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The Heroes Act [HB-8406]
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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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Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act [HB-8280]
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Preempts any state law that classifies an individual providing labor or services for remuneration (i.e., an independent contractor) as an employee for purposes of wage-rate and benefit requirements. The bill also broadens the existing Securities and Exchange Commission registration exemption for the issuance of securities as part of an employee-compensation package. Specifically, the bill applies this exemption to the issuance of securities as compensation for independent contractors. The Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stivers
Introduced In House on 09/17/2020
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Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Integrity Act [HB-8284]
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Requires applicants for pandemic unemployment assistance to provide state unemployment agencies with documentation substantiating their employment or planned commencement of employment, including self-employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Introduced In House on 09/17/2020
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Support for Workers, Families, and Social Security Act [HB-8201]
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Exempts employees from the payment of employment taxes for the period beginning on September 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020. This exemption does not affect the determination of Social Security retirement benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Introduced In House on 09/11/2020
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RECOVERY Act Reinvigorating the Economy, Creating Opportunity for every Vocation, Employer, Retiree & Youth Act [S.4537]
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A bill to provide for economic recovery, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Cruz
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/08/2020
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Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020 [S.4442]
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Allows states to provide pandemic unemployment assistance to individuals who earn a combination of regular wages and a minimum of $7,250 of self-employed annual income (1) instead of regular unemployment compensation if they are otherwise eligible, or (2) if they are still employed at their regular-wage job, but unable to earn self-employed income due to circumstances related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).Under current law, individuals earning such mixed income are only eligible for pandemic unemployment assistance if they are not
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/05/2020
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Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2020 [S.4378]
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Modifies and extends certain pandemic unemployment programs and establishes requirements for state unemployment systems to process unemployment claims, transmit information, and address fraud.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/30/2020
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Worker Relief and Security Act of 2020 [HB-7821]
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To automatically extend and adjust enhanced unemployment assistance for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency and economic crisis, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 07/29/2020
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Worker Relief and Security Act of 2020 [S.4361]
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A bill to automatically extend and adjust enhanced unemployment assistance for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency and economic crisis, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/29/2020
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American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act [S.4318]
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A bill to provide assistance to American workers, families, and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/27/2020
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SAFE TO WORK Act Safeguarding America’s Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy Act [S.4317]
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A bill to lessen the burdens on interstate commerce by discouraging insubstantial lawsuits relating to COVID-19 while preserving the ability of individuals and businesses that have suffered real injury to obtain complete relief.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 07/27/2020
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Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020 [HB-7691]
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Allows states to provide pandemic unemployment assistance to individuals who earn a combination of regular wages and a minimum of $7,250 of self-employed annual income (1) instead of regular unemployment compensation if they are otherwise eligible, or (2) if they are still employed at their regular-wage job, but unable to earn self-employed income due to circumstances related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).Under current law, individuals earning such mixed income are only eligible for pandemic unemployment assistance if they are not
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Introduced In House on 07/20/2020
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Emergency Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Act [S.4276]
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A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to establish a program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/22/2020
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Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Integrity Act [S.4275]
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Requires applicants for pandemic unemployment assistance to provide state unemployment agencies with documentation substantiating their employment or planned commencement of employment, including self-employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/22/2020
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Jobs to Fight COVID–19 Act of 2020 [HB-7649]
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To establish an initiative for national testing, contact tracing, and pandemic response, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Takano
Introduced In House on 07/16/2020
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Federal Workforce Health and Safety During the Pandemic Act [HB-7341]
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Provides additional benefits and flexibilities for federal employees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Among other things, the bill allows federal employees to be reimbursed for the cost of child care or for the care of a relative who has COVID-19, if the employee is unable to provide such care due to work constraints; requires federal agencies to allow eligible employees to telework through December 31, 2020; allows federal employees who are unable to travel to, or perform work at, an approved worksite due to the pandemic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 06/25/2020
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Saving Our Street Act [S.4047]
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Establishes and provides funding for the Microbusiness Assistance Fund through which the Department of the Treasury must provide grants to specified small entities. Specifically, the bill provides $125 billion for grants to entities such as community small businesses and nonprofits that have suffered a drop in revenue of over 20% during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Such a grant shall not exceed $250,000 and may only be used for certain purposes, including (1) rehiring or hiring furloughed employees; (2) payment of compensation,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 06/23/2020
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Small Business PPE Tax Credit Act [HB-7216]
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Allows certain small businesses a tax credit for the cost of qualified personal protective equipment, up to $25,000 in a taxable year. The entities eligible for such credit include farms, nonprofit organizations, veterans organizations, and Tribal business concerns. The bill defines qualified personal protective equipment to include the cost of equipment for reducing the risk of coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) transmission. including gloves, facial masks and protective gear, and cleaning supplies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 06/15/2020
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Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2020 [HB-6988]
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Temporarily permits digital marketplace companies (e.g., Lyft, DoorDash, Airbnb, etc.) to provide benefits to workers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic without such actions establishing those workers as employees or independent contractors or establishing the company as a joint employer under federal, state, or local laws.applies to digital marketplace companies that provide, among other things, financial assistance, health benefits, training, health checks and personal protective equipment to individuals working through
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 05/22/2020
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MOM-AND-POP Act Maximizing Our Money and Addressing Novel Disasters by Protecting Our Proprietors Act [HB-6960]
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Reserves assistance under the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), for specified small entities. Specifically, the bill establishes a set-aside of at least 25% of amounts appropriated for paycheck protection loans to guarantee loans of $150,000 or less made to small entities such as a (1) business or nonprofit with 25 employees or fewer, (2) sole proprietor, or (3) self-employed individual. The Small Business Administration must consider implementing a similar
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Introduced In House on 05/22/2020