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WORK NOW Act Work Opportunities and Resources to Keep Nonprofit Organizations Well Act [S.3747]
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Establishes a grant program for the purpose of providing emergency relief to nonprofit organizations, prioritizing organizations that provide services related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Organizations receiving funding must use not less than 60% of these funds to hire new employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/14/2020
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Minority Business Resiliency Act of 2020 [HB-6869]
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[Economic Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
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Permanently authorizes the Minority Business Development Agency and provides funding for the agency to assist minority businesses affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The agency shall award grants to certain private, nonprofit organizations that (1) primarily provide services to minority businesses (e.g., education or making grants), and (2) are unable to pay financial obligations such as payroll. Such organizations must also be unable to engage in the same level of fundraising as the preceding year due to effects of COVID-19 .
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Sponsored by: Rep. Al Green
Referred To The Committee On Financial Services, And In Addition To The Committees On The Budget, And Small Business, 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. on 05/14/2020
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Corporate Accountability Act [HB-6827]
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Requires corporations that receive federal aid related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to (1) provide at least 14 days of fully paid leave to all workers, (2) pay each employee a wage of not less than $15 an hour, and (3) limit CEO and executive pay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maxine Waters
Introduced In House on 05/12/2020
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Emergency Limitation Periods Extensions for Workers Act [HB-6812]
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[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Extends the limitation period for filing specified claims or complaints under federal labor or employment laws that overlap with the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. For such an overlap, the filing limitation period is extended for 90 days beginning on the date after the public health emergency ends plus the number of days of overlap between the initial limitation period and the public health emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations. on 07/13/2020
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The Heroes Act [HB-6800]
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[Housing ]
[Immigration ]
[Student Loans ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
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[Retirement ]
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[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 M. Grijalva
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 07/23/2020
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Emergency Benefits for Independent Workers Program Act [HB-6746]
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[Small Business ]
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To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Grace F. Napolitano
Introduced In House on 05/08/2020
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Consular and Administrative Support Act of 2020 [S.3667]
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[Public Health ]
[International ]
[Immigration ]
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Requires the Department of State to take certain actions in responding to an outbreak of an infectious disease such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), authorizes additional paid leave for certain agency employees involved in foreign affairs, and extends certain special immigrant visas. The State Department, in responding to an outbreak of an infectious disease, must establish a Repatriation Task Force. The duties of this task force shall include (1) protecting and safeguarding the needs of U.S. nationals, including repatriation and other
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 05/07/2020
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Supporting State and Local Leaders Act [S.3653]
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Repeals the prohibition against granting state and local governments a tax credit for paid sick and paid family and medical leave.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/07/2020
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Federal Frontline Worker Leave Protection Act [HB-6733]
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Restores annual leave that is lost by federal employees who respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The bill applies retroactively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Introduced In House on 05/05/2020
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Supporting State and Local Leaders Act [HB-6643]
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Repeals the prohibition against granting federal, state, and local governments a tax credit for paid sick and paid family and medical leave.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 04/28/2020
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Providing Americans Insured Days of Leave Act of 2020 [HB-6442]
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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: Rep. James R. Langevin
Introduced In House on 04/03/2020
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Protecting Civil Employment for Our National Guard Act [HB-6441]
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[Veterans ]
Allows federal employees and employees of the District of Columbia who are ordered to National Guard service the option of taking leave without pay in lieu of utilizing accrued annual or sick leave.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Davis
Introduced In House on 04/03/2020
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Inspire to Serve Act of 2020 [HB-6415]
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To build on America's spirit of service to nurture, promote, and expand a culture of service to secure the Nation's future, address critical needs of the Nation, and strengthen the civic fabric of American society.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations. on 07/13/2020
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ABLE Act of 2020 Assistance for Businesses and Local Economies Act [HB-6409]
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Establishes the Emergency Social Insurance Program to coordinate and deliver direct payments to small businesses and workers affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Labor shall assist participating states, through existing state agency mechanisms, to offer expanded unemployment insurance for workers who are unemployed or idle because of COVID-19. Through an agreement with Labor, participating states must provide temporary emergency COVID-19 unemployment or short-time
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Introduced In House on 03/27/2020
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Responsible Relief for Americans Act [HB-6396]
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Revises and establishes economic assistance measures in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill provides funding for and authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee paycheck protection loans made to small businesses. Recipients of such loans are eligible for forgiveness of amounts expended for specified costs such as payroll. Small businesses may request an advance of up $10,000 on an SBA disaster loan for which they have applied in response to COVID-19. Further the bill requires the SBA
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 09/30/2020
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Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act [S.3583]
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[Military ]
Nullifies certain executive orders concerning federal-employee collective bargaining. Specifically, it rescinds orders and a memorandum that limit the use of unrestricted grants for union activity, specify objectives for agencies to negotiate collective-bargaining agreements and establish the Interagency Labor Relations Working Group, establish principles for the removal and discipline of federal employees and other personnel issues, and delegate authority to the Secretary of Defense to exclude the Department of Defense from certain labor-relations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/25/2020
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To establish requirements on accelerated filers receiving Federal aid related to COVID-19, to establish requirements on all corporations until Federal aid related to COVID-19 is repaid, and for other purposes. [HB-6360]
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Establishes requirements for issuers of securities receiving aid in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. Issuers receiving aid must comply with specified requirements regarding paid leave, minimum wage, and limits on executive compensation. Until the end of the emergency period, issuers receiving aid must maintain preemergency workforce and compensation levels. Additionally, an issuer receiving aid may not provide executive bonuses, purchase its own company's stocks, pay out dividends to stockholders, or engage in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Maxine Waters
Introduced In House on 03/23/2020
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To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose risks related to global pandemics, and for other purposes. [HB-6371]
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[Small Business ]
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Requires certain issuers of securities to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), during a global pandemic, information related to risks faced by the issuer. Specifically, if the World Health Organization declares a pandemic, an issuer must disclose to the SEC risks faced by the issuer, including risks to health and safety faced by employees and independent contractors; mitigation measures, including those taken to protect the workforce's wages, health care, and leave; and the effect the pandemic may have on the issuer's business,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brad Sherman
Introduced In House on 03/23/2020
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Small Business COVID–19 Recovery Grants Act of 2020 [HB-6343]
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[Healthcare ]
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Requires the Small Business Administration to provide grants to small businesses that have suffered substantial economic injury as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Such grants may not exceed a specified amount and may be used to address direct effects of COVID-19, including (1) providing paid sick leave to employees, (2) maintaining payroll, and (3) meeting increased supply chain costs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Introduced In House on 03/23/2020
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Epidemic Tax Credit Act of 2020 [HB-6337]
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Allows a new tax credit in 2020 to private or tax-exempt employers for 90% of wages paid to their employees who are either on leave or not performing substantial work because their workplace is located in an area that has been designated as an epidemic area by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The amount of wages for each employee in any calendar week that may be taken into account for purposes of the credidt is limited to $2,000 and the maximum leave period for an employer may not exceed eight weeks. .
Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Budd
Introduced In House on 03/23/2020