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SAVE for Seniors Act

Bill: 116-hr-8623
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: 

Securing Affordable Vaccines Equally for Seniors Act or the SAVE for Seniors Act

 
This bill specifies that vaccines for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) that are authorized for emergency use must be covered under Medicare without cost-sharing.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-16
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: 2020-10-16
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: 2020-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Access to Innovation During COVID–19 Act

Bill: 116-hr-8624
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: 

Protecting Access to Innovation During COVID-19 Act

 
This bill allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend the duration of pass-through status (i.e., additional payment) for certain drugs and devices under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services. 
 
Specifically, the CMS may extend the pass-through status of drugs and devices that received such status during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) if their cost cannot be accurately calculated due to the effects of COVID-19. The bill's provisions apply to drugs and devices that had pass-through status during any portion of the public health emergency period, including those for which such status has already expired.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-16
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: 2020-10-16
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: 2020-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Ivana Alexandra Sifuentes Arbirio and Luisa Mariana Sifuentes Arbirio.

Bill: 116-hr-8625
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2020-10-16 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: Provides for the relief of Ivana Alexandra Sifuentes Arbirio and Luisa Mariana Sifuentes Arbirio.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Energy Resilient Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-8626
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Infrastructure development
Manufacturing
Metals
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Small business
Wages and earnings
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Energy Resilient Communities Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a program that awards grants to make critical energy infrastructure more resilient to climate change hazards, such as grants for developing clean energy microgrids that support critical community infrastructure or customers of electric utilities with special energy needs due to medical conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To express the sense of Congress that the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be the primary representative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Chesapeake Bay, to require the Secretary of the Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to provide grants supporting research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8627
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Chesapeake Bay
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Research administration and funding
Seafood
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants to certain entities, including the academic community and seafood industry, to conduct research on the conservation, restoration, or management of oysters in estuarine ecosystems.
 
Grant awards may not exceed 85% of the research project's total cost unless NOAA waives such requirement. Additionally, NOAA must ensure that grant funding is apportioned according to the historic baseline (i.e., the estimated population of oysters in an estuary in 1850) oyster population of each estuary of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2020-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Global Small Business Network Act

Bill: 116-hr-8628
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Brunei
Burma
Business education
Cambodia
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Indonesia
International organizations and cooperation
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Small business
Thailand
Vietnam
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Global Small Business Network Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to establish a Global Small Business Network grant program to facilitate exports by U.S. small businesses.
 
Specifically, the State Department may award grants to institutions of higher education and nonprofits with experience in operating or working with U.S. small business development centers to (1) assist national and local governments of foreign countries with creating small business development centers, and (2) promote commerce between small businesses in the United States and the foreign economies participating in the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Employees from Surprise Taxes Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8629
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Employment taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Protecting Employees from Surprise Taxes Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits employers from deferring payment of payroll taxes unless affected employees provide written consent to a deferral. Employers must also provide notice to their employees of the right to provide or withhold written consent and the future tax liability resulting from providing consent to the deferral of such taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Organizational Fee Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-8630
Sponsor: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Farmland
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Organizational Fee Fairness Act

 
This bill revises the annual land use fee for organizational camps for their occupancy and use of National Forest System lands in counties in which less than 2% of land is used for farming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Ownership of Firearms Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8631
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Firearms and explosives
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Responsible Ownership of Firearms Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to purchase and distribute firearm locking devices to firearm owners and distribute educational materials on firearm safety. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Humane Research and Testing Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8633
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Research ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Humane Research and Testing Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the National Center for Alternatives to Animal Research and Testing within the National Institutes of Health to promote alternatives to animal research and testing and to reduce the number of animals used in such research and testing.
 
It also requires federal departments or agencies and federally funded research entities that use animals for research and testing to develop plans to reduce the use of animals in their activities and annually report the number of animals that they use to the center. The center must make this information publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8635
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government trust funds
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a zero-emission passenger vehicle standard. Specifically, the bill sets a schedule for increasing the percentage of zero-emission vehicles a vehicle manufacturer delivers for sale, culminating in a requirement to sell only zero-emission vehicles from 2035 on. The bill also requires the EPA to establish a zero-emission vehicle credit program that approves one zero-emission vehicle credit for each zero-emission vehicle delivered for sale in the United States and partial credits for qualified electric vehicles based on the estimated proportion of the mileage driven on the battery.
 
Manufacturers that fail to meet the minimum required percentage of zero-emission vehicle sales must submit to the EPA a quantity of zero-emission vehicle credits sufficient to offset the excess.
 
Credits may also be sold, transferred, exchanged, or retired in certain circumstances.
 
The bill imposes civil penalties for the failure to comply with zero-emission vehicle credit standards, with collected penalties being deposited into the Highway Trust Fund. After 2035, the EPA may issue injunctions on the manufacture of passenger vehicles other than zero-emission vehicles.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act

Bill: 116-hr-8636
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act

 
This bill limits a social media company's immunity from liability if it promotes certain content on its platform. 
 
Specifically, the bill removes this immunity from a social media company with more than 50 million monthly users if it utilizes an algorithm, model, or other computational process to amplify or recommend content to a user that is directly relevant to a claim involving (1) interference with civil rights, (2) neglect to prevent interference with civil rights, or (3) acts of international terrorism. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Japanese American Confinement Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-8637
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Due process and equal protection
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Japan
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
U.S. history
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Japanese American Confinement Education Act

 
This bill establishes a museum program on the historical importance of Japanese American confinement during World War II and permanently reauthorizes the Japanese American Confinement Sites preservation program.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a program of grants to a Japanese American museum to educate individuals in the United States on the historical importance of such confinement and the commitment of the United States to equal justice.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Status of Child Marriages in the United States Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8638
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government studies and investigations
Human trafficking
Marriage and family status
Sex offenses
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Status of Child Marriages in the United States Act of 2020

 
 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to study and report on the effect of state laws on child marriages (i.e., where a party to the marriage has not attained age 18 at the time of the marriage) and forced marriages. The study must include an evaluation of state laws with respect to the minimum age to receive a marriage license and exceptions to such minimum age requirements, and the extent to which child marriage leads to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Justice Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8639
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Disability and paralysis
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency communications systems
Employment and training programs
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Mental Health Justice Act of 2020

 
This bill creates a grant program for states and local governments to train and dispatch mental health professionals to respond, instead of law enforcement officers, to emergencies that involve people with behavioral health needs.
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) must manage the program in consultation with the Department of Justice (DOJ). SAMHSA may cancel grants that increase incarceration or institutionalization. Grantees must use funds for purposes including de-escalation and anti-racism training.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services and the DOJ must evaluate this program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
SAFEGUARD Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8640
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Scientific Agencies Following Evidence and Guaranteeing that Unscientific Agendas are Refused and Denounced Act of 2020 or the SAFEGUARD Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the Public Health Oversight Panel and sets out its duties and membership.
 
Generally, the panel must, in consultation with relevant advisory bodies, advise Public Health Service agencies on the scientific basis for their actions.
 
In addition, during public health emergencies, the agencies must provide the panel with the opportunity to review the scientific basis of their regulatory activities. The agencies may not issue a regulation, order, or other guidance if the panel determines that the scientific basis of the action is incorrect or that the evidence to support the scientific basis is insufficient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House