Poverty And Welfare Assistance
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Water Resources Development Act of 2020 [HB-7575]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Modifies water resources infrastructure funding and addresses Army Corps of Engineers projects for navigation, flood damage reduction, and ecosystem restoration. The bill removes certain funds appropriated for harbor operations and maintenance from annual discretionary spending limits. This allows additional funds to be appropriated for these purposes without the amounts counting against annual discretionary spending limits. Further, the bill increases the percentage of available funds allocated annually to emerging harbors (i.e., those that handle
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MMEDS Act of 2020 Medical Manufacturing, Economic Development, and Sustainability Act of 2020 [HB-7527]
[Economic Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Small Business ]
To rescue domestic medical manufacturing activity by providing incentives in economically distressed areas of the United States and its possessions.
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Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act [HB-7499]
[Social Security ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Poverty ]
To prevent an unintended drop in Social Security benefits due to COVID-19 and the application of the National Average Wage Index, and improve Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits on an emergency basis.
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Child Welfare Emergency Assistance Act of 2020 [S.4172]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Extends and modifies various child welfare programs. Specifically, it provides additional funding to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for services related to foster care, such as kinship caregiving outside the foster care system, case management, caseworker training, and adoption support. Further, through FY2022, the bill (1) modifies the six-month residency requirement for a child to be eligible for kinship guardianship assistance payments, (2) waives limits on foster care services based on an individual's age, and (3) increases
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Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2020 [S.4199]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Inflation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Alters several programs and requirements relating to the prices of prescription drugs under Medicare and Medicaid. Among other things, the bill requires drug manufacturers to issue rebates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for certain drugs covered under Medicare for which the average manufacturer price increases faster than inflation; requires drug manufacturers to issue rebates to the CMS for discarded amounts of certain single-dose drugs covered under Medicare, based on information reported by providers; reduces the annual
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WPA Act Workforce Promotion and Access Act [HB-7477]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to provide grants for job guarantee programs.
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Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020 [S.4115]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
A bill to reduce child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.
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Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020 [HB-7419]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Economic Development ]
To reduce child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes.
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Shovel-Ready Restoration Grants for Coastlines and Fisheries Act of 2020 [HB-7387]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to benefit coastal habitats, resiliency, and the economy, and for other purposes.
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Community Services Block Grant Enhancement Act of 2020 [HB-7328]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
To make temporary changes to grants made under the Community Services Block Grant Act to facilitate local coronavirus relief.
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Child Care for Economic Recovery Act [HB-7327]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Taxes ]
[Social Security ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Infrastructure ]
Provides additional funding in FY2020 for taxpayer services, social services block grants, and infrastructure grants to improve child care safety, including needs assessments. The bill adds and modifies certain tax provisions to increase and make refundable the child and dependent care tax credit; increase the exclusion from employee income for employer-provided dependent care assistance; allow employers payroll tax credits for certain fixed expenses of child care facilities closed due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), certain employer-paid
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Recognizing that in the 25 years since normalizing diplomatic relations, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United States of America have worked toward increased stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States will continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner in the Southeast Asian region. [HR-1018]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
This resolution (1) expresses support for ongoing cooperation between the United States and Vietnam, (2) recognizes Vietnam's increased role in certain multilateral institutions, and (3) reiterates the importance of promoting human rights and democracy in Vietnam and throughout the Indo-Pacific.
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Open Back Better Act of 2020 [HB-7303]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To provide additional funds for Federal and State facility energy resiliency programs, and for other purposes.
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Open Back Better Act of 2020 [S.4060]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to provide additional funds for Federal and State facility energy resiliency programs, and for other purposes.
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SNAP PLUS Act of 2020 ‘SNAP Provisions to Lower Undue Struggle Act of 2020 [HB-7271]
[Food ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of items and to increase the amount of such benefits.
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JUSTICE Act Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 [S.3985]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
A bill to improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency.
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CORPS Act Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the Pandemic through Service Act [S.3964]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
A bill to amend the national service laws to prioritize national service programs and projects that are directly related to the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes.
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Moving Forward Act [HB-2]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Among other provisions, the bill extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2021 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs; reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2025 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs; addresses climate change, including strategies
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Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020 [S.3934]
[Food ]
[Agriculture ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Grants ]
Allows Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) after submitting a plan of operation that is approved by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Under current law, the three territories receive block grants instead of participating in SNAP.) Such territories may request from USDA a one-time grant to pay the cost of the technology infrastructure necessary to implement SNAP, including the cost of information technology,
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Emergency Family Stabilization Act [S.3923]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
Establishes a competitive grant program within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) for family stabilization agencies to provide emergency relief to children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness. These agencies include current ACF grantees or subgrantees, tribes and tribal organizations, and other organizations with expertise providing direct services to those experiencing homelessness. Recipients may use grant funds for, among other purposes, personnel costs, personal protective equipment, and other supplies to mitigate
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