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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the health care tax credit to workers in certain critical industries.

Bill: 116-s-3582
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Manufacturing
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 
This bill extends the tax credit for health insurance costs to eligible national defense or infrastructure workers. An 
eligible national defense or infrastructure worker
 is an individual who was employed in a critical industry as of January 31, 2020, filed for unemployment compensation after such date, and is covered by health insurance. A 
critical industry
 is an industry related to critical national infrastructure or national defense and is severely distressed due to COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019).
 
The bill also extends the tax credit through 2022. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act

Bill: 116-s-3583
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations
Employee leave
Employee performance
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor and Employment
Labor-management relations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act

This bill nullifies certain executive orders concerning federal-employee collective bargaining. Specifically, it rescinds orders and a memorandum that
 
 
limit the use of unrestricted grants for union activity, 
 
specify objectives for agencies to negotiate collective-bargaining agreements and establish the Interagency Labor Relations Working Group, 
 
establish principles for the removal and discipline of federal employees and other personnel issues, and 
 
delegate authority to the Secretary of Defense to exclude the Department of Defense from certain labor-relations requirements.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Workers First Protection Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3584
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Nursing
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

COVID-19 Workers First Protection Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, including by requiring occupational standards to protect workers from COVID-19 exposure.
 
Within one month of the bill's enactment, the Department of Labor must establish emergency temporary standards to protect health care sector employees, first responders, and other elevated-risk employees from occupational exposure to COVID-19. Labor shall establish permanent standards within 24 months of the bill's enactment.
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall collect data and analyze reports on cases of COVID-19 among the employees covered by the emergency temporary standards.
 
The bill also conditions a medical facility's receipt of certain Medicare funds on the facility's compliance with the permanent standards established under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Moratorium on Coronavirus Evictions Act

Bill: 116-s-3585
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government lending and loan guarantees
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

Moratorium on Coronavirus Evictions Act

 
This bill establishes a 120-day moratorium on eviction proceedings and fees, penalties, and other charges related to the nonpayment of rent with respect to certain federally assisted housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3586
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: 

Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2020

 
This bill terminates (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account. The Department of the Treasury must transfer funds remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services to acquire unexpired personal protective equipment (including face masks) for the strategic national stockpile.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for Victims of Coronavirus Act

Bill: 116-s-3588
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Jurisdiction and venue
Medical research
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
State and local government operations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 

Justice for Victims of Coronavirus Act

 
This bill establishes various bodies to investigate and seek damages from China relating to its response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. The bill also allows a foreign government to be sued in U.S. district court regarding that government's actions related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
 
A foreign government shall not have sovereign immunity against a lawsuit in the United States seeking money damages for physical or economic injury occurring in the United States following any reckless action or omission of that foreign government (or any official or agent of that government) that caused or substantially aggravated the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. 
 
The President shall establish a task force to investigate and secure damages from China's government related to China's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. 
 
The Department of State shall form a delegation to the International Commission to Investigate the Role of the Government of the People's Republic of China in the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. The delegation shall form the commission with U.S. allies and partners. 
 
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs shall establish (1) the Interagency Working Group to Quantify Harm Caused by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and (2) the Interagency Working Group to Secure Damages from the Government of the People's Republic of China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Use Your Endowment Act

Bill: 116-s-3589
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 

Use Your Endowment Act

 
This bill deems certain institutions of higher education (IHEs) ineligible to receive certain emergency relief funds to address the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19).
 
Specifically, an IHE with an endowment greater than $10 billion in 2019 is generally ineligible to receive such funds and must return any funds it received to the Department of Education (ED). However, such an IHE may receive and keep these funds if it provides documentation to ED that it expended 1,000% of the amount of the funds on emergency relief (e.g., financial-aid grants to students). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop COVID Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3592
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Civil actions and liability
Conflicts and wars
Government liability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International law and treaties
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 

Stop China-Originated Viral Infectious Diseases Act of 2020 or the Stop COVID Act of 2020

 
This bill limits the immunity of foreign states from suit in the United States.
 
Specifically, it bars immunity for a foreign state in cases where the foreign state allegedly, whether intentionally or unintentionally, discharges a biological agent that results in the bodily injury, death, or damage to property of a U.S. national.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
FORWARD Act

Bill: 116-s-3593
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Business education
Business expenses
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Research and development
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 

Furthering Our Recovery With American Research & Development Act or the FORWARD Act

 
This bill makes several changes to the income tax credit for business expenses for increasing research activities.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
expands eligibility for the credit by increasing the maximum amount of gross receipts of an entity for the taxable year and using an eight-year (rather than five-year) period in the calculation of those amounts;
 
removes the business credit carryforward from calculation of the payroll tax credit portion of the credit;
 
includes among qualified research expenses wages paid in connection with research activity training expenses; and
 
increases the credit rate for expenses incurred in certain collaborative research activities (i.e., conducted with higher education institutions, tax-exempt scientific research organizations, or charitable grant organizations) and qualified domestic manufacturers.
 
 
The bill appropriates to the Social Security trust funds amounts equal to the reduction in revenues from payroll taxes by reason of this bill.
 
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shall develop partnership agreements to provide for development of basic training relating to federal tax credits benefitting small business concerns and startups, especially credits for research and experimentation, and informational materials relating to such credits, including IRS guidance documents.
 
Small business development centers shall provide informational materials, education, and basic training to small business concerns relating to federal tax credits, including those available to (1) businesses generally; and (2) small business concerns and startups specifically, especially credits for research and experimentation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending the Electric Vehicle Entitlement for the Wealthy

Bill: 116-s-3594
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 

Ending the Electric Vehicle Entitlement for the Wealthy

 This bill eliminates the tax credit for qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles for any taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $163,300 ($326,600 for joint returns) in a taxable year. These threshold amounts are adjusted for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2021.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Understanding of COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act

Bill: 116-s-3595
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Mental health
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 

Ensuring Understanding of COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct a longitudinal study on the health impacts of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The NIH must provide public summaries of findings on specified timelines. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguarding Small Business Act

Bill: 116-s-3596
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 

Safeguarding Small Business Act

 
This bill amends the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to provide that otherwise tax deductible expenses and other tax incidents shall not be affected by the exclusion from gross income of amounts related to loan forgiveness received in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.

Bill: 116-s-3597
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Energy
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 
This bill provides $3 billion in appropriations to the Department of Energy for expenses related to the acquisition, transportation, and injection of domestic petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The appropriations are available through FY2021 and are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Repatriation Reimbursement Act

Bill: 116-s-3598
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Consumer affairs
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: 

Repatriation Reimbursement Act 

 
This bill requires the U.S. commercial airline industry and the Department of State to fully reimburse or waive certain travel expenses for U.S. citizens who seek repatriation to the United States as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
The bill requires U.S. commercial airlines to (1) provide cash reimbursements to U.S. citizens for any international flight to the United States cancelled or delayed more than 24 hours as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, (2) waive and reimburse change fees for replacing an international flight ticket, and (3) not charge passengers more for the replacement ticket than what was charged for the original ticket. Such requirements apply to travel expenses incurred on or after December 31, 2019, and on or before September 30, 2020.
 
The State Department must (1) waive any travel expenses paid by it on or after December 31, 2019, for any U.S. citizen who is evacuated from a foreign country and repatriated to the United States due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, or any future pandemic or international crisis; (2) nullify any travel expense promissory note required for reimbursing the State Department; (3) reimburse such individuals for travel expenses associated with evacuation and repatriation, including the costs of flights and ground transportation expenses associated with travel to a foreign airport and from the domestic airport to their homes in the United States; and (4) develop an online reimbursement system for individuals to submit claims for the reimbursement of travel expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

Bill: 116-s-3599
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nursing
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

 
This bill makes previously unused immigrant visas available to nurses and physicians who petition for such a visa before the date that is 90 days after the end of the declared national emergency relating to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. 
 
The number of visas available shall be the total number of unused employment-based immigrant visas from FY1992-FY2020, up to 40,000. Of such visas, 25,000 shall be reserved for nurses and 15,000 for physicians. Certain family members may accompany the principal beneficiary of a visa provided under this bill, and visas for such family members shall (1) be made available from the unused visas from FY1992-FY2020, and (2) not be counted against the 40,000 cap. 
 
Visas provided under this bill shall be exempt from per-country limitations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3600
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign property
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sanctions
Visas and passports
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act of 2020

 
This bill authorizes the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities involved in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about a public health emergency of international concern, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the President may impose sanctions on (1) a government official (or a senior associate of such an official) who is responsible for or complicit in deliberate acts to conceal or distort information about an international public health emergency, or who financially benefits from such acts; or (2) a foreign person or entity that has materially assisted or supported such acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate
EQUAL Care Act

Bill: 116-s-3601
Sponsor: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2020-05-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and health-based discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: 

Ending Qualifications that are Unjust for Access to Lifesaving Care Act or the EQUAL Care Act

 
This bill prohibits a state from receiving resources or supplies from specified sources, including the Strategic National Stockpile, during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency if the state has a policy for the distribution or use of such resources or supplies that discriminates on the basis of disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-05-05
text: Introduced in Senate