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Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7011
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal preemption
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Small business
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes the Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program within the Department of the Treasury. The program generally provides compensation to insurers if they incur losses as a result of coverage related to pandemics and outbreaks of disease. Insurers may elect to participate in the program if they meet certain criteria. Specifically, insurers participating in the program must offer, in all business interruption insurance policies, coverage for public health emergencies related to an outbreak of infectious disease or a pandemic declared on or after January 1, 2021, and certified by the Department of Health and Human Services. 
 
The program is triggered when aggregate industry insured losses for participating insurers resulting from a covered public health emergency exceed $250 million. The bill establishes the share of insured losses the program would cover, conditions for payment to insurers, caps on annual liability, and the amount insurers must annually pay in deductibles. The bill also provides for the treatment of existing business interruption insurance policies and state residual market insurance entities. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the availability and affordability of business interruption insurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Democracy From Disinformation Act

Bill: 116-hr-7012
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Marketing and advertising
Political advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Protecting Democracy From Disinformation Act

 
This bill restricts the ability of online platforms and advertisers to target political advertisements to a specific group of individuals based on online behavioral data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Jump-Start the American Economy Act

Bill: 116-hr-7013
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Jump-Start the American Economy Act

 
 This bill permits states to provide a maximum of six weeks of reemployment benefits to individuals who were eligible for pandemic unemployment compensation prior to the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act but who are no longer eligible as a result of becoming reemployed.
 
 An individual is not eligible for reemployment benefits if the individual's weekly wages exceed the total amount of unemployment assistance received for the week prior to becoming reemployed and as determined under state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Banning Microtargeted Political Ads Act

Bill: 116-hr-7014
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Banning Microtargeted Political Ads Act

 
This bill generally prohibits online platforms (e.g., websites, mobile applications, and social networks) from disseminating political advertisements that are targeted to an individual or a specific group of individuals based on personal information, other than place of residence, that is linked to a specific individual or device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Postal Preservation Act

Bill: 116-hr-7015
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Motor vehicles
Postal service
Public contracts and procurement
U.S. Postal Service
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Postal Preservation Act

 
This bill provides additional funding to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
 
Specifically, the bill appropriates $25 billion to the USPS for its Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone due to COVID-19 and $15 billion for its Office of Inspector General.
 
The bill requires the USPS, during the pandemic, to prioritize the purchase of, and make available to all USPS employees and facilities, personal protective equipment and to conduct additional cleaning and sanitizing of USPS facilities and delivery vehicles.
 
The Office of Inspector General shall (1) conduct oversight, audits, and investigations of projects and activities carried out with appropriated funds; and (2) initiate an audit of the use of such appropriations and report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Early Withdrawers Act

Bill: 116-hr-7016
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Fairness for Early Withdrawers Act

 
This bill allows tax-preferred pension plan participants to recontribute distributions from such plans made prior to December 1, 2020, without regard to the 60-day rule that requires a rollover of distributions to another plan within 60 days after receipt of such distributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Right to Test Act

Bill: 116-hr-7017
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Right to Test Act

 
This bill authorizes a state's public health department, or another entity designated by the state's governor, to approve a diagnostic test or diagnostic device (e.g., a test for the virus that causes COVID-19, or coronavirus disease 2019) for use during a public health emergency. 
 
Unless requested by the governor of the state, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may not, during the emergency, engage in certain enforcement actions related to such a test or device.
 
Not later than 180 days following the end of the public health emergency, the FDA must review and make a final determination concerning approval of the test or device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Emergency Production Act

Bill: 116-hr-7018
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 
 
COVID-19
 
Emergency Production Act 
 
 
This bill directs the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to the production of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) supplies, such as personal protective equipment, diagnostic tests, and vaccines. That act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.
 
Specifically, the President must (1) make a determination that such supplies are essential for the national defense, (2) identify private-sector capacity to produce these supplies, and (3) exercise authorities under the act to require emergency production of them at a reasonable price. In addition, the President shall coordinate the allocation of these supplies based on requests from governors and the needs of the states as determined by the population of each state.
 
 The bill's directive to produce COVID-19 supplies terminates when there are no remaining requests for them from states, and supplies that have been produced but are unused at that time shall be deposited into the Strategic National Stockpile.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act

Bill: 116-hr-7019
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act

 
This bill revises requirements for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address underutilized storage facilities.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE)to lease such storage facilities to private entities. Currently, DOE may only lease these storage facilities to foreign governments. DOE must ensure that leasing of facilities to foreign governments will not impair national security. 
 
In addition, DOE must conduct a pilot program to lease storage capacity for up to 200 million barrels of petroleum products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
COVID Justice and Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-7020
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Housing discrimination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

COVID Justice and Accountability Act

 
This bill provides a cause of action for harm suffered as a result of a violation of certain federal laws relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and suspends certain predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
 
Specifically, individuals may bring a cause of action in U.S. district court against any person for harm suffered as a result of a violation of, or a failure to comply with, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) or the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. 
 
Further, during the COVID-19 public health emergency period and 180 days thereafter, no predispute arbitration agreement or joint-action waiver (an agreement to waive the right to participate in a joint, class, or collective action) is valid or enforceable with respect to employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights disputes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
LAUNCHES Act

Bill: 116-hr-7021
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2020-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Intergovernmental relations
Radio spectrum allocation
Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: 

Leveraging American Understanding of Next-generation Challenges Exploring Space Act or the LAUNCHES Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to facilitate access to specified broadband spectrum frequencies for commercial space launches and reentries.
 
Under current law, commercial missions launching from the United States to space must use government-owned spectrum to communicate with the rockets during launch, and private companies must apply to the FCC to receive special temporary authority to use such spectrum.
 
The bill requires the FCC to adopt service rules for access to specified frequencies for commercial space launches and reentries and to allocate such frequencies on a co-primary basis for such launches and reentries.
 
The FCC must also streamline the process for access authorizations, providing for (1) authorizations to access specified frequencies for multiple commercial space launches and reentries from one or more launch or reentry sites, (2) authorizations for multiple uses of such frequencies for a commercial space launch or reentry, (3) automation of the FCC's review process for access applications, and (4) improved coordination between the FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to increase the speed of review for such applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Rural Broadband Acceleration Act.

Bill: 116-hr-7022
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Geography and mapping
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: 

Rural Broadband Acceleration Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify the framework for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction, and it establishes a deadline for the FCC to create broadband service maps. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program that provides financial assistance to sports facilities, museums, and community theaters, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7023
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Performing arts
Small business
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to implement a program to provide financing of at least $1 billion for loans related to losses incurred as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to certain community-owned or private businesses that have contractual obligations for making lease, rent, or bond payments for publicly owned sports facilities, museums, and community theaters.
 
Terms for such loans shall include (1) a 15-year term, (2) no requirement to provide collateral or a guaranty, and (3) a maximum loan amount of $25 million. An applicant for such a loan must make a good faith certification that, among other things, (1) the loan request is necessary to support the recipient's ongoing operations; and (2) the recipient will use the loan for purposes directly connected to contracted services, including performances and sporting events.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Climate Smart Ports Act

Bill: 116-hr-7024
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2020-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Labor standards
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and inland water transportation
Military personnel and dependents
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: 

Climate Smart Ports Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for purchasing or installing equipment and technology that (1) is used at a port and produces zero exhaust emissions of certain pollutants and greenhouse gases, or (2) captures 100% of the exhaust emissions produced by an ocean-going vessel at berth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Diagnostic Testing for Public Health Labs Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7025
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2020-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: 

Diagnostic Testing for Public Health Labs Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a grant program for public health laboratories and other laboratories to purchase high-throughput diagnostic equipment and related supplies to increase testing capacity and expedite test results. 
High-throughput diagnostic equipment
 refers to legally marketed equipment and supplies capable of performing multichannel analysis for use in clinical laboratory diagnostic testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Rapid Testing for Communities Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7026
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2020-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: 

Rapid Testing for Communities Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes a grant program for hospitals, primary care facilities, and other health care providers to purchase equipment and related materials to increase access to same-day diagnostic testing in point-of-care settings. In awarding these grants, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must prioritize recipients that provide services to medically underserved populations in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-27
text: Introduced in House