CARES Act Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act [S.3548]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
Addresses economic impacts of, and otherwise responds to, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. The bill authorizes emergency loans to distressed businesses, including air carriers, and suspends certain aviation excise taxes. With respect to small businesses, the bill establishes, and provides funding for, forgivable bridge loans; and provides additional funding for grants and technical assistance. The bill also provides funding for $1,200 tax rebates to individuals, with additional $500 payments per qualifying child. The rebate begins phasing out
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S.3548: CARES Act Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 06/03/2020
Housing is a Human Right Act of 2020 [HB-6308]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Real Estate ]
[Poverty ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Libraries ]
[Property Tax ]
[Construction ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishes and expands programs to assist homeless and housing-unstable individuals and establishes new real property-related taxes to fund specified Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs. HUD must establish the Community Development Block Grant Plus Program for state and local governments to assist homeless and housing-unstable individuals as well as cost-burdened households. These funds may be used only for certain activities that assist these populations, including the construction of new affordable housing. The bill also
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HB-6308: Housing is a Human Right Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/19/2020
Ending Passenger Rail Forced Arbitration Act [HB-6101]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibits all pre-dispute arbitration agreements and pre-dispute joint-action waivers with respect to consumer and civil rights disputes between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and its customers.
Ending Passenger Rail Forced Arbitration Act [S.3400]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibits all pre-dispute arbitration agreements and pre-dispute joint-action waivers with respect to consumer and civil rights disputes between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and its customers.
‘Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act' [S.3374]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
More closely aligns the federal privacy standards applicable to substance-use disorder patient records with the relevant privacy and de-identification standards applicable to other records that contain personal health information for the purposes of (1) treatment, payment, and health care operations by health plans, providers, or clearinghouses; and (2) disclosures to public health authorities. The bill requires patients to give affirmative, written consent; once given, that consent applies to future disclosures. Such consent may be revoked by written
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S.3374: ‘Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act'
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/03/2020
Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020 [HB-5884]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to nonprofit and governmental entities to provide free legal assistance to eligible low-income tenants at risk of, or subject to, eviction.
HB-5884: Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/13/2020
You have voted HB-5788: To amend the Fair Housing Act to require a complaint of sexual harassment be annually reported to Congress, and for other purposes..
HR-829: Acknowledging the history and lasting impact of the Federal Government-created problem of redlining and the responsibility of the Federal Government to address such impact.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/04/2020
You have voted HR-829: Acknowledging the history and lasting impact of the Federal Government-created problem of redlining and the responsibility of the Federal Government to address such impact..
CROWN Act of 2019 Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2019 [S.3167]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits discrimination based on a person's hair texture or hairstyle if that style or texture is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin. Specifically, the bill prohibits this type of discrimination against those participating in federally assisted programs, housing programs, public accommodations, and employment. Persons shall not be deprived of equal rights under the law and shall not be subjected to prohibited practices based on their hair texture or style. The bill provides for enforcement procedures under the applicable
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S.3167: CROWN Act of 2019 Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/08/2020
Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act [S.3059]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Specifies that the following unwelcome conduct in or around a dwelling shall be considered sufficiently severe or pervasive as to constitute a discriminatory housing practice: (1) unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.
S.3059: Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 12/16/2019
SCR-30: A concurrent resolution recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly individuals with disabilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/12/2019
You have voted SCR-30: A concurrent resolution recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly individuals with disabilities..
Fairness for All Act [HB-5331]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Rights ]
[Religion ]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity, while providing certain benefits and exemptions to religious providers. An otherwise qualified religious provider shall be eligible to receive federal financial assistance for a particular service without regard to the provider's religious views or teachings. Agencies authorized to administer federal financial assistance for the support of adoption and foster care services shall issue final rules within two years of this bill's enactment to create an indirect funding
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HB-5331: Fairness for All Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Joyce
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 01/30/2020
CROWN Act of 2020 Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020 [HB-5309]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits discrimination based on a person's hair texture or hairstyle if that style or texture is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin. Specifically, the bill prohibits this type of discrimination against those participating in federally assisted programs, housing programs, public accommodations, and employment. Persons shall not be deprived of equal rights under the law and shall not be subjected to prohibited practices based on their hair texture or style. The bill provides for enforcement procedures under the applicable
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HB-5309: CROWN Act of 2020 Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 09/22/2020
Homes for All Act of 2019 [HB-5244]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Health ]
Provides funding for the construction of new public housing units, authorizes additional assistance for the construction of new affordable housing units, and otherwise addresses housing affordability. Specifically, the bill provides permanent, mandatory funding for the capital and operating funds available to public housing agencies (PHAs) and allows PHAs to use such funds to construct new public housing units. Under current law, a PHA generally may not use such funds to construct public housing units if doing so would result in a net increase of
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HB-5244: Homes for All Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H9283) on 12/05/2019
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 [S.2843]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act that seek to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Among other things, the bill also authorizes new programs, makes changes to federal firearms laws, and establishes new protections to promote housing stability and economic security for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
S.2843: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 11/13/2019
No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019 [S.2689]
[Housing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using biometric analytics in connection with facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units, buildings, or grounds of such project. Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federal assisted rental units in the preceding five years.
S.2689: No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 10/23/2019