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Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act [S.4740]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to support public health infrastructure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/29/2020
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
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Energizing Technology Transfer Act of 2020 [S.4725]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to establish programs to facilitate the commercial application of clean energy and related technologies in the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Coons
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 09/24/2020
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Science and Transparency Over Politics Act [S.4638]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Directs the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee to appoint a task force to investigate political interference with decisions made by scientific agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, such as pressure placed on the Food and Drug Administration to reach a certain outcome related to a drug or device to treat or prevent COVID-19. This committee, which is made up of inspectors general of certain federal agencies, conducts and supports oversight of the federal government's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/22/2020
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Restoring Critical Supply Chains and Intellectual Property Act [S.4324]
[Manufacturing ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mining ]
[Aerospace ]
[Defense ]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
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Establishes tax credits, incentives, and other measures to support U.S. production of personal protective equipment (PPE), semiconductors, and critical minerals. Among other things, the bill (1) prohibits the use of federal funds for procurement of PPE items not produced in the United States, and (2) establishes a $7.5 billion tax credit for investment in certain medical PPE manufacturing projects. The bill also addresses the security of federally funded research and development grants and export-controlled goods, technologies, or sensitive information,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/27/2020
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Promising Pathway Act [HB-7269]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Introduced In House on 06/18/2020
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Safeguarding American Innovation Act [S.3997]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
A bill to strengthen the security and integrity of the United States scientific and research enterprise.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 116-317. on 12/14/2020
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A bill to amend the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979, relating to the conduct of knowledge diplomacy. [S.3996]
[International ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
Modifies U.S. policy and establishes requirements with respect to knowledge diplomacy (i.e., the role of international science and technology agreements in foreign relations). Specifically, the bill declares it to be U.S. policy that federally supported international science and technology agreements should serve U.S. national security and economic interests. Further, it requires the Department of State to (1) identify vulnerabilities in international cooperation that may place federally funded research at risk, (2) strengthen the security and integrity
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/18/2020
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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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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate. on 07/20/2020
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Promising Pathway Act [S.3872]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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Establishes a provisional approval pathway for medicines intended for serious or life-threatening diseases, including illnesses posing a threat of epidemic or pandemic. The period of the provisional approval is for two years and is potentially renewable. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must establish a priority review system to evaluate completed provisional approval applications within 90 days of receipt. A provisional approval application may be approved if the FDA determines that (1) there is substantial evidence of safety for the drug;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/03/2020
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The Heroes Act [HB-6800]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Immigration ]
[Student Loans ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
[Elections ]
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[Pensions ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Poverty ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Insurance ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Unemployment ]
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 Grijalva
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 07/23/2020
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COVID–19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020 [S.3669]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 05/07/2020
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should establish a national goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the land and ocean of the United States by 2030. [HR-835]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
This resolution urges the federal government to establish a goal of conserving at least 30% of the land and 30% of the ocean within its territory by 2030.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests, And Public Lands. on 02/07/2020
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Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act [HB-5589]
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[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
To establish an Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Committee Hearings Held. on 11/17/2020
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LIST Act of 2020 Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act of 2020 [HB-5579]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
Revises the process for removing a species from the endangered or threatened species lists. A species must be removed from the endangered or threatened species lists if the Department of the Interior produces or receives substantial scientific or commercial information demonstrating that the species is recovered or that recovery goals set for the species have been met. The publication and notice of a proposed regulation to remove a species from the lists must consist solely of a notice of the removal. The bill establishes a process for removing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Oceans, And Wildlife. on 01/16/2020
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WISE Government Act Well-Informed, Scientific, & Efficient Government Act of 2019 [HB-5049]
[Libraries ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Science ]
Prohibits an agency from entering into a contract for a journal subscription that prohibits disclosure of the cost of the subscription to another agency or the Library of Congress. Each agency library must make policies and procedures for employee access to library subscriptions easily and clearly available to the agency's employees, including regional employees, through the intranet. The General Services Administration shall submit to Congress and each agency library a report on increasing agency library access to serials.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Introduced In House on 11/12/2019
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should establish a national goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the land and ocean of the United States by 2030. [SR-372]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
This resolution urges the federal government to establish a goal of conserving at least 30% of the land and 30% of the ocean within its territory by 2030.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 10/22/2019
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SAFE Act Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act [S.1482]
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[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
The bill requires the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change. Specifically, the bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group. The working group must adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants. After the Committee on Earth and Environmental
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 05/15/2019
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SAFE Act Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act [HB-2748]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
The bill requires the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change. Specifically, the bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group. The working group must adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants. After the Committee on Earth and Environmental
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-481. on 09/01/2020
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Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation. [HR-324]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
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This resolution affirms that the U.S.-Israel economic partnership has benefitted both countries and is a foundational component of the strong alliance. The resolution recognizes that science and technology innovation present promising new frontiers for U.S.-Israel economic cooperation, particularly in light of widespread drought, cybersecurity attacks, and other major challenges impacting the United States. It also encourages the President to regularize and expand forums of economic dialogue with Israel and foster public and private sector participation.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Middle East, North Africa And International Terrorism. on 04/26/2019