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CTF Act China Task Force Act [HB-12]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[Trade ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Manufacturing ]
Enacts specified legislation related to China and other issues, including legislation (1) authorizing activities to counter the global malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party, (2) prohibiting certain imports from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and imposing sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations there, (3) authorizing the Department of State to make publicly available certain records relating to a visa denial based on an alien's involvement in human rights violations, (4) authorizing the State Department and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Darin LaHood
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 10/21/2020
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Small Business Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2020 [HB-8656]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Allows a new tax deduction from gross income for amounts paid into a small business emergency savings account. Such savings accounts are established exclusively to pay the qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses of the account beneficiary. The bill defines qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses as disaster loss replacement expenses, disaster recovery operations expenses, and public health emergency expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Introduced In House on 10/23/2020
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Heroes Small Business Lifeline Act [S.4818]
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[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
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Provides economic support to small business affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) by extending and expanding existing initiatives such as the Paycheck Protection Program, establishing a new lifeline grant program, and providing dedicated assistance for industries such as restaurants and live entertainment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 12/10/2020
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Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2020 [S.4807]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Tourism ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
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Establishes new tax credits and revises existing credits and deductions to protect the hospitality and restaurant industries. Specifically, the bill allows a convention and trade show restart tax credit for (1) the costs of participation in a convention, seminar, or similar meeting, a business meeting, or a trade show that takes place after 2020; and (2) the costs of reopening an entertainment facility closed due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. It also allows a business-related tax credit for the costs of reopening restaurants
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Cramer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/19/2020
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The Heroes Act [S.4800]
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[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to provide Coronavirus relief.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Schumer
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 581. on 11/09/2020
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To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code. [HB-6621]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
Amends the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) to make technical changes regarding the transitional program for covered business method patents and joinder of parties. Applies, to any civil action commenced on or after enactment of this Act, the AIA's bar on using an accused infringer's failure to obtain the advice of counsel to prove that any infringement was willful or induced. (Currently, the bar would not take effect until one year after the AIA's enactment.) Prohibits a nine-month waiting period for inter partes review from applying to issuances
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lamar Smith
Became Public Law No: 112-274. on 01/14/2013
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Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act [HB-6599]
[Food ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for expenses related to advertising and marketing primarily directed at children to promote the consumption by children of: (1) food from any fast food restaurant, (2) food of poor nutritional quality, and (3) any brand under which the majority of products are food of poor nutritional quality. Defines "food of poor nutritional quality" as food and beverages that are determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with the Secretary of Health
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/16/2012
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Ending Tax Breaks for Discrimination Act of 2012 [HB-4376]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
Ending Tax Breaks for Discrimination Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the tax deduction for business expenses (including advertising expenses) associated with the use of a private club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Maloney
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E558) on 04/17/2012
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To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to modify any caps on emergency EIDL advances to certain veterans service organizations, and for other purposes. [HB-8537]
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[Disaster Relief ]
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Prohibits the Small Business Administration from placing a cap that is less than $5,000 on any advance for an economic injury disaster loan that is made in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to a veterans service organization (VSO) with only one employee. A VSO aids veterans with the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Trent Kelly
Introduced In House on 10/06/2020
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Health and Fitness Recovery Act of 2020 [HB-8485]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Establishes through December 31, 2020, and provides funding for the Health Club Recovery Fund, from which the Department of the Treasury shall make grants to eligible health and fitness facilities to provide relief during the COVID-19 (i.e.,coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. For the grant program's initial period, Treasury must (1) prioritize awarding grants to entities serving marginalized and underrepresented communities, and (2) only award grants to eligible health and fitness facilities with annual revenues of less than $1.5 million. Further,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 10/01/2020
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Future of Local News Commission Act of 2020 [S.4772]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
A bill to establish the Future of Local News Commission to examine and report on the role of local news gathering in sustaining democracy in the United States and the factors contributing to the demise of local journalism, and to propose policies and mechanisms that could reinvigorate local news to meet the critical information needs of the people of the United States in the 21st century.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 09/30/2020
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Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act [S.4775]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
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Establishes measures and funding to provide economic relief and support for individuals, families, and businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). These measures include (1) implementing certain liability protections, (2) extending pandemic unemployment compensation, and (3) authorizing second draw loans under the Paycheck Protection Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mitch McConnell
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 564. on 10/01/2020
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Continuing the Paycheck Protection Program Act [S.4773]
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[Finance ]
[Economic Development ]
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[Grants ]
A bill to establish the Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loan, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 562. on 10/01/2020
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CALMER Act of 2020 Culture, Arts, Libraries, and Museums Emergency Relief Act of 2020 [HB-8430]
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[Libraries ]
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To promote arts, culture, and humanities.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
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End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2020 [HB-8411]
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[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Limits or repeals certain fossil fuel oil and gas subsidies for oil companies. Specifically, it increases to seven years the amortization period for geological and geophysical expenditures; repeals the tax credits for producing oil and gas from marginal wells and for enhanced oil recovery; repeals the tax deduction for the intangible drilling and development costs of oil and gas wells; repeals percentage depletion; repeals the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenses; repeals the passive loss exception for working interests in oil and gas property;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
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Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 [HB-8440]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Retirement ]
Sets forth tax relief provisions for taxpayers residing in a disaster zone. Specifically, the bill allows penalty-free qualified disaster distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans up to $100,000, allows recontributions of distributions for home purchases cancelled due to disasters, increases to $100,000 the limit on loans from retirement plans not treated as distributions, allows an employee retention tax credit for 40% of wages paid by employers affected by a disaster, expands eligibility for disaster-related personal casualty losses, permits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
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The Heroes Act [HB-8406]
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[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
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End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act [HB-8399]
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[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits tax deductions for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. Direct-to-consumer advertising is any dissemination, by or on behalf of a sponsor of a prescription drug product, of an advertisement that is (1) in regard to the drug product, and (2) primarily targeted to the general public.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Trone
Introduced In House on 09/25/2020
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Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020 [HB-8370]
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[Small Business ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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Makes state-legal cannabis businesses eligible for disaster assistance, and it requires each agency that administers disaster assistance to allow these businesses to retroactively apply. Disaster assistance is any service, grant, loan, tax credit, tax deduction, or any other assistance that is made available in connection with (1) a federally declared disaster, or (2) specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 09/24/2020
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Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020 [S.4689]
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[Small Business ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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[Grants ]
[Taxes ]
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Makes state-legal cannabis businesses eligible for disaster assistance, and it requires each agency that administers disaster assistance to allow these businesses to retroactively apply. Disaster assistance is any service, grant, loan, tax credit, tax deduction, or any other assistance that is made available in connection with (1) a federally declared disaster, or (2) specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/24/2020