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Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6083
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Border security and unlawful immigration
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Department of Homeland Security
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal preemption
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Personnel records
Photography and imaging
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Unemployment
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Labor Certainty for Food Security Act of 2020
 
 
This bill establishes a new H-2C nonimmigrant visa for aliens coming temporarily to the United States to perform agricultural labor, directs the Department of Homeland Security to create a mandatory electronic employment eligibility verification system, and modifies the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural workers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Water Power Research and Development Act

Bill: 116-hr-6084
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Infrastructure development
International scientific cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Materials
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Research and development
Student aid and college costs
Transportation safety and security
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Water Power Research and Development Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out programs of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for water power technologies, hydropower, and marine energy technologies. Additionally, DOE must award grants to institutions of higher education for the continuation and expansion of research and development at the National Marine Energy Centers and the establishments of new centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Postal Supervisors and Managers Fairness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6085
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Postal Supervisors and Managers Fairness Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies procedures for negotiating pay and benefits of supervisory and other managerial personnel of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
 
At least 60 days before the expiration of a pay decision, the USPS must propose to the supervisors' organization any changes in pay policies, pay schedules, or fringe benefit programs for members of such organization.
 
Not later than 60 days after the USPS agrees to a collective bargaining agreement that affects the pay or benefits of supervisors or managers who are members of the supervisors' organization, the USPS shall provide a proposal regarding such matters to the organization.
 
The bill makes binding the decision of the fact-finding panel appointed by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in the event of an impasse between the USPS and a supervisors' organization over proposed changes in pay and benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
IMF Reform and Integrity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6086
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign loans and debt
International monetary system and foreign exchange
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

IMF Reform and Integrity Act of 2020

 
This bill requires U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to take certain actions, such as opposing quota increases for certain countries. (A country's quota generally reflects its economic strength and affects factors such as that country's voting power within the IMF.)
 
Before the IMF considers a proposal to increase the quota of any of the ten largest IMF shareholder countries, the Department of the Treasury shall report to Congress as to whether the country meets certain criteria, such as (1) fulfilling its general IMF obligations, and (2) not engaging in currency manipulation in the last 12 months. If the country does not meet all such criteria, U.S. representatives to the IMF shall oppose the proposed quota increase. U.S. representatives shall also oppose the proposed quota increase if the President determines that the country's government has interfered with a U.S. federal election in the last four years.
 
U.S. representatives to the IMF shall oppose a proposed loan to a country if there is not a high probability that the country's public debt is sustainable in the medium term.
 
The U.S. Executive Director at the IMF shall not support any proposal to change IMF criteria on providing exceptional access lending if the change would allow a previously ineligible country to receive such funding unless Treasury reports to Congress a justification for supporting the change before it is considered at the IMF. 
 
This bill shall expire ten years after enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Appreciation Through Loan Forgiveness Act

Bill: 116-hr-6087
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: First Amendment rights
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Public Service Appreciation Through Loan Forgiveness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to implement a partial student loan forgiveness reduction schedule and conduct awareness activities relating to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
 
Specifically, ED must
 
 
implement a public service loan forgiveness reduction schedule to cancel principal and interest due on Federal Direct Loans based on the number of payments made by the borrower,
 
develop informational materials relating to the eligibility requirements of the PSLF program,
 
make such informational materials available on its website and conduct outreach to not-for-profit institutions and government organizations about the availability of such materials, and
 
establish an online portal for borrowers to submit employment certification forms.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Deepfakes in Federal Elections Prohibition Act

Bill: 116-hr-6088
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
News media and reporting
Photography and imaging
Political advertising
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Deepfakes in Federal Elections Prohibition Act

 
This bill prohibits the distribution of certain deceptive audio or visual media (i.e., deepfakes) within 60 days of a federal election and establishes criminal penalties for related violations.
 
The bill generally prohibits individuals, political committees, and other entities from distributing with actual malice any materially deceptive audio or visual media of a candidate within 60 days of a federal election with the intent to (1) injure the candidate's reputation, or (2) deceive a voter into voting for or against the candidate.
 
Such prohibition does not apply to (1) audio or visual media containing certain disclosures (e.g., verbal or written statements); or (2) certain entities, such as radio or television broadcasting stations that broadcast such media with disclosures as part of a bona fide newscast.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes a new criminal offense related to the distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual media prior to a federal election. A violator is subject to a fine, up to 5 years in prison, or both.
 
It also permits a candidate whose voice or likeness appears in such deceptive audio or visual media to bring a civil action for damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
U.S.-Africa Strategic Security Act

Bill: 116-hr-6089
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Canada
China
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
France
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Political movements and philosophies
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

U.S.-Africa Strategic Security Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD), absent a report that addresses specified issues, from using FY2020 funds to reduce the number of U.S. Armed Forces deployed to the U.S. Africa Command Area of responsibility. Specifically, DOD must report on issues including U.S. political and military strategies in the region and the potential effects of a withdrawal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6090
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Medicare
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2020

 
This bill excludes certain hospitals that establish shortage specialty programs from the cap on full-time equivalent residents that is otherwise applicable, and provides for a new building period, for purposes of graduate medical education payments under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-03-04
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: 2020-03-04
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: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act

Bill: 116-hr-6091
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, the compensation of a federal employee who served in a combat zone or was hospitalized as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone. The bill terminates the exclusion two years after the end of combatant activities in such zone. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to continue to pay educational assistance or subsistence allowances to eligible persons when educational institutions are closed.

Bill: 116-hr-6093
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 
This bill extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue to pay educational assistance and subsistence allowances during periods when educational institutions are temporarily closed due to an emergency situation or executive order. Under the bill, the VA may only continue to pay educational assistance and subsistence allowances for up to eight weeks (currently four weeks) after the date of the temporary closure of the educational institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Brigadier General George Bud Day, the Most Decorated Veteran in American History Next to General Douglas MacArthur, Act

Bill: 116-hr-6095
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Iowa
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 214 Jackson Street in Sioux City, Iowa, as the "General George 'Bud' Day Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act

Bill: 116-hr-6097
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
International organizations and cooperation
International scientific cooperation
Materials
Metals
Nuclear power
Public utilities and utility rates
Radiation
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 

Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act

 
This bill expands programs at the Department of Energy for nuclear energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow States to expand income eligibility standards under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6098
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care coverage and access
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 
This bill allows states to cover, under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), children whose family income exceeds the otherwise applicable income eligibility standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6099
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Health programs administration and funding
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 

Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations Act of 2020

 
This bill provides statutory authority for certain restrictions on conditions for financial assistance and program participation imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with respect to faith-based organizations.
 
Specifically, HHS shall not impose specified conditions on faith-based organizations regarding the receipt of HHS funds or the participation in HHS programs, such as requirements to disclose religious affiliation, if those conditions are not imposed on organizations that are not faith-based. In addition, HHS shall not require any organization to refer a beneficiary who objects to the religious character of that organization to an alternative provider. States and local governments that administer HHS funds must adhere to these requirements, as well.
 
Under current law, these restrictions apply to HHS financial assistance and programs through an executive order concerning the administration of federal grants and programs related to faith-based organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1444-1445)