hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Emergency COVID Telehealth Response Act

Bill: 116-hr-6634
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 

Emergency COVID Telehealth Response Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow, when exercising its waiver authority, the following providers to furnish telehealth services under Medicare during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019): physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, speech-language pathologists, clinical social workers, and audiologists. (Currently, the CMS is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency, and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
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: 2020-04-28
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: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
One Bill, One Subject Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-6635
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Government liability
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 

One Bill, One Subject Transparency Act
 
 
This bill requires each bill or joint resolution to include no more than one subject and the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title.
 
An appropriations bill may not contain any general legislation or change to existing law that is not germane to the subject of such underlying bill.
 
The bill voids measures or provisions noncompliant with these requirements, including appropriation provisions outside the relevant subcommittee's jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Reducing COVID–19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act

Bill: 116-hr-6638
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 

Reducing COVID-19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act

 
This bill appropriates additional funding for specified components of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute on Minority Health and Disparities, and the Office of Minority Health. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
No Unconstitutional War Against North Korea Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6639
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Japan
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
South Korea
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 

No Unconstitutional War Against North Korea Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for military force in or against North Korea unless (1) Congress has declared war, (2) Congress has enacted specific statutory authority for such military force, or (3) the President is exercising powers as Commander-in-Chief in a national emergency stemming from an attack against the United States or the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Advantage COVID Treatment Act

Bill: 116-hr-6640
Sponsor: Rep. Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 

Medicare Advantage COVID Treatment Act

 
This bill requires Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to cover specified treatment services relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without cost-sharing during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020. The CMS must reimburse MA plans for cost-sharing amounts that would otherwise have been received, in accordance with a specified timeline.
 
MA plans are also prohibited from instituting prior authorization or other utilization management requirements with respect to coverage of specified critical treatment services (e.g., ventilator services and intensive care unit services). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Commission on the Strategic National Stockpile, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6641
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 
This bill establishes the Commission on the Strategic National Stockpile in the legislative branch and sets forth its duties and membership. The commission shall (1) study issues related to the sufficiency of supplies in the stockpile, and (2) report findings to Congress. The commission terminates following the submission of the report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Court Access Amid the Pandemic Act

Bill: 116-hr-6642
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 

Court Access Amid the Pandemic Act

 
This bill allows U.S. circuit courts to dispose of cases without oral argument or to proceed with oral argument, with the consent of the litigants, via video teleconferencing or telephone conferencing during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Oral arguments in U.S. circuit court and U.S. district court must be made available for public transmission in real time and be permanently archived on the internet, except for U.S. district court proceedings the dissemination of which would seriously jeopardize public health and safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Supporting State and Local Leaders Act

Bill: 116-hr-6643
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee leave
Employment taxes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 

Supporting State and Local Leaders Act

 
This bill repeals the prohibition against granting federal, state, and local governments a tax credit for paid sick and paid family and medical leave. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency.

Bill: 116-hr-6644
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover certain services provided via telecommunications systems (i.e., telehealth) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, the telehealth services must be deemed medically necessary by a health care provider and covered under the plan if provided in person. Plans must apply the same cost-sharing and reimbursement amounts that would otherwise apply to such services and may waive cost-sharing requirements for any services to diagnose or treat COVID-19, including via telehealth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-28
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: 2020-04-28
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: 2020-04-28
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: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to conduct or support research on the mental health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6645
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2020-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Mental health
Research administration and funding
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: 
This bill requires the National Institute of Mental Health, in coordination with certain other research institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health, to support mental health research activities related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Relaunching America’s Workforce Act

Bill: 116-hr-6646
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Aging
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Disability assistance
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Food industry and services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Mental health
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation costs
Transportation employees
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Relaunching America's Workforce Act 

 
This bill establishes several grant programs to address employment, the workforce, and education access in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency. 
 
The Department of Labor must provide grants in response to the COVID-19 national emergency to 
 
 
provide training and employment for dislocated, unemployed, and underemployed workers; 
 
support youth employment; 
 
establish workforce information systems improvements; 
 
provide reentry employment opportunities for justice-involved youth and young adults; and 
 
 create or expand apprenticeship programs. 
 
 
Programs directed towards assisting Native Americans and migrant and seasonal farmworkers may be extended. 
 
The Department of Education must provide grants to expand the capacity of adult education providers to prioritize serving adults with low-literacy or numeracy levels negatively impacted by the COVID-19 national emergency, and to improve or expand career and technical education programs and programs of study to respond to state and local needs as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Opportunities for Transportation Security Administration Employees Act

Bill: 116-hr-6647
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Dental care
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Health Care Opportunities for Transportation Security Administration Employees Act

 
This bill allows employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to enroll or change their enrollment in a health insurance plan during a national emergency, such as the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, and during the 30-day period following the end of the emergency.
 
The bill also increases the biweekly government contribution towards health insurance plans for part-time TSA employees to match that contributed for full-time employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Economic Recovery Act

Bill: 116-hr-6648
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Guam
Income tax exclusion
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Territorial Economic Recovery Act

 
This bill restores the favorable tax treatment of investment in U.S. territories and possessions. It treats such investment as domestic rather than foreign investment and requires investors to have an active trade or business in a U.S. territory or possession with a certain percentage of income derived from such territory or possession. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Lower Drug Costs for Seniors During COVID-19 Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6649
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Lower Drug Costs for Seniors During COVID-19 Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a process for prescription drug plans under Medicare and Medicare Advantage to allow enrollees to make coinsurance payments in periodic installments, if the enrollee chooses to obtain the entire prescribed supply of a covered drug in a single fill. Current law allows an enrollee, during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to obtain the entire prescribed supply of a covered drug in a single fill or refill, up to a 90-day supply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
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: 2020-05-01
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: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Health Heroes 2020 Act

Bill: 116-hr-6650
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2020-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Education of the disadvantaged
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Mental health
Minority education
Minority employment
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: 

Health Heroes 2020 Act

 
This bill appropriates funds for, and makes other changes to, scholarship and loan repayment programs for health care providers who agree to a period of obligated service in a health professional shortage area.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funds through FY2026 for the National Health Service Corps and otherwise modifies the program, including by (1) authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), subject to certain limitations, to reassign corps members to alternative sites during a declared public health emergency; and (2) establishing a demonstration project that allows corps members to fulfill their service obligations through a period of reserve status, during which HHS may deploy them to respond to a declared emergency.
 
 
The bill also provides FY2020 funds for the Nurse Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs. These funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Introduced in House