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BETTER Kidney Care Act

Bill: 116-hr-8254
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing
Nutrition and diet
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Prescription drugs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients Kidney Care Act
 
or the BETTER Kidney Care Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
 
Under the program, renal dialysis facilities, kidney disease specialists, physician practices, and other health care practitioners may form an organization that partners with certain health care entities to provide integrated care to beneficiaries with ESRD. Such care must include all covered Medicare benefits as well as transition services for transplantations, palliative care, and hospice. Each organization must have a minimum number or percentage of participating beneficiaries (350 or 60% of beneficiaries served at the organization's facilities) and must also comply with certain fiscal, governance, and quality of care requirements.
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study certain data that is reported to the CMS regarding pediatric dialysis care, as well as the effects of race-based corrections to a specified kidney function test on referrals of ESRD patients for transplant evaluations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
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: 2020-09-15
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: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act

Bill: 116-hr-8255
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Gambling
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act

 
This bill ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take into trust approximately 17 acres of land in Cleveland County, North Carolina, for the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation. The land is made part of the Catawba Reservation.
 
The bill allows gaming on the land taken into trust for the tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making

Bill: 116-hr-8256
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal district courts
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making

 
This bill sets forth requirements for determining the venue for judicial review of an agency action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill requires a proceeding for judicial review of an agency's compliance with NEPA to be brought in the U.S. district court for a district in which the authorized activity is proposed to be carried out or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Transparency for Wounded Warriors Act

Bill: 116-hr-8257
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disability and paralysis
Life, casualty, property insurance
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Transparency for Wounded Warriors Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide specified information to a member of the uniformed services regarding a denial for traumatic injury benefits under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to provide the member with (1) the reason for the denial, including a description of all the information upon which the denial is based; and (2) an explanation and citation of the applicable laws, regulations, or policies upon which the denial is based. Any undisclosed reason, information, or explanation is not usable by the VA as a basis to deny a subsequent review or appeal by an individual regarding a denial of a claim for benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Spent Nuclear Fuel Solutions Research and Development Act

Bill: 116-hr-8258
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Metals
Mining
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Spent Nuclear Fuel Solutions Research and Development Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct an advanced fuel cycle research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program for spent nuclear fuel. The program must improve fuel cycle performance and support a variety of options for used nuclear fuel storage, use, and disposal, including advanced nuclear reactor concepts. In carrying out the program, DOE must ensure all activities and designs incorporate state of the art safeguards technologies and techniques to reduce risk of proliferation. In addition, DOE must consider the potential benefits and other impacts of those activities for civilian nuclear applications, environmental health and safety, and national security. DOE must also consider the economic viability of all activities and designs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act

Bill: 116-hr-8260
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Business education
Business expenses
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Health promotion and preventive care
Social security and elderly assistance
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Businesses Preparing for a Better Tomorrow Act

 
This bill allows employers a payroll tax credit in each calendar quarter of 50% of the their qualified workplace training expenses paid or incurred after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 2021. The bill defines 
qualified workplace training expenses
 as employer expenses for education and training for the health and safety of employees in the workplace with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8261
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Afghanistan
Africa
Asia
Bahrain
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Chad
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Diego Garcia
Disability and paralysis
Djibouti
Egypt
Ethiopia
Fires
Gabon
Ghana
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Iraq
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Libya
Mali
Medical research
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Solid waste and recycling
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for specified diseases associated with exposure to open burn pits (an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) and other toxins by veterans who meet certain criteria. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 
The bill also makes disability or death from certain diseases due to service in support of a military operation for at least 15 days in a specified location compensable as a work injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
ATFA Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8262
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Performance measurement
Public transit

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Accessible Transit For All Act of 2020 or the ATFA Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a grant program to provide public transportation agencies with technical assistance and funding for infrastructure improvements at transportation access points to facilitate or increase the use of transportation facilities by individuals with limited mobility.
 
An awarded grant may not exceed $5 billion and five years in duration.
 
The federal share of the costs of a project assisted with a grant under the program may not exceed 80%, with specified exceptions for agencies that demonstrate financial hardship.
 
DOT shall prioritize grant applications from agencies for (1) the construction, rehabilitation or modification of transportation access points to facilitate use for persons with limited mobility that meet certain requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; (2) projects located in urbanized areas; and (3) projects located in areas where there is no accessible transportation access point within one mile of such point.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To ensure opportunities for Department of Defense participation in wildlife conservation banking programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8263
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Defense spending
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Land use and conservation
Performance measurement
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to ensure opportunities for participation by the Department of Defense in wildlife conservation banking programs, to issue regulations that establish objectives, measurable performance standards, and criteria for use with respect to such programs. Mitigation banking is a method of offsetting the effects of development on a species, or habitat of such species, that is endangered, threatened, or otherwise at risk. 
 
The bill requires the regulatory standards and criteria, to the extent practicable, to maximize available credits and opportunities for mitigation, provide flexibility for characteristics of various species, and apply equivalent standards and criteria to all mitigation banks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to protect majority federally owned counties from loss of taxable acreage, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8264
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government trust funds
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 
This bill bars amounts from the Land and Water Conservation Fund from being used by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture to acquire private land within a county in which 50% or more of the land is owned by the federal government, unless the department acquiring the private land disposes of an equal amount of federally owned land within that county during the same fiscal year to ensure no net loss of private, taxable acreage in that county.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to establish a program for second draw loans and make other modifications to the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8265
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Bankruptcy
Business ethics
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Farm Credit Administration
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Life, casualty, property insurance
Public participation and lobbying
Religion
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 
This bill establishes funding for, expands, and provides additional economic assistance to small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 
 
Specifically, the Small Business Administration is authorized to provide second draw loans of up to $2 million under the Paycheck Protection Program. A recipient shall be eligible for forgiveness of a second draw loan in the same manner as an initial paycheck protection loan.
 
Further the bill modifies the Paycheck Protection Program by, among other things, (1) expanding forgivable expenses, (2) allowing borrowers to select an eight-week period through December 31, 2020, to use their paycheck protection loan, (3) simplifying the forgiveness application for smaller loans, (4) expanding eligibility to certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations, and (5) establishing a specific loan calculation for farmers and ranchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition of water heater under energy conservation standards, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8267
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 
This bill modifies the definition of 
water heater
, and otherwise revises energy conservation standards and sets forth labeling requirements for water heaters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Honor Our Commitment Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8268
Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Military operations and strategy
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Honor Our Commitment Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental and behavioral health care to certain veterans who were discharged under conditions other than honorable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Ask Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-8269
Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Ask Veterans Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced nongovernment entity to conduct an annual survey to determine the experiences of veterans in obtaining hospital care and medical services at each VA medical facility. Such surveys must be conducted over a five-year period, and the VA shall make the results publicly available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8270
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2020-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Defense
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

I Am Vanessa Guillen Act
 
of 2020

 
This bill addresses the response of the Department of Defense to sex-related offenses committed against members of the Armed Forces, including allowing a member to confidentially allege a complaint of sexual harassment to an individual outside the immediate chain of command of that member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Introduced in House