Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act [HB-8075]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the Impact Aid Program to use the student count and federal property valuation data from their FY2021 program applications for their FY2022 program applications. The program provides funding to LEAs that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases).
HB-8075: Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Courtney
Introduced In House on 08/21/2020
Tribal Economic Development Act of 2020 [HB-8066]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amends provisions relating to tribal economic development (TED) bonds issued to promote community development projects in Alaskan Indian tribal areas. Specifically, the bill increases the national tribal economic development bond limitation to $4 billion. It also eliminates the requirement that TED bond proceeds be used solely on Indian reservations and permits bond proceeds to be used for economic development by any qualified Native user which includes any tribal entity, Alaska Native Corporation, and entity that is majority-owned and controlled
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HB-8066: Tribal Economic Development Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Introduced In House on 08/14/2020
Remote Worker Relief Act of 2020 [HB-8056]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes rules for the taxation of wages of individual taxpayers who work remotely to comply with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) requirements and for the taxation of the businesses for whom such taxpayers work.
HB-8056: Remote Worker Relief Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Scanlon
Introduced In House on 08/14/2020
Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2020 [HB-7968]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Limits the authority of a state to impose its income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual to the period in which the nonresident individual is physically present in the state.
HB-7968: Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Introduced In House on 08/07/2020
Coronavirus Emergency Education Grants Act [S.4505]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a program to make one-time direct payments to parents or guardians to offset the educational expenses of their children during the period of March 2020 to June 2021. It also directs Treasury to award emergency education freedom grants to states. The bill establishes a new tax credit for contributions to an eligible scholarship-granting organization. An eligible scholarship-granting organization is an tax-exempt organization that provides scholarships to individual elementary and secondary school
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American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act [S.4318]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
A bill to provide assistance to American workers, families, and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
S.4318: American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/27/2020
Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act [S.4322]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to help Americans safely get back to school and back to work, and for other purposes.
S.4322: Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/27/2020
State Paid Leave for America Now (PLAN) Act [S.4316]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
A bill to provide Federal reimbursement of qualified State paid leave programs, and for other purposes.
S.4316: State Paid Leave for America Now (PLAN) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/23/2020
State Paid Leave for America Now (PLAN) Act [HB-7744]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
To provide Federal reimbursement of qualified State paid leave programs, and for other purposes.
HB-7744: State Paid Leave for America Now (PLAN) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Introduced In House on 07/23/2020
School Choice Now Act [S.4284]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows the Department of Education (ED) to establish an emergency education freedom grant program to assistance families with education expenses and prevent closures of private schools. It also allows tax credits for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations that provide assistance to families for private school tuition and home-schooling expenses. The Department of the Treasury, in coordination with ED, must establish, host, and maintain a web portal that lists all eligible scholarship-granting programs and provides other specified information.
S.4284: School Choice Now Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/22/2020
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 [HB-7612]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
Provides FY2021 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to Interior for the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Office of the Special Trustee For
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HB-7612: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Betty McCollum
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 116-448, By Ms. Mccollum. on 07/14/2020
Rebuilding Main Street Act of 2020 [HB-7371]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act to extend Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation and improve short-time compensation programs and agreements, and for other purposes.
HB-7371: Rebuilding Main Street Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 06/25/2020
Rebuilding Main Street Act of 2020 [S.4083]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to amend the Relief for Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act to extend Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation and improve short-time compensation programs and agreements, and for other purposes.
S.4083: Rebuilding Main Street Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/25/2020
Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act [S.4063]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Military ]
Allows local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the Impact Aid Program to use the student count and federal property valuation data from their FY2021 program applications for their FY2022 program applications. The program provides funding to LEAs that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases).
S.4063: Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/24/2020
Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2020 [S.3995]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to limit the authority of States or other taxing jurisdictions to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States or taxing jurisdictions, and for other purposes.
S.3995: Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/18/2020
Health Enterprise Zones Act of 2020 [HB-7158]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
To provide for the designation of areas as Health Enterprise Zones to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes in such areas, and for other purposes.
HB-7158: Health Enterprise Zones Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 06/11/2020
Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 [S.3944]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, to improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of their consumer products and packaging, to prevent pollution from consumer products and packaging from entering into animal and human food chains and waterways, and for other purposes.
S.3944: Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 06/11/2020
Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act [HB-7090]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Appropriates $36 billion for a Coronavirus County Relief Fund to make payments to counties to compensate for revenue lost and costs incurred as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, a county shall use the funds to compensate for direct loss of revenue due to the public health emergency or to cover its costs that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency, were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of February 29, 2020, and were incurred from
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HB-7090: Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Doug LaMalfa
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests, And Public Lands. on 06/30/2020