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FADS Act

Bill: 116-hr-7558
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: New Mexico
Nuclear weapons
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Foreign Americium Disposal and Storage Act or the FADS Act

 
This bill authorizes the collection, storage, and safe disposal of certain foreign-origin, proliferation-attractive fissile materials or radiological materials (or similar foreign-origin materials) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, which is the United States' only repository for the disposal of transuranic nuclear waste. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
FUTURE of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7559
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
International scientific cooperation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Minority employment
Public-private cooperation
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Science and engineering education
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Fundamentally Understanding the Usability and Realistic Evolution of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020 or the FUTURE of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Chief Technology Officer, in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to establish a Federal Advisory Committee on the Development and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence to advise the President on matters relating to the development of artificial intelligence, including:
 
 
U.S. competitiveness, including the promotion of investment into the development of artificial intelligence; 
 
 the U.S. workforce, including the potential for using artificial intelligence for rapid retraining of workers, due to the possible effect of technological displacement;
 
education, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education to prepare workers as the needs of employers change;
 
open sharing of data and research on artificial intelligence; 
 
international cooperation and competitiveness, including the competitive international landscape for artificial intelligence-related industries; 
 
matters relating to individual civil rights, including how rights are or will be affected by the use of artificial intelligence technology and whether such uses should be subject to additional controls, oversight, or limitations; and 
 
matters relating to urbanization and the development of smart cities. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7560
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product development and innovation
Product safety and quality
Research administration and funding
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to study and report on the contents and composition of certain firefighting equipment.
 
Such study shall examine perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, in new and unused personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by firefighters. PFAS are man-made substances that may have adverse human health effects, and which are contained in a variety of PPE. Specifically NIST must study (1) the identity, prevalence, and concentration of PFAS in such PPE; (2) the conditions and extent to which PFAS are released into the environment from the degradation of such PPE from normal use by firefighters; and (3) the relative risk of exposure to PFAS faced by firefighters.
 
NIST shall issue a solicitation for research proposals to carry out recommendations from its report and award grants to applicants that submit proposals to develop safe alternatives to PFAS in firefighters' PPE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Malign Activities from Russian Terrorism Act

Bill: 116-hr-7561
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Europe
Russia
Terrorism
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Stopping Malign Activities from Russian Terrorism Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress as to whether Russia qualifies as a state sponsor of terrorism. The State Department shall also report to Congress as to whether the following armed entities qualify as foreign terrorist organizations: (1) entities in the Donbas region of Ukraine controlled or aided by Russia, and (2) entities controlled by or associated with the Donetsk People's Republic or Lugansk People's Republic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
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: 2020-07-09
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: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Youth Sports and Healthy Working Families Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-7562
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child care and development
Economic performance and conditions
Employee benefits and pensions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Performance measurement
Physical fitness and lifestyle
School athletics
Small Business Administration
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

COVID-19 Youth Sports and Healthy Working Families Relief Act

 
This bill establishes measures to provide economic assistance to youth sports providers, programs, and organizations in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, the bill (1) requires the Small Business Administration to establish a loan program for youth sports providers affected by COVID-19, (2) expands the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to include expenses for youth physical activities, (3) makes certain sports and fitness expenses eligible to be paid for with Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), and (4) increases the maximum contribution per household for Dependent Care FSAs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
GI Internship Program Act

Bill: 116-hr-7563
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

GI Internship Program Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to match veterans who are entitled to educational assistance with internships to provide such veterans with work experience and marketable skills. 
 
The VA shall establish criteria that employers must meet to participate in the program. The following employers are excluded from participating in the program: (1) government agencies, (2) employers who cannot provide the VA with certain assurances, and (3) employers who have previously participated in the program and failed to abide by its requirements.

The VA shall pay individuals who are full-time participants in such an internship the amount of educational assistance payable to those participating in a full-time apprenticeship or other on-job training programs.
 
Interns shall be considered as employees of the VA, not the program employer, for purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Additionally, each intern and employer shall provide the VA with a monthly certification that the intern worked at least 35 hours each week performing functions that provided the individual with valuable experience.
 
The VA and the Department of Labor shall create and publicize a website to serve as a portal for the program. 
 
The VA shall (1) minimize the administrative burdens incurred by employers due to their participation in the program, and (2) ensure that employer participation is at no cost to the employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
SEC Data Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-7564
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

SEC Data Protection Act 

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt regulations to protect from unlawful use or disclosure sensitive nonpublic proprietary information the SEC receives from investment advisers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7565
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Florida
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 
This bill allows the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or transfer its real property that is not held in trust by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
COVS Act

Bill: 116-hr-7566
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aging
Child care and development
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Computers for Veterans and Students Act of 2020 or the COVS Act

 
This bill allows federal agencies to directly transfer surplus computers and related technology to refurbishers for eventual distribution to schools, veterans, seniors, and other specified populations in need. The General Services Administration (GSA) may also transfer property it receives from other agencies to refurbishers for such purposes.
 
Currently, the GSA operates the Computers for Learning Program, which distributes surplus computers and related technology from federal agencies to schools and educational nonprofits; the program does not allow property to be transferred directly to refurbishers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7567
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
European Union
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses rare diseases, including by requiring the Food and Drug Administration to ensure the inclusion of rare disease experts and staff members in various parts of the drug review process.
 
The bill also requires certain reports to address issues related to rare diseases and drugs for treating such diseases (sometimes referred to as 
orphan drugs 
if the rarity of the disease makes it difficult for the drug to be profitable).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7568
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2020

 
This bill extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) to certain public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder following a stressful situation while on duty. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or injured in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Immigration Enforcement Moratorium Act

Bill: 116-hr-7569
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Human rights
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial procedure and administration
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Immigration Enforcement Moratorium Act

 
This bill temporarily limits certain immigration enforcement activities during public health emergencies.
 
During a public health emergency, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall, with certain exceptions, suspend all immigration enforcement activities including (1) removals of noncitizens, (2) arrests and apprehensions of noncitizens, and (3) required check-ins by certain noncitizens with immigration enforcement officials. DHS may carry out an enforcement activity if there is credible and individualized evidence that the noncitizen is a threat to another person or the community.
 
During a public health emergency, DHS shall, with certain exceptions, parole a noncitizen into the United States if the noncitizen was (1) denied admission at a port of entry, or (2) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 14 days of entering the United States without authorization. DHS is not required to parole such a noncitizen if there is credible and individualized evidence that the noncitizen is a threat to another person or the community.
 
During this time, the Department of Justice shall (1) suspend all in-person immigration court proceedings, (2) allow for electronic appearances in and the electronic submission of documents for custody proceedings for detained individuals, and (3) suspend deadlines related to various immigration proceedings. DHS may not use federal funds to expel certain noncitizens using legal authority related to the prevention of the spread of communicable diseases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 to facilitate increased equity investments under that Act.

Bill: 116-hr-7570
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Foreign aid and international relief
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Public-private cooperation
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 
This bill modifies budget treatment for equity investments made by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
 
Under current law, such equity investments are treated like grants for federal budgetary scoring, which requires the government to provide through appropriations the full amount that may be invested (i.e., dollar-for-dollar funding). 
 
The bill instead deems such equity investments a federal credit program. As a result, such investments are scored based on an estimated repayment rate, and appropriation of the full investment amount is not required.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth In Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act

Bill: 116-hr-7571
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: 

Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth In Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in certain rural areas and to be a specific type of facility, if the services (1) are mental health services furnished in a frontier state, or (2) are furnished in an Indian Health Service facility. 
 
Additionally, the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Agriculture must award grants for broadband infrastructure in frontier states to support the provision of mental health services via telehealth under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2020-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Introduced in House