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Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8641
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Books and print media
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign property
Government information and archives
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Violent crime
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes measures to protect the human rights of journalists.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) expands the scope of required reports related to violations of the human rights of journalists, (2) requires the President to impose certain property- and visa-blocking sanctions on persons responsible for gross violations of the human rights of journalists, and (3) prohibits certain foreign assistance to a governmental entity of a country if an official acting under authority of the entity has committed a gross violation of human rights against a journalist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Foreign Affairs, 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
Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8642
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth Act of 2020

 
This bill provides for Medicare payment of certain at-home diagnostic tests and telehealth assessments that are provided in relation to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), requires practitioners to report specified demographic data with respect to such tests and services, and prohibits payment for in-person tests that were already ordered via telehealth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
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: 2020-10-20
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: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act

Bill: 116-hr-8643
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act

 
This bill requires (1) blood testing for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) of former and current members of the Armed Forces and their families if a periodic health assessment results in a positive determination of potential exposure to PFAS; (2) sharing by DOD with the Department of Veterans Affairs of the results of health assessments of exposure by a member of the Armed Forces; and (3) DOD to establish a registry of members of the Armed Forces who have been exposed to, or are suspected to have been exposed to, PFAS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Secure America’s Medicine Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8644
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Chemical and biological weapons
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Natural disasters
Nuclear weapons
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Secure America's Medicine Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and annually update, in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security and others, a list of critical medications that the federal government should ensure are available in the event of a public health emergency.
 
HHS must develop an initial list and report to Congress on its rationale for including or excluding certain medications. For annual updates, HHS must solicit public input on the contents of the list by consulting with relevant stakeholders and through the Federal Register. In addition, HHS must evaluate the factors that impact the supply of each medication on the list and identify any that may not be available in sufficient quantities in the event of a public health emergency.
 
For any medications with insufficient availability, HHS must take certain actions to include them in the Strategic National Stockpile, and the bill makes changes to the administration of the stockpile to allow HHS to enter into additional types of contracts to acquire these medicines. The bill also requires the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (which coordinates federal preparedness efforts with respect to medical countermeasures) and the Government Accountability Office to address these contracts in their activities and reports related to the stockpile.
 
HHS must also report to Congress on barriers to, and make recommendations to promote, domestic production of critical medications.


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
To designate the Kissimmee Gateway Airport and certain surrounding areas as an enterprise community.

Bill: 116-hr-8645
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Florida
Geography and mapping

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 
This bill designates the Kissimmee Gateway Airport area in Kissimmee, Florida and certain surrounding areas as an enterprise community for tax purposes.


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
Territory Economic Development Tax Credit Act

Bill: 116-hr-8646
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Caribbean area
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Territory Economic Development Tax Credit Act

 
This bill establishes a new tax credit for wages and tangible investments made by U.S. domestic corporations with branches operating in U.S. territories. It requires that 80% of credible income must be derived from a territory during a 3-year period, and 75% must come from an active trade or business in a territory. The credit is equal to 40% of eligible wages and benefits paid or provided to employees in the territory, subject to certain limitations.


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
Community First Pretrial Reform and Jail Decarceration Act

Bill: 116-hr-8647
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Employment and training programs
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Community First Pretrial Reform and Jail Decarceration Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Department of Justice to award grants to partnerships of tribal, territorial, and local governments and nonprofit organizations to reduce the number of individuals in local jails and the duration of their incarceration.


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
Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8648
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Act of 2020

 
This bill provides statutory authority for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that assists victims of human trafficking, child sexual exploitation, and other crimes. 


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
Joshua John Comeau First Responder Cancer Benefit Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8649
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cancer
Employee benefits and pensions
First responders and emergency personnel
Law enforcement officers
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Joshua John Comeau First Responder Cancer Benefit Act of 2020

 
This bill creates a presumption that a public safety officer who was exposed to a known carcinogen while working and who dies from a cancer related to that exposure on or after January 1, 2018, is eligible for certain benefits payable to public safety officers injured or killed in the line of duty.


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
Eliminate the Digital Divide Act

Bill: 116-hr-8650
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2020-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-20
text: 

Eliminate the Digital Divide Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish a program to provide funding to states for expanding access to broadband service in unserved areas. States must distribute these funds to certain broadband service providers for projects that offer a low-cost broadband service option for low-income subscribers. 


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
To acknowledge the crime of lynching, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8651
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [L-MI-3]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Hate crimes
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 
This bill establishes a new criminal civil rights violation for lynching. 
 
Specifically, an individual who acts with one or more people to commit certain civil rights offenses (e.g., a hate crime act) that result in death is subject to criminal penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Dialysis-Related Amyloidosis Treatment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8652
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Dialysis-Related Amyloidosis Treatment Act of 2020

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment of treatments for dialysis-related amyloidosis (a complication of kidney failure that can occur as a result of long-term dialysis). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
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: 2020-10-23
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: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Keep Law Enforcement Local Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8653
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Keep Law Enforcement Local Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the U.S. Marshals Service to obtain consent from the chief executive of the unit of local government prior to deputizing local law enforcement officers. A chief executive may withdraw their consent at any time. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Rural Wind Energy Modernization and Extension Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8654
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Rural Wind Energy Modernization and Extension Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the energy tax credit to include qualified distributed wind energy property. The bill defines 
qualified distributed wind energy property
 to include property that uses one or more wind turbines used to produce electricity in a single project with a total nameplate capacity not exceeding 10 megawatts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
White House is Not a Political Prop Act

Bill: 116-hr-8655
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

White House is Not a Political Prop Act

 
This bill makes it unlawful for a federal officer or employee to hold a political campaign event or otherwise solicit or accept contributions on or in federal property, or use federal property at such an event for the purposes of soliciting or accepting contributions.
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8656
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business expenses
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Property tax
Public utilities and utility rates
Small business
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Small Business Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2020

 
This bill allows a new tax deduction from gross income for amounts paid into a small business emergency savings account. Such savings accounts are established exclusively to pay the qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses of the account beneficiary.
 
The bill defines 
qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses
 as disaster loss replacement expenses, disaster recovery operations expenses, and public health emergency expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8657
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Child care and development
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Landlord and tenant
Property tax
Public utilities and utility rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2020

 
This bill allows an individual taxpayer occupying a residence a deduction from gross income for up to $5,000 of amounts paid into such taxpayer's emergency savings account. The bill defines 
emergency savings account
 as an account established exclusively to pay the qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses of the account beneficiary. 
 
The bill defines 
qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses
 as disaster mitigation expenses, disaster recovery expenses, public health emergency expenses, and unemployment-related expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
NASH Care Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8658
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cancer
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: 

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Care Act of 2020 or the NASH Care Act of 2020

 
This bill reauthorizes, establishes, or expands various grants, research, disease surveillance, and other efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (i.e., liver inflammation and damage caused by a buildup of fat in the liver).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Introduced in House