Supporting Educators During COVID–19 Act [HB-8520]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Directs the Department of the Treasury to issue regulations or guidance to establish that the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers includes expenses for personal protective equipment, disinfectant, and other supplies used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
HB-8520: Supporting Educators During COVID–19 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Murphy
Introduced In House on 10/02/2020
TEAMS Act Tax-preparer Enforcement, Accountability, and Minimum Standards Act [HB-8501]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers, including by sanctioning preparers for incompetence and disreputable behavior and by establishing minimum competency standards for preparers.
HB-8501: TEAMS Act Tax-preparer Enforcement, Accountability, and Minimum Standards Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Filemon Vela
Introduced In House on 10/01/2020
End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2020 [HB-8411]
[Energy ]
[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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HB-8411: End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
The Heroes Act [HB-8406]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
HB-8406: The Heroes Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
Acting on the Annual Duplication Report Act of 2020 [S.4735]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to address recommendations made to Congress by the Government Accountability Office as detailed in its annual report on duplication, fragmentation, and overlap, and for other purposes.
S.4735: Acting on the Annual Duplication Report Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Hassan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 09/24/2020
Main Street Lending Improvement Act of 2020 [S.4655]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Inflation ]
Revises the Main Street Lending Program, a Federal Reserve lending facility established to provide COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) related business loans. Specifically, the bill (1) allows financial institutions to collect interest on the entirety of certain smaller loans if a participation in the loan is sold to the special purpose vehicle established under the program, and (2) requires the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to establish a help line to address lender-specific questions. The special purpose vehicle must purchase 99% of the
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S.4655: Main Street Lending Improvement Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 09/22/2020
Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020 [HB-8349]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Economic Development ]
To provide hazard pay to frontline essential workers employed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HB-8349: Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Van Drew
Introduced In House on 09/22/2020
Save our Social Security Now Act [HB-8171]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Prohibits the Department of the Treasury from implementing the Internal Revenue Service Notice entitled Relief with Respect to Employment Tax Deadlines Applicable to Employers Affected by the Ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease 2019 Pandemic and renders such notice null and void.. The notice requires Treasury to defer the withholding, deposit, and payment of certain payroll tax obligations for a specified period.
HB-8171: Save our Social Security Now Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/04/2020
HJR-94: Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, relating to "Relief with Respect to Employment Tax Deadlines Applicable to Employers Affected by the Ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease 2019 Pandemic".
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/04/2020
You have voted HJR-94: Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, relating to "Relief with Respect to Employment Tax Deadlines Applicable to Employers Affected by the Ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease 2019 Pandemic"..
Health Care Improvement Act of 2020 [S.4521]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce health care costs and expand health care coverage to more Americans.
S.4521: Health Care Improvement Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/11/2020
Small Business Comeback Act [HB-7671]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes a recovery compensation program whereby the Department of the Treasury shall authorize specified payments to certain small businesses to support their recovery from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Treasury must appoint a Special Administrator to oversee the recovery compensation program, and the administrator must develop an application form that is simple to file and audit that applicants shall use when seeking recovery compensation. The maximum amount of recovery compensation an applicant may receive shall be
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HB-7671: Small Business Comeback Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Napolitano
Introduced In House on 07/20/2020
Promoting and Advancing Communities of Color through Inclusive Lending Act [HB-7993]
[Finance ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Revises requirements applicable to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and addresses lending during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The bill establishes mandatory set-asides for (1) minority CDFIs under the CDFI Fund, and (2) CDFIs and MDIs under existing COVID-19 economic aid programs. The bill also establishes an impact bank designation for certain small depository institutions that lend primarily to low-income borrowers and establishes programs for impact banks
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HB-7993: Promoting and Advancing Communities of Color through Inclusive Lending Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Introduced In House on 08/07/2020
America's Clean Future Fund Act [S.4484]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Climate Change ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a carbon fee to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes.
S.4484: America's Clean Future Fund Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/06/2020
Construction Jobs During Coronavirus Act [HB-7874]
[Construction ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Assigns a zero tax rate on the taxable income of taxpayers engaged in the trade or business of home construction during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on the date on which the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency ends.
HB-7874: Construction Jobs During Coronavirus Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Harder
Introduced In House on 07/30/2020
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 [HB-7856]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Defense ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2021 and contains other related provisions. The bill's provisions include those requiring each intelligence community element to notify Congress before conducting certain activities, including providing support to a government response to a domestic civil disturbance, with some exceptions, or engaging in an activity pursuant to a presidential emergency action document; generally prohibiting the intelligence community from awarding a contract for a national security satellite that uses a star
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HB-7856: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Schiff
Reported By The Committee On Intelligence. H. Rept. 116-565. on 10/30/2020
American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act [S.4318]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
A bill to provide assistance to American workers, families, and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
S.4318: American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/27/2020
End Polluter Welfare Act of 2020 [HB-7781]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
To eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production.
HB-7781: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 09/03/2020
Protect Access to Birth Control Act [S.4246]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
Nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement that their health insurance plans cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing.
S.4246: Protect Access to Birth Control Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/21/2020
Jobs and Neighborhood Investment Act [S.4255]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Poverty ]
[Small Business ]
Establishes investment programs and generally revises provisions related to community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions. The Department of the Treasury must establish a Neighborhood Capital Investment Program to facilitate direct capital investments in low- and moderate-income community financial institutions. To qualify for the program, these institutions must, among other things, (1) demonstrate specified lending history regarding low-and moderate-income borrowers and other targeted populations, and (2) provide
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S.4255: Jobs and Neighborhood Investment Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/21/2020
Jobs and Neighborhood Investment Act [HB-7709]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Poverty ]
Establishes investment programs and generally revises provisions related to community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions. The Department of the Treasury must establish a Neighborhood Capital Investment Program to facilitate direct capital investments in low- and moderate-income community financial institutions. To qualify for the program, these institutions must, among other things, (1) demonstrate specified lending history regarding low-and moderate-income borrowers and other targeted populations, and (2) provide
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HB-7709: Jobs and Neighborhood Investment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Introduced In House on 07/21/2020