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The Heroes Act [HB-6800]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
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[Telecommunications ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Insurance ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. Among other things, the bill provides FY2020 emergency supplemental appropriations to federal agencies; provides payments and other assistance to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments; provides additional direct payments of up to $1,200 per individual; expands paid sick days, family and medical leave, unemployment compensation, nutrition and food assistance programs,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 07/23/2020
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Expediting the EIDL Program Act of 2020 [HB-6344]
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Modifies the disbursement of economic injury disaster loans by the Small Business Administration (SBA) with respect to such loans made in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill authorizes the SBA to increase the amount of a disaster loan to a small business by 20% to cover costs related to continuity of operations and risk mitigation improvements. The bill also authorizes the SBA to make such loans to startups and to waive rules related to affiliation, and it requires the SBA to waive the personal guarantee
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dwight Evans
Introduced In House on 03/23/2020
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Emergency Telework Act of 2020 [S.3561]
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Requires each federal agency (executive, legislative, and judicial) to allow eligible employees to telework full-time during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). An employee is considered eligible if the employee has not received specified disciplinary action and is otherwise determined eligible by the agency. In the event the public health emergency is renewed, the bill's requirements continue to apply if the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/22/2020
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COVID–19 RELIEF for Small Businesses Act of 2020 COVID–19 Recovery by Enhancing Loan, Investment, and Education Funds for Small Businesses Act of 2020 [S.3554]
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Establishes measures to provide assistance to small businesses impacted by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the Small Business Administration (SBA) must (1) provide economic injury grants for certain small businesses that have suffered substantial economic injury resulting from COVID-19; (2) establish a program to make direct loans to small businesses, up to 50% of which may be forgiven; and (3) pay the principal, interest, and associated fees on certain SBA loans, including microloans, for a six-month period. The bill also
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 03/20/2020
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COVID–19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 [HB-6312]
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Establishes measures to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the SBA must temporarily make or guarantee loans for specified uses to small businesses in a state or territory with a case of COVID-19, up to 50% of which may be forgiven; pay the principal, interest, and associated fees owed on certain small business loans for a six-month period; provide grants to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury because of COVID-19; provide grants to small business development centers, women's
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez
Introduced In House on 03/19/2020
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SBA Business Stabilization Direct Loan Program Act of 2020 [HB-6268]
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Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to temporarily make loans directly to small businesses located in a U.S. state or territory with a confirmed or presumed positive case of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). A recipient of such a loan may use the funds to, among other things (1) make periodic payments of principal and interest on outstanding SBA loans; (2) provide benefits to employees such as disability insurance, sick leave, and paid family leave; (3) pay wages to employees; or (4) provide employees and patrons with the necessary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu
Introduced In House on 03/12/2020
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SAFE at Work Act of 2020 Safeguarding Americans From Epidemics at Work Act of 2020 [HB-6219]
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Allows employers a tax credit through 2021 for their employees who telework at least 12 regularly scheduled business days during a month. It also reinstates in 2020 and 2021 the 2% floor on miscellaneous itemized tax deductions and the overall limitation on itemized deductions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Budd
Introduced In House on 03/12/2020
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Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act [S.3428]
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Requires a federal agency's telework policy to include information on (1) annual goals for increasing the telework participation rate, and (2) methods for collecting data related to cost savings achieved through telework.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/10/2020
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Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act [HB-6108]
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Requires a federal agency's telework policy to include information on (1) annual goals for increasing the telework participation rate, and (2) methods for collecting data related to cost savings achieved through telework.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 03/05/2020
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Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-5038]
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Contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may grant CAW status to an applying alien who (1) performed at least 1,035 hours of agricultural labor during the two-year period prior to November 12, 2019, (2) on that date was inadmissible, deportable, or under a grant of deferred enforced departure or temporary protected status, and (3) has been continuously present in the United
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/12/2019
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Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-4916]
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Contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may grant CAW status to an applying alien who (1) performed at least 1,035 hours of agricultural labor during the two-year period prior to October 30, 2019, (2) was inadmissible or deportable on that date, and (3) has been continuously present in the United States from that date until receiving CAW status. The bill imposes additional
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 11/15/2019
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Housing Innovation Act of 2019 [HB-4756]
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Establishes the Office of Housing Innovation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The office must establish grant programs to support (1) planning efforts that address housing needs in urban areas; (2) research and studies to support, inform, and advise local governments on their plans for new housing and community development; and (3) outreach programs focused on issues related to housing, community development, and regional planning. The Government Accountability Office must report on the effectiveness of the grant programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier
Introduced In House on 10/18/2019
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Workers' Right to Training Act [S.2468]
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A bill to require employers to provide training to employees whose jobs are in danger of being changed or replaced due to technology, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/11/2019
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America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 [S.2302]
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[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
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[Animals ]
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Addresses several provisions related to highway transportation infrastructure, including provisions to improve road safety, accelerate project completions, improve resiliency to disasters, and reduce highway emissions. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes several transportation programs from FY2021-FY2025, including the federal-aid highway program and the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation program; increases funding for tribal and federal lands transportation programs; provides for a bridge investment program to award competitive
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
By Senator Barrasso From Committee On Environment And Public Works Filed Written Report. Report No. 116-200. on 01/08/2020
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Expressing support for "Bike to Work Day" on May 17, 2019. [HR-385]
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[Public Health ]
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This resolution recognizes and supports Bike to Work Day in which companies, organizations, and individuals are encouraged to participate in a Bike to Work event.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 05/16/2019
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Foreign Service Families Act of 2019 [S.1293]
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[Veterans ]
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Directs the Department of State to include in the Foreign Affairs Manual an updated plan for providing telecommuting employment opportunities for the spouses of overseas Foreign Service Officers. The State Department shall facilitate employment of such spouses by providing regular career counseling, maintaining a centralized database of the skills of such spouses and available employment opportunities, and offering other employment-related assistance. (Currently, the State Department is authorized to provide such assistance but not required to do
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 05/02/2019
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the individual tax provisions of the tax reform law, and for other purposes. [S.1162]
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Makes permanent several tax provisions that were enacted in 2017 and are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. The bill makes permanent provisions that reduce individual tax rates, modify the taxation of the unearned income of children, allow a deduction for qualified business income of pass-through entities, increase the standard deduction, increase and modify the child tax credit, increase the limitation for certain charitable contributions, allow additional contributions to ABLE accounts (tax-favored accounts designed to enable individuals
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Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/11/2019
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Bicycle Commuter Act of 2019 [HB-1507]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
Modifies provisions relating to the tax exclusion for employer-provided fringe benefits for bicycle commuting. Specifically, the bill (1) repeals the suspension (for the period between 2018 and the end of 2025) of the exclusion, (2) includes bikeshare (a bicycle rental operation providing for pick up and drop off) and low-speed electric bicycle within the definition of bicycle for purposes of the exclusion, and (3) modifies the limitation on the exclusion to provide for a specified monthly limitation amount (i.e., 20% of the parking fringe benefit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/05/2019
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Statistical Area Fairness Act of 2019 [S.372]
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Prohibits the Office of Management and Budget from including a county with a large federal installation in a core-based statistical area on the basis of employment in that county of residents of the central county or counties of the core-based statistical area. Core-based statistical areas are delineated based on census data and include metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Risch
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 02/07/2019
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Statistical Area Fairness Act of 2019 [HB-1113]
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Prohibits the Office of Management and Budget from including a county with a large federal installation in a core-based statistical area on the basis of employment in that county of residents of the central county or counties of the core-based statistical area. Core-based statistical areas are delineated based on census data and include metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Simpson
Introduced In House on 02/08/2019