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Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020 [S.3531]
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Expands the definition of a disaster for which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may provide disaster loans to small business concerns to include communicable diseases for which the government issues a travel alert or travel warning, and it authorizes the SBA to make interest free disaster loans to small businesses affected by a disaster for which the government issues a public health emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 03/18/2020
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A resolution encouraging the President to use authorities provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950 to scale up the national response to the coronavirus crisis. [SR-547]
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[Manufacturing ]
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This resolution calls upon the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to increase production of medical supplies, including personal protective equipment, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus disease). The resolution supports the use of such authorities to distribute medical materials, including by directing suppliers to prioritize and accept contracts to restock the Strategic National Stockpile; and establish voluntary agreements and provide financial incentives to manufacturers
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/18/2020
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Emergency Family Relief Act of 2020 [S.3516]
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[Children and Youth ]
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Allows a new refundable tax credit for emergency family relief payments in response to COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must establish a program for making emergency family relief credit payments on a monthly basis for the period prior to January 1, 2021, without respect to tax liability, for taxpayers with dependent children equal to $1,288 for a two-person household, $1,446 for a three-person household, and $1,786 for a four-person household. For households larger that four persons, the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joshua Hawley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/18/2020
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Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020 [S.3529]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
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Revises and establishes voting procedures for federal elections. Specifically, the bill requires each state and jurisdiction to, within 30 days, establish and publish a contingency plan to enable voters to vote in federal elections during an emergency. Such plan must (1) include initiatives related to the safety and recruitment of poll workers, and (2) permit registered voters to submit online requests for absentee ballots and vote by mail or by drop-off location. Additionally, for all federal elections, a state must ensure that voters have 20 days
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 03/18/2020
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A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to subsidize payments on loans guaranteed under the 7(a) and 504 loan programs or made using funds under the microloan program, and for other purposes. [S.3519]
[Small Business ]
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Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to pay the principal, interest, and any associated fees owed on certain loans made to small businesses for a six month period. The SBA must also encourage the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and state bank regulators to not require lenders to increase their reserves on account of receiving such payments made by the SBA. The SBA shall waive statutory limits on maximum loan maturities for certain loan durations where the lender provides a deferral
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 03/18/2020
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Disaster Protection for Workers’ Credit Act of 2020 [S.3508]
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[Small Business ]
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Generally provides credit protections to consumers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and other major disasters. The bill prohibits furnishers of credit information from reporting adverse credit information that is the result of any inaction or action that occurred during the COVID-19 outbreak. It also prohibits any such reporting regarding a consumer who resides in an area covered by a major disaster declaration. Credit reporting agencies are prohibited from including in a credit report any such adverse credit information.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/17/2020
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Rapid Coverage for Coronavirus Vaccines Act [S.3505]
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[Insurance ]
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Shortens the time frame under which private health insurance plans must cover certain new preventative services related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Under current law, health plans have one year to cover services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force or the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Under this bill, health plans must cover such services to prevent or diagnose COVID-19 within 15 days.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/17/2020
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Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act [S.3510]
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[Immigration ]
Transfers any unobligated federal funds for constructing a physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Agency for International Development to combat COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/17/2020
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A bill to provide borrowers the right to request forbearance on mortgage loan payments due to a declared disaster, and for other purposes. [S.3509]
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[Real Estate ]
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A bill to provide borrowers the right to request forbearance on mortgage loan payments due to a declared disaster, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/17/2020
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Providing Americans Insured Days of Leave Act of 2020 [S.3513]
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Establishes, revises, and repeals specified paid sick time and paid leave programs, including programs addressing the public-health emergency related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill repeals divisions of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act that (1) expand emergency family and medical leave, (2) provide emergency paid sick leave, and (3) the establish payroll tax credits for such emergency paid leave.The bill requires employers to grant at least 1 hour of accrued paid sick time to each employee for every
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/17/2020
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A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to make testing for the coronavirus disease 19 available to all members of the Armed Forces deployed to an area in which the United States Central Command has responsibility. [S.3507]
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Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to make available, to specified servicemembers, testing for the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). The bill requires that testing be made available to all members of the Armed Forces deployed to an area in which the United States Central Command has responsibility (presently including 20 nations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia). DOD shall report on policies or protocols provided to members of the Armed Forces regarding testing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 03/17/2020
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VITAL Act of 2020 Verified Innovative Testing in American Laboratories Act of 2020 [S.3512]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Expressly shifts the regulation of laboratory-developed testing procedures from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Under current law, the FDA regulates the safety and effectiveness, as well as quality of design and manufacture, of laboratory-developed tests, while the CMS regulates clinical laboratories and testing processes. Historically, the FDA has exercised enforcement discretion and not enforced certain statutory and regulatory requirements with respect to these tests. The CMS must
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/17/2020
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Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020 [S.3514]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
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Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deploy drugs, vaccines, biological products, medical devices, and other supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile directly to health programs or facilities operated by the Indian Health Service (IHS), tribes, or tribal organizations. Such supplies from the stockpile are used to respond to public health emergencies. Specifically, if HHS distributes pandemic or epidemic products (e.g., drugs or medical devices) to states or other entities, HHS must also deploy such products directly
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Sponsored by: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/17/2020
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A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs of education pursued at educational institutions, and for other purposes. [S.3503]
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Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue to provide educational assistance through December 21, 2020, for programs of education that have been converted to distance learning due to an emergency or health-related situation. Such assistance includes monthly housing stipends or subsistence allowances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Signed By President. on 03/21/2020
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Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the engrossment of H.B. 6201. [HR-904]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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This resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the engrossment of H.B. 6201 (Families First Coronavirus Response Act), including modifications to provisions regarding requirements and tax credits for paid sick leave.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Neal
Introduced In House on 03/16/2020
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Unemployment Assistance for Individuals Impacted by Quarantine Order for a National or State Public Health Emergency Act of 2020 [HB-6271]
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[Unemployment ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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Authorizes the President to treat a national or state public health emergency, including a virus threat or other health pandemic, as a major disaster for purposes of providing disaster unemployment assistance. The President may provide additional unemployment assistance to an individual who is under a quarantine order and meets certain requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frederica Wilson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 03/16/2020
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CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act [HB-6274]
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[Disaster Relief ]
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Allows tribes and tribal organizations to apply directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program funds. Currently, only states and certain local entities may apply for PHEP funds to respond to public health emergencies, such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The CDC must award at least 10 cooperative agreements to tribal applicants. Additionally, the CDC must consult with tribes and tribal organizations to ensure the PHEP program enables such entities to respond
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ruben Gallego
Introduced In House on 03/13/2020
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Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2020 [HB-6283]
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[Law Enforcement ]
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Extends liability protection for harm caused by acts or omissions by volunteer health care professionals in the course of providing certain health care services during specified public-health or national emergencies or major disasters. However, such liability protection shall not apply if (1) the harm was caused by willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed; or (2) the health care professional provided services under the influence of
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Scott
Introduced In House on 03/13/2020
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Responsibly Responding to Pandemics Act [HB-6288]
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[Public Health ]
Includes a public health emergency, such as a pandemic or virus threat, within the definition of major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cedric Richmond
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 03/16/2020
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Commission on America’s Medical Security Act [HB-6282]
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Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on the security of the U.S. medical product supply chain (i.e., supply of drugs and devices). Among other things, the report shall assess the dependence of the United States, including the private sector, states, and federal government, on critical drugs and devices sourced or manufactured outside of the United States; and provide recommendations to address supply vulnerabilities or potential
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Introduced In House on 03/13/2020