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Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-6220
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Family relationships
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

 
 This bill provides employees with up to 12 weeks paid leave for a qualifying purpose during a public-health emergency with respect to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). Specifically, an employee may use such leave if the employee is
 
 
ordered or recommended to self-quarantine by a government official or health care provider,
 
caring for a family member who has been ordered or recommended to self-quarantine, or
 
caring for the employee's child because the child's school or child-care provider is closed.
 
 
Public health emergency leave is not available to employees who work an intermittent or reduced work schedule. An employee may substitute available accrued leave for public health emergency leave, but an employer may not require an employee to make such substitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Paid Sick Leave Credit Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6221
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Employee leave
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Paid Sick Leave Credit Act of 2020

 
This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit for required sick leave paid to their employees. The credit is equal to the excess of 90% of sick leave wages paid pursuant to the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act over the aggregate credits allowed to employers for all prior calendar quarters. The bill limits the amount of wages that may be taken into account for purposes of the credit to $511 for any day an employee is on sick leave and $7,156 in the aggregate for any four consecutive calendar quarters. 
 
The bill requires transfers to specified Social Security trust funds to cover any reduction in revenue due to the tax credit allowed by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6222
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020

 
 
This bill shortens the time frame under which private health insurance plans must cover certain new preventative services related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Under current law, health plans have one year to cover services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force or the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Under this bill, health plans must cover such services to prevent, diagnose, and treat COVID-19 within 15 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
D-BLOC Act

Bill: 116-hr-6223
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Government information and archives
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Don't BLock Our Communities Act or the D-BLOC Act

 
This bill addresses concerns related to blocked crossings. (A blocked crossing is a circumstance in which a train, railroad car, or locomotive engine is stopped or is standing in a manner that obstructs public travel at a crossing).
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
requires each railroad carrier to collect data on blocked crossings and directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to incorporate such data into the national highway-rail crossing inventory;
 
establishes a 10-minute limit on trains, locomotive, railroad cars, or other railroad equipment blocking crossings, with specified exceptions;
 
authorizes DOT to issue civil penalties for each incident where a crossing is blocked by a standing train, locomotive, or rail equipment;
 
requires DOT to issue regulations defining what is considered persistently or egregiously blocking a crossing, including taking into consideration the extent to which the blocked crossing poses a public safety hazard;
 
does not apply to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) or commuter authorities;
 
directs DOT to issue and publish a national strategy on how it plans to address blocked crossings; and
 
requires each railroad carrier to establish and maintain a toll-free telephone service for rights-of-way over which it dispatches trains to directly receive calls reporting blocked crossings.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Building Much Needed Rail Grade Separations Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6224
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Noise pollution
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Building Much Needed Rail Grade Separations Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a grade separation investment program to award competitive grants to certain entities for projects that 
 
 
separate railway-highway grade crossings,
 
 improve safety by reducing the number of deaths and injuries at rail-highway crossings,
 
increase the efficiency and reliability of the movement of people and freight over rail-highway crossings,
 
increase the capacity of the freight and passenger rail system,
 
 reduce the amount of noise from trains, and
 
improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from less idling at rail-highway crossings.
 
 
Among other requirements, the bill (1) requires grant awards for large projects (projects with total costs of greater than $100 million) to be at least $50 million, and for any other projects not less than $2.5 million; and (2) directs the Department of Transportation to consider a number of factors in awarding grants, including accident history at the rail-highway crossing over the last 10 years, the annual average daily traffic at the crossing, the likelihood of a collision based on the geometry of the crossing, and the number of critical facilities near the crossing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Every Person Deserves Peace and Quiet Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6225
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Noise pollution
Railroads
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Every Person Deserves Peace and Quiet Act of 2020

 
This bill requires a set aside of 10% of the funding under the consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements grant program for supplementary and alternative safety measures (i.e., substitutes for the locomotive horn at railway-highway grade crossings).
 
The bill also includes such measures as projects eligible for funding under the surface transportation block grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Improving the Metra Commuter Experience Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6226
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Illinois
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Public transit
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Improving the Metra Commuter Experience Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to transfer operational control of Chicago Union Station to the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra).
 
If Amtrak fails to comply with the requirement, the Department of Transportation must withhold 5% of specified funds for Amtrak.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Privacy Score Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6227
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Privacy Score Act of 2020

 
 This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to develop a framework for issuing privacy scores to interactive computer services. Specifically, the FTC must base the framework on criteria such as the type of user information the service collects and the security of any sensitive information that may be used to identify users of the service. Further, the FTC must issue, periodically evaluate, and publish scores based on the established framework for interactive computer services with a large number of unique U.S. users.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Air Force Budget Transparency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6229
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Budget process
Department of Defense

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Air Force Budget Transparency Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the President's annual budget to include any funds for an Air Force pass-through item in the Defense-wide budget of the Department of Defense (DOD) rather than in the Air Force budget. 
 
An 
Air Force pass-through item 
is a program, project, or activity for which (1) funds would otherwise be requested for the Air Force; and (2) funds made available for execution will be executed by another department, agency, or element of DOD. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
PSLF Administrative Improvements Act

Bill: 116-hr-6230
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
First responders and emergency personnel
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Libraries and archives
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Minority education
Personnel records
Preschool education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

PSLF Administrative Improvements Act

 
This bill revises provisions related to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish a publicly accessible database of public service employers, which must include information required for the completion of employment certification forms. Such forms must also be available in languages other than English.
 
ED must annually provide certain notices of PSLF program requirements to public service employers and institutions of higher education. In addition, ED must determine whether a borrower who was denied loan cancellation under the PSLF program qualifies for loan cancellation under the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
 
The bill requires ED to enter into data matching agreements with relevant federal agencies. In addition, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Social Security Administration must disclose any relevant records to ED. ED must notify borrowers of receipt of employer or employment information.
 
Additionally, it requires ED to ensure that (1) borrowers have access to an online portal that provides borrowers with certain instructions and information, including the number of monthly payments on qualifying loans; and (2) employers have the ability to electronically sign and submit forms associated with loan cancellation.
 
It also requires ED to develop and make publicly available procedures for determining whether a borrower meets the requirements for loan cancellation under the PSLF program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6231
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover diagnostic tests for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without imposing cost sharing. The requirement applies only: (1) to tests designated by the Department of Health and Human Services, and (2) during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020.
 
 The bill also shortens to 15 business days the time frame under which the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices must issue a recommendation after a vaccine intended to treat or prevent COVID-19 is licensed by the Food and Drug Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Disaster Medical System, to provide for certain laboratory reimbursement for diagnostic testing for COVID-19 in uninsured individuals.

Bill: 116-hr-6232
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 
This bill provides appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reimburse, through the National Disaster Medical System, the costs of providing COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) diagnostic testing and services to individuals without health insurance. This system is a coordinated effort by HHS, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, working in collaboration with states and other appropriate public or private entities, that provides health services, health-related social services, and other appropriate services to respond to the needs of victims of a public health emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6233
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2020

 
This bill allows owners of eligible dwelling units a new tax credit for up to 50% of the lead hazard reduction activity costs for each such unit in a taxable year. An 
eligible dwelling unit
 is any unit located in the United States that was placed in service before 1978 and the residents of which during the preceding taxable year have a cumulative adjusted gross income of less than $160,000. 
 
The bill (1) specifies the types of lead hazard reduction activity costs eligible for the credit, including risk assessment and abatement costs; and (2) limits the amount of the credit in any taxable year to $3,000 for specified abatement measures and $1,000 for interim lead control measures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Castner Range National Monument Act

Bill: 116-hr-6234
Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Castner Range National Monument Act

 
This bill establishes the Castner Range National Monument in Texas.
 
The Department of the Interior shall continue to provide historical and adequate access to private inholdings within the monument's exterior boundaries. 
 
Interior shall
 
 
manage the monument in a manner to conserve, protect, and enhance its natural resources and values; and
 
develop a comprehensive management plan for the monument's protection and management. 
 
 
Interior shall also establish a Castner Range National Monument Advisory Council to advise Interior with respect to the preparation and implementation of the management plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
NETWORKS Act

Bill: 116-hr-6235
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2020-03-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
Trade secrets and economic espionage
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: 

Neutralizing Emerging Threats from Wireless OEMs Receiving direction from Kleptocracies and Surveillance states Act or the NETWORKS Act

 
This bill requires the President to block and prohibit significant transactions and interests in property of a foreign individual or entity that (1) produces fifth- or future-generation telecommunications technology; and (2) engages in economic or industrial espionage, or other related illicit activities, involving trade secrets or proprietary information owned by a U.S. individual or entity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Introduced in House