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Restore Integrity of Special Prosecutors Act

Bill: 116-hr-7322
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Restore Integrity of Special Prosecutors Act

 
This bill bars an individual who has worked for a special counsel investigation or prosecution targeting a President or presidential candidate from serving in a position that requires the advice and consent of the Senate. This prohibition shall last for seven years from the end of the individual's work with the special counsel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-7323
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 

2019

 
This bill removes the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Universal Giving Pandemic Response Act

Bill: 116-hr-7324
Sponsor: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

Universal Giving Pandemic Response Act

 
This bill allows taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their tax deductions to deduct from their gross income charitable contributions made in 2019 and 2020. The amount of such deduction may not exceed one-third of the taxpayer's standard deduction in any year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
HOPE for HOMES Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7325
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing industry and standards
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Performance measurement
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: 

HOPE for HOMES Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish (1) criteria for a HOPE Qualification for contractors to advance their capabilities to efficiently retrofit homes, including a list of courses that meet the criteria and information on how individuals and entities may apply for grants to achieve such qualification; and (2) a Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program to provide rebates for homeowners to invest in energy efficiency improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-24
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: 2020-06-24
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: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America From Spies Act

Bill: 116-hr-7326
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Espionage and treason
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Subversive activities
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Protecting America From Spies Act

 
This bill expands the grounds for barring aliens who have engaged in acts relating to espionage or sabotage from entering the United States.
 
Specifically, any alien shall be inadmissible if the alien has engaged in or will engage in an act that (1) violates a U.S. law relating to espionage or sabotage; (2) would violate any U.S. law relating to espionage or sabotage if it occurred in the United States; or (3) violates any U.S. law prohibiting the export of goods, technology, or sensitive information. Currently, an alien shall be inadmissible if the alien seeks to enter the United States to engage in such an action.
 
Furthermore, the bill expands these grounds of inadmissibility and other security-related grounds to cover the spouse or child of the barred alien if the act occurred in the last five years.
 
The bill also modifies the authority of the Department of Justice to waive certain security-related grounds of inadmissibility for an alien applying for a nonimmigrant visa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Community Services Block Grant Enhancement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7328
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Community Services Block Grant Enhancement Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies the distribution of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds with respect to, and temporarily expands eligibility criteria to participate in activities funded by, the Community Services Block Grant. (This grant provides formula-based allotments of federal funds to states, territories, and tribes for anti-poverty activities.) 
 
Specifically, the bill exempts funding appropriated for this grant under the CARES Act from a cap on the annual growth of a state's allotment and requires states to distribute COVID-19 relief funding to the local organizations and other eligible entities that carry out block grant activities within specified time frames.
 
In addition, it expands eligibility for programs and activities funded by the block grant to 200% of the federal poverty line (FPL) through FY2022. Under current law, eligibility is set at the FPL, with states authorized to increase eligibility to 125% under certain conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the "Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office".

Bill: 116-hr-7329
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the "Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
National Cyber Director Act

Bill: 116-hr-7331
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intergovernmental relations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

National Cyber Director Act

 
This bill establishes the Office of the National Cyber Director, the duties of which shall include (1) serving as the principal advisor to the President on cybersecurity strategy and policy, (2) developing and supervising implementation of the U.S. National Cyber Strategy, and (3) directing the response of the federal government to cyberattacks and cyber campaigns of significant consequence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Coastal Broadband Deployment Act

Bill: 116-hr-7333
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Historic sites and heritage areas
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Coastal Broadband Deployment Act 

 
This bill excludes certain communications facility deployment or modification projects from specified review requirements.
 
Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project for the deployment or modification of a communications facility that is to be carried out entirely within a floodplain (the lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act

Bill: 116-hr-7334
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Department of the Interior
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Broadband Deployment Streamlining Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to (1) streamline the process for applications to locate or modify communications facilities on public lands administered by Interior, and (2) require that such applications be considered and granted on a neutral and nondiscriminatory basis. 
 
The Department of the Treasury shall establish a special account for the deposit of fees collected by Interior for communications use authorizations granted, issued, or executed with respect to the public lands Interior administers. Amounts collected and deposited into the account shall be available to Interior to cover the costs incurred by it in considering and granting applications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-hr-7335
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act

 
This bill imposes an enhanced general penalty on any person who is sentenced to imprisonment for violating certain communications laws and who willfully or maliciously destroys any communications facility during and in relation to such violation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
CABLE Competition Act

Bill: 116-hr-7336
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
State and local government operations
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Consumer Access to Broadband for Local Economies and Competition Act or the CABLE Competition Act

 
This bill modifies the process for transferring a cable franchise to a person to whom such franchise was not initially granted.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits a cable franchising authority from (1) precluding the transfer of a cable franchise from a cable operator to a person to whom such franchise was not initially granted, or (2) requiring a cable operator that was initially granted a franchise to receive approval from the franchising authority for such a transfer. However, a franchising authority is authorized to require a cable operator to notify the authority of such a transfer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

Bill: 116-hr-7337
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Infrastructure development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act

 
This bill excludes certain wireless facility modification requests from specified review requirements.
 
Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review any request for modification of an existing wireless tower or base station that involves (1) collocation of new transmission equipment, (2) removal of transmission equipment, or (3) replacement of transmission equipment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7338
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Among other things, the bill authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to generally waive coverage restrictions at any time and for any area. The bill also permanently allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner) for telehealth services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
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: 2020-06-25
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: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
AI Careers Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7339
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

AI Careers Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to (1) develop taxonomies and lexica to describe the skills, jobs, and workforce requirements related to artificial intelligence to guide career development, education, and training activities in industry, academia, nonprofit organizations, and the federal government; (2) identify gaps in the artificial intelligence workforce, including in the public and private sectors; and (3) create criteria and measurements for credentials in careers related to artificial intelligence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Federal Small Businesses Contractor Prompt Payment Reporting Act

Bill: 116-hr-7342
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Federal Small Businesses Contractor Prompt Payment Reporting Act

 
This bill requires each federal agency to report to Congress on the timeliness, including acceleration, of payments made to a prime contractor that is a small business or that subcontracts with a small business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Afghanistan Partnership and Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-7343
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2020-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Alliances
Asia
Collective security
Congressional oversight
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Iran
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military readiness
Pakistan
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: 

Afghanistan Partnership and Transparency Act

 
This bill prohibits, until a specified report describing the impacts of the intended withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan is submitted to Congress, amounts appropriated for FY2020 or FY2021 from being obligated or expended for any activity having either of the following effects (1) reducing the total number of Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan below the lesser of 8,000 or the total number deployed as of the enactment of this bill. or (2) reducing the total number of Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan below 5,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-25
text: Introduced in House