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Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8038
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Competition and antitrust
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Legislative rules and procedure
Public participation and lobbying
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Commission to make recommendations and propose legislation for modification, consolidation, harmonization, or repeal of regulations to reduce compliance costs, encourage growth and innovation, improve competitiveness, and protect public safety.
 
 The commission must give priority to regulations (1) the repeal or modification of which may assist recovery or response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and future pandemics, (2) that impose disproportionately high costs on a small entity, (3) that create substantial recurring paperwork burdens or transaction costs, or (4) that could be made more effective while reducing regulatory costs. 
 
The bill sets forth reporting requirements for the commission and procedures for congressional consideration of commission reports, recommendations, and proposed legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Examining Educational Redlining in Lending Act

Bill: 116-hr-8039
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Business records
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Examining Educational Redlining in Lending Act 

 
This bill requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to annually assess and report on the use of educational data in determining a consumer's creditworthiness by an individual offering a consumer financial product or service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Last Mile Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8040
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Small Business Last Mile Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a grant program that facilitates the provision of high-speed broadband service to rural small businesses and to study and report on broadband service speeds and pricing in rural areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act

Bill: 116-hr-8041
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Hydrology and hydrography
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act

 
This bill establishes the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program within the Department of the Interior to improve snowpack measurement in particular watersheds. Further, the Bureau of Reclamation must incorporate, to the greatest extent practicable, information from emerging technologies for snowpack measurement when determining water supply forecasts or allocations to federal water contractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Helping America’s Farmers Act

Bill: 116-hr-8042
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Economic performance and conditions
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Wages and earnings
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Helping America's Farmers Act

 
This bill directs the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a program to provide economic disaster loans to certain agricultural entities with an adjusted gross income of less than or equal to $500,000.
 
Under the program, such entities are eligible for loans of up to $2 million and may seek loan forgiveness based on demonstrated economic hardship.In making loans, priority must be given to (1) entities located in states most impacted by an economic disaster; and (2) minority, veteran, and women farmers and ranchers.
 
The FSA may guarantee a loan to certain agricultural entities with an adjusted gross income of greater than $500,000 if such loan meets certain requirements.
 
Entities that apply for a loan or loan guarantee may request that the FSA provide an emergency grant of at least $20,000 upon application.
 
The bill provides funding for USDA to carry out a training program to provide FSA staff with appropriate training relating to economic injury loan processing and servicing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act

Bill: 116-hr-8043
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Higher education
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents
National and community service
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act

 
This bill establishes a scholarship-for-service program for students who served at least two years in the military, an emergency medical service, or a police force, or as a teacher's assistant or firefighter, and who submit a certification of such service prior to enrolling as an undergraduate in an institution of higher education (IHE). An eligible undergraduate student may receive a grant in the amount equal to the cost of attendance at the IHE in which the student enrolls for two academic years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act

Bill: 116-hr-8044
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act

 
This bill authorizes the National Science Foundation to establish a two-year pilot program to award grants to highly qualified early-career investigators to carry out an independent research program at the institution of higher education chosen by such investigator, to last for a period not greater than two years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E758)
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Genome Editing Threat Assessment Act

Bill: 116-hr-8045
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Homeland security
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Right of privacy
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Genome Editing Threat Assessment Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a threat assessment of the potential homeland security vulnerabilities associated with genome modification and editing.
 
Such assessment shall include information relating to
 
 
the dual-use of emerging biotechnology;
 
the ability of gene editing to maliciously proliferate infectious diseases and pandemics on human, animal, and plant populations;
 
the cybersecurity vulnerabilities in computer systems analyzing genomic data; and
 
privacy concerns associated with analyzing genomic data.
 
 
Upon completion of the assessment, DHS shall make a determination if any changes to future DHS operations are required to address security vulnerabilities identified in such assessment.
 
DHS shall report to the congressional homeland security committees on the findings of such threat assessment, recommendations, plans for incorporating such recommendations into future DHS operations, and proposed legislative changes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8046
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Foreign labor
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to study and report on the factors affecting employment opportunities for immigrants and refugees with professional credentials obtained in other counties, including policy recommendations for assisting those individuals in obtaining skill-appropriate employment in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
DUAL IG Act

Bill: 116-hr-8047
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Demanding Unconditional Accountability under the Law for Inspectors General Act or the DUAL IG Act

 
This bill prohibits a person serving as an acting inspector general from performing the functions and duties of another position within the government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Stop Poisoning Florida Act

Bill: 116-hr-8049
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Environmental health
Florida
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lakes and rivers
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Stop Poisoning Florida Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to prohibit certain discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee, which is Florida's largest freshwater lake. Specifically, the USACE must prohibit discharges of water from the lake through the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam or the St. Lucie Lock and Dam when the water exceeds the maximum concentration of microcystins (a toxin that is produced by blue-green algae) recommended for recreational waters by the Environmental Protection Agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Israeli Annexation Non-Recognition Act

Bill: 116-hr-8050
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International law and treaties
Israel
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Palestinians
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Israeli Annexation Non-Recognition Act

 
This bill prohibits a federal department or agency from recognizing, or implying recognition of, any claim by Israel of sovereignty over any part of the occupied West Bank in violation of international humanitarian law or customary international law.
 
Further, it prohibits the use of certain federal funds to support specified activities in West Bank territory that has been unilaterally annexed by Israel or to facilitate or support such annexation. The Department of State must make an annual certification regarding any obligation or expenditure of such funds to Israel for these purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E759-760)
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
US MADE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8051
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Buy American requirements
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

United States Manufacturing Availability of Domestic Equipment Act or the U.S. MADE Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits the use of funds in the Strategic National Stockpile for the procurement of certain items unless they are grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States. Such items include personal protective equipment, including protective masks and gowns, sanitizing and disinfecting wipes, privacy curtains and coverings, or other textile medical supplies and equipment. 
 
The bill also allows a new 30% investment tax credit for qualifying medical personal protective equipment manufacturing projects. The term 
qualifying medical personal protective equipment manufacturing project
 is a project which reequips, expands, establishes or continues existing production of drugs, vaccines, and medical equipment for the emergency health security of the United States


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
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: 2020-08-14
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: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8052
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a new section in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice to enforce federal laws concerning animal cruelty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8053
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Age discrimination
Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Higher education
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Protect the Youth Vote Act of 2020

 
This bill outlines specific practices that violate the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution and establishes procedures to enforce the amendment. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment established 18 as the legal voting age and prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote based on age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
SCHOOL Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8054
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Special education
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning Act of 2020 or the SCHOOL Act of 2020

 
This bill allows certain federal funds for elementary and secondary education to follow the student to the school that they attend (i.e., public, private, or home school), regardless of whether the student is learning in person or remotely. Such funds may be used for educational and instructional materials, tutoring, tuition for private school, and extracurricular activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
STEM Educator Awards Equity Act

Bill: 116-hr-8055
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-08-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: American Samoa
Elementary and secondary education
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: 

STEM Educator Awards Equity Act

 
This bill increases from 108 to 110 the number of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching the President must award each year. The awards are given to kindergarten through grade 12 school teachers of mathematics and science who have demonstrated outstanding teaching ability.
 
In selecting teachers for an award, the President shall select at least one teacher each from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E757-758)
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-14
text: Introduced in House