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No CHINA Act

Bill: 116-hr-6386
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Asia
China
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

No Chinese Handouts In National Assistance Act or No CHINA Act

 
This bill generally prohibits funds made available during FY2020 from being expended for the benefit of any U.S. or foreign individual or entity subject to control by China's government. This restriction shall not apply to Taiwan or any Taiwanese entities. (China considers Taiwan a province of China.)
 
The President may also waive this restriction for U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To correct technical omissions relating to international financial cooperation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6387
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Canada
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
Multilateral development programs
Solid waste and recycling
Trade agreements and negotiations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 
This bill revises provisions implementing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to preserve certain environmental agreements under the North American Free Trade Agreement and makes technical corrections to specified provisions implementing the USMCA. In addition, the bill allows the Department of the Treasury to subscribe to additional callable capital of the U.S. share of capital stock of the North American Development Bank.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Space Technology Advancement Report (STAR) Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6388
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Economic development
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Homeland security
Intellectual property
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
International scientific cooperation
Materials
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites
Technology transfer and commercialization
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

Space Technology Advancement Report (STAR) Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the National Space Council to submit annual reports to Congress on the ability of the United States to effectively compete with foreign space programs and in the emerging commercial space economy.
 
The President shall develop and submit to Congress a strategy to ensure that the United States can effectively compete with other national space programs, maintain dominance in the emerging commercial space economy, and has market, regulatory, and other means available to address unfair competition from China based on the findings in the report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act

Bill: 116-hr-6389
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act

 
This bill establishes requirements related to certain charges, practices, classifications, or regulations in connection with confinement facility communications services.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish maximum rates and charges that a provider of confinement facility communications services may charge for such services. The bill provides interim rate caps until the FCC establishes such rates and charges.
 
The bill requires a provider of confinement facility communications services to assess all charges for communications on a per-minute basis for the actual duration of the communication, and it prohibits a provider from charging a per-communication or per-connection charge. A provider also may not charge an ancillary service charge except in certain circumstances.
 
Further, the bill prohibits a provider from assessing a site commission, which is a payment or donation made to certain entities that operate or oversee a confinement facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6390
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 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
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to the production of ventilators, N-95 respirator masks, and specified personal protective equipment to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). (That act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.) 
 
The President must (1) make a determination that such items are essential for the national defense, (2) identify private-sector capacity to produce these items, and (3) exercise authorities under the act to require emergency production of them at a reasonable price. In addition, the President shall coordinate the allocation of these items based on requests from governors and the needs of the states as determined by the number of COVID-19 cases and the proportion of the population at higher risk of the disease in a given state. 
 
The bill makes specified funds available for these efforts. Equipment produced under these authorities but unused at the termination of the COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020, shall be deposited into the Strategic National Stockpile. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a 5-year carryback of operating losses of small businesses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6391
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax deductions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 
This bill allows certain small businesses (fewer than 250 employees) a 5-year carryback of net operating losses incurred in 2020 due to COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Secure United States Bases Act

Bill: 116-hr-6392
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Family relationships
Firearms and explosives
Foreign aid and international relief
International exchange and broadcasting
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

Secure United States Bases Act 

 
This bill revises requirements related to U.S.-based foreign military training programs.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
creates a visa category for certain aliens who have been accepted into a U.S.-based military training program;
 
adds application, vetting, and monitoring requirements for foreign military trainees; and
 
requires the Department of Defense to develop a method for classifying the relative risk, by country, of accepting foreign personnel into U.S. military training programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To help small business broadband providers keep customers connected.

Bill: 116-hr-6394
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance
Small business
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 
This bill provides funds with which the Federal Communications Commission shall reimburse small business broadband providers for costs incurred during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period to voluntarily (1) provide free or discounted service to students in need of distance learning capacity, or (2) refrain from disconnecting low-income households that cannot afford to make a full payment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing Act

Bill: 116-hr-6397
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: 

Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing Act

 
This bill establishes refinancing programs for federal and private student loans.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a program that allows qualified borrowers to refinance their federal student loans down to lower interest rates. Such refinanced interest rates are (1) calculated based on the type of student loan (e.g., Stafford), and (2) fixed for the period of the loan.
 
In addition, the bill creates the Federal Direct Refinanced Private Loan as a new type of loan. Such loans allow qualified borrowers to refinance their private education loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Frontline Health Care Workers Assistance Act

Bill: 116-hr-6398
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2020-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: 

Frontline Health Care Workers Assistance Act

 
This bill directs certain actions to procure equipment necessary to prevent, identify, and mitigate cases of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
The National Response Coordination Center of the Federal Emergency Management Agency must, within seven days, submit a report to Congress and the President that (1) assesses the need for equipment, including personal protective equipment and ventilators, across the United States; and (2) identifies the industry sectors and manufacturers capable of fulfilling purchase orders for such equipment, as well as government-owned and privately owned stockpiles of such equipment that could be refurbished. 
 
Within 24 hours, the President must issue a purchase order with the highest priority rating under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) for a specified number of N-95 respirators and face masks. (DPAS is used to prioritize national defense-related contracts, subcontracts, and purchase orders.) Within seven days of receiving the center's report, the President must also issue priority purchase orders for the equipment identified in the report under authorities provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950. (That act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods for the national defense.) The bill waives certain requirements under the act related to congressional notification and authorization and makes specified funds available for these efforts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6399
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Materials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: 

Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies Act of 2020 or the SAVE Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the President to make payments to manufacturers to increase supply-chain security if doing so is important to the national defense. The President must submit a strategy to Congress that includes, among other elements (1) a plan to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of medical articles essential to the national defense; and (2) plans to diversify, and address vulnerabilities in, supply chains for essential medical articles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Community Supervision Act

Bill: 116-hr-6400
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
HIV/AIDS
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Neurological disorders
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: 

Emergency Community Supervision Act

 
This bill establishes measures to reduce the number of individuals in federal custody during a national emergency relating to a communicable disease.
 
Specifically, it does the following:
 
 
requires certain categories of inmates to be released and placed in community supervision (e.g., home confinement); 
 
limits the use of pretrial detention; and 
 
modifies supervised release, including to limit the use of incarceration as a sanction for a parole violation. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Ban Conflicted Trading Act

Bill: 116-hr-6401
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commodities markets
Congressional officers and employees
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: 

Ban Conflicted Trading Act

 
This bill prohibits a Member of Congress or certain congressional officers or employees from (1) purchasing or selling specified investments, (2) entering into a transaction that creates a net short position in a security, or (3) serving as an officer or member of any board of any for-profit entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and House Administration, 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: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and House Administration, 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: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and House Administration, 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: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Workforce Emergency Response Act

Bill: 116-hr-6402
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2020-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Public transit
State and local finance
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: 

COVID-19 Workforce Emergency Response Act

 
This bill increases flexibility for state and local agencies to provide continuity of services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency.
 
In particular, the bill allows certain state and local unobligated funds to be used for administrative purposes to carry out local workforce investment activities under one-stop delivery systems if the funds are used to respond to such emergency. (A one-stop delivery system is a system under which entities responsible for administering separate workforce investment, educational, and other human resource programs and funding streams (referred to as one-stop partners) collaborate to create a seamless system of service delivery that will enhance access to the programs' services and improve long-term employment outcomes for individuals receiving assistance.)
 
The bill also allows the use of certain state reserved unobligated funds for (1) responding to the national emergency, and (2) distributing by the governor of such state to local boards most impacted by the coronavirus for activities related to responding to such emergency.
 
The Department of Labor must award national dislocated worker grants, with emphasis on state or local areas most impacted by the emergency for activities directly supporting the response to the emergency and related-recovery efforts (e.g., training and temporary employment and certain layoff response activities).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-26
text: Introduced in House