programs are expanded to include mortgage servicers. The Department of the Treasury must allow mortgage servicers to participate in these programs to receive loans, loan guarantees, and other investments currently offered to eligible businesses, states, and municipalities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Life in Crisis Act

Bill: 116-hr-6742
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

Protecting Life in Crisis Act

 
This bill specifies that federal funds allocated for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts may not, in general, be used for abortions. Current law (specifically, language that has historically been included in certain appropriations bills, commonly referred to as the Hyde Amendment) generally prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions. 
 
The bill also restricts the use of federal tax credits or other federal funding for health insurance coverage if the coverage includes abortions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Protect Vulnerable Students from Surprise Tax Bills Act

Bill: 116-hr-6743
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

Protect Vulnerable Students from Surprise Tax Bills Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any qualified emergency financial aid grant. A 
qualified emergency financial aid grant
 is any amount received by a degree candidate at an institution of higher education for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Computer and Internet Equity Act

Bill: 116-hr-6744
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employment and training programs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Income tax credits
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

Computer and Internet Equity Act

 
This bill increases broadband service support for low-income consumers, establishes a grant program to provide internet safety education or training, and provides a tax credit for certain computer and education costs.
 
Specifically, the bill modifies the broadband service support program known as Lifeline, which assists low-income consumers with access to telecommunications and broadband services, to (1) give an additional $1,000 to a provider of Lifeline services for each low-income consumer to whom the provider supplies such services, (2) allow consumers with household incomes that are at or below 435% (currently 135%) of the Federal Poverty Guidelines to qualify for participation in the program, and (3) allow a broadband service provider to receive Lifeline support for providing such service to a low-income consumer without being designated an eligible telecommunications carrier.
 
The bill also requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a grant program to develop and implement internet safety education or training programs for low-income individuals.
 
Further, the bill provides a tax credit, not to exceed $2,000 in a taxable year or $10,000 in a lifetime, for amounts paid or incurred for technology such as computers and printers and for education on how to use such technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water for All Act

Bill: 116-hr-6745
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2020-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Floods and storm protection
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lakes and rivers
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: 

Clean Water for All Act

 
This bill nullifies the 2020 rule titled 
The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of &quot;Waters of the United States,&quot; 
which describes the bodies of water that fall under federal jurisdiction and the scope of the Clean Water Act. The 2020 rule replaces the 2015 Clean Water Rule, which includes a broader definition of 
waters of the United States.

 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers must promulgate a regulation defining 
waters of the United States
 under the Clean Water Act. The EPA and the Corps must ensure that such definition includes categories of water bodies that affect the physical, chemical, or biological integrity of traditionally navigable and interstate waters, based on the best available scientific evidence. In addition, the EPA and the Corps must ensure that implementation of the Clean Water Act using such definition will prevent any degradation of surface water quality, increased contaminant levels in drinking water sources, increased flooding-related risks to human life or property, or disproportionate adverse impacts on minority or low-income populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Introduced in House