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Native Chamorro Equity Act

Bill: 116-hr-7986
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-08-07 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economic development
Government information and archives
Guam
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: 

Native Chamorro Equity Act

 
This bill establishes a Chamorro Registry program. It also allows eligible Native Chamorro organizations to qualify for federal contracting opportunities through their participation in certain small business programs that are administered by the Small Business Administration. 
 
First, the bill establishes a Chamorro Registry program under the Guam Department of Chamorro Affairs. The program must keep a database to serve as a genealogy bank to verify Native Chamorro ancestry requirements.
 
Next, it treats businesses owned by economically disadvantaged Native Chamorro organizations as socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses for purposes of the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development program, which is commonly known as the 8(a) program. Further, it allows businesses that are owned by Native Chamorro organizations to participate in the Historically Underutilized Business Zone Empowerment Contracting (HUBZone) program.
 
The 8(a) program and the HUBZone program each limit competition for certain government contracts to participating small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
TSA Security Threat Assessment Application Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-7987
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2020-08-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Licensing and registrations
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: 

TSA Security Threat Assessment Application Modernization Act 

 
This bill requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to standardize the enrollment and renewal system for individuals applying for or renewing multiple TSA Security Threat Assessment programs, including the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, Hazardous Materials Endorsement, and TSA PreCheck programs.
 
The standardization shall permit an individual to (1) enroll at a TSA-designated universal enrollment center once and use the application for one of such programs to enroll in two or more of such programs, (2) pay a fee that is less than the sum of the fees charged individually for each separate application, and (3) undergo a streamlined and expeditious renewal process.
 
Additionally, the TSA must publish on its website information relating to the standardization of the enrollment system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
PRO Sports Act

Bill: 116-hr-7988
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-08-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Professional sports
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: 

Properly Reducing Overexemptions for Sports Act or the PRO Sports Act
 
 
 This bill removes professional football leagues from the list of tax-exempt organizations. The bill also prohibits an organization or entity from being treated as tax-exempt if it (1) is a professional sports league, organization, or association, a substantial activity of which is to foster national or international professional sports competitions; and (2) has annual gross receipts in excess of $10 million. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
American Made Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7989
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-08-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: 

American Made Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2020

 
This bill requires that medicines and other products procured for the Strategic National Stockpile be produced domestically, unless they contain materials determined to be unavailable in the United States at an acceptable quality and price or otherwise meet specified exceptions.
 
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must post a notification on the General Services Administration website within seven days of procuring a product for the stockpile from a foreign source.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
Telehealth Act

Bill: 116-hr-7992
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2020-08-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Income tax deductions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Prescription drugs
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: 

Telehealth Act

 
This bill establishes, expands, and otherwise modifies provisions relating to telehealth services, including by expanding access to telehealth services for veterans, supporting telehealth programs in rural areas, and extending certain Medicare flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
Promoting and Advancing Communities of Color through Inclusive Lending Act

Bill: 116-hr-7993
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2020-08-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Economic development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
National Credit Union Administration
Poverty and welfare assistance
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: 

Promoting and Advancing Communities of Color through Inclusive Lending Act 

 
This bill revises requirements applicable to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and addresses lending during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. 
 
The bill establishes mandatory set-asides for (1) minority CDFIs under the CDFI Fund, and (2) CDFIs and MDIs under existing COVID-19 economic aid programs. 
 
The bill also establishes an 
impact bank
 designation for certain small depository institutions that lend primarily to low-income borrowers and establishes programs for impact banks and MDIs regarding investments, technical assistance, and federal government deposits. 
 
Finally, the Department of the Treasury must provide capital and interest-free loans to CDFIs, MDIs, impact banks, and credit unions that primarily serve low-income, underserved communities. The bill also reduces the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program minimum issuance amount from $100 million to $25 million for FY2020 and to $50 million for fiscal years thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Purple Heart to Anselm "Jerry" Cramer for injuries incurred during the Korean War while a member of the Marine Corps.

Bill: 116-hr-7994
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2020-08-07 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Purple Heart to Anselm &quot;Jerry&quot; Cramer for injuries incurred during the Korean War while a member of the Marine Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Introduced in House
Rural Equal Aid Act

Bill: 116-hr-7996
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Rural Equal Aid Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to pay the principal, interest, and any associated fees owed on loans made under certain rural development loan programs for a six-month period.
 
USDA must also encourage the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and state bank regulators to not require lenders to increase their reserves on account of receiving such payments made by USDA. USDA must waive statutory limits on maximum loan maturities for certain loan durations where the lender provides a deferral and extends the maturity of such loans and, when necessary to provide more time because of difficulties during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, extend lender site visit requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Distribution Act

Bill: 116-hr-7997
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

COVID-19 Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Distribution Act

 
This bill allows a one-time distribution of amounts in a flexible spending arrangement in plan years 2020, 2021, and any plan year during a calendar year in which the President declares a national emergency with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
NIST COVID–19 Cybersecurity Act

Bill: 116-hr-7998
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computer security and identity theft
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

NIST COVID-19 Cybersecurity Act

 
This bill instructs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to consider institutions of higher education when facilitating and supporting the development of a voluntary, consensus-based, industry-led set of standards, guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes to cost-effectively reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure.
 
In using such authority, NIST shall disseminate and make publicly available resources to help research institutions and institutions of higher education identify, assess, manage, and reduce their cybersecurity risk related to conducting research with respect to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Supply Chain Accountability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7999
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nursing
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Supply Chain Accountability Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address shortages of personal protective equipment and delays in testing for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) that are reported by health care providers, public health agencies, or certain nursing facilities.
 
Specifically, HHS must implement a process to respond to these reports within 30 days and outline the actions being taken to resolve the shortages and delays. HHS must also provide its response to the congressional delegation that represents the district or districts from which the reports originated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Network Security Act

Bill: 116-hr-8000
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Ensuring Network Security Act

 
This bill expands eligibility and establishes distribution priority for funds provided under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program. The program reimburses providers of advanced communications service for costs associated with replacing communications equipment or services that pose a threat to national security.
 
Specifically, the bill increases from 2 million to 10 million the number of customers that an eligible provider may serve. Further, the bill establishes priority for the allocation of reimbursement funds to applicants, providing that such funds shall be distributed first to applicants that have 2 million or fewer customers; subsequently, to applicants that are accredited public or private noncommercial educational institutions providing their own facilities-based education broadband service; and finally, to certain other applicants that are designated as eligible telecommunications carriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
To require research facilities that use companion dogs, cats, or rabbits for research purposes and receive funding from the National Institutes of Health to offer such animals for adoption after completion of such research, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8001
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Mammals
Medical research
Research ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Companion Animal Release from Experiments Act of 2020 or the CARE Act of 2020

 
This bill requires, as a condition of receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health, entities that carry out animal-based research to establish adoption policies for dogs, cats, and rabbits when they are no longer used for research. It also limits, under certain conditions, an entity's liability related to these adoptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8002
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Act of 2020

 
 This bill makes available payroll assistance to eligible aviation employers impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, aviation employers demonstrating that economic conditions require a permanent reduction or furlough of a portion of their employees may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Treasury to receive up to 50% of the amount of base compensation and benefits for the 25% of its employees most at risk of such reduction or furlough, excluding senior executive employees.
 
 Assistance under this program is available through April 30, 2022, and Treasury must establish an application process and minimum eligibility requirements for participation in the program not later than 10 days after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
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: 2020-08-11
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: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
Helping HOMES Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8003
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2020-08-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Consumer affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Housing finance and home ownership
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: 

Helping Home Owners Maintain Economic Security Act of 2020 or the Helping HOMES Act of 2020 

 
This bill expands and extends existing single-family and multifamily mortgage forbearance provisions for borrowers experiencing financial hardships due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. Specifically, forbearance may be extended to borrowers for up to 12 months. Currently, borrowers may receive 180 days of forbearance, with an extension of up to an additional 180 days. The bill also expands the forbearance provisions to apply to nonfederally backed mortgages. 
 
Mortgage servicers must notify borrowers of the availability of forbearance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-11
text: Introduced in House