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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for payment of work-study allowances during a public health emergency relating to COVID-19 and for allowances to veterans enrolled in educational institutions closed for emergency situations, and for other purposes. [S.3678] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for payment of work-study allowances during a public health emergency relating to COVID-19 and for allowances to veterans enrolled in educational institutions closed for emergency situations, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/11/2020

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Emergency Benefits for Independent Workers Program Act [HB-6746] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Small Business ] [Workers' Compensation ]
To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Napolitano Introduced In House on 05/08/2020

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Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act [S.3619] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Student Loans ] [Education ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ]
A bill to amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/06/2020

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Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act [HB-6680] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Student Loans ] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Public Health ]
To amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Railroads, Pipelines, And Hazardous Materials. on 05/04/2020

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Worker Health Coverage Protection Act [HB-6514] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ] [Unemployment ] [Taxes ] [Funding ]
Provides health insurance premium assistance for individuals who become unemployed or are furloughed during or shortly after the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) public health emergency. Specifically, the bill treats premiums as paid for up to 15 months for individuals who (1) are terminated from employment and elect to continue insurance coverage through the COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) program or (2) receive a 20% or greater reduction in paid hours but remain eligible for coverage under a group health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 04/14/2020

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Inspire to Serve Act of 2020 [HB-6415] [Community Development ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Nonprofit ] [Public Safety ]
To build on America's spirit of service to nurture, promote, and expand a culture of service to secure the Nation's future, address critical needs of the Nation, and strengthen the civic fabric of American society.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations. on 07/13/2020

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William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 [HB-6395] [Defense ] [Cybersecurity ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Healthcare ] [Energy ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Veterans ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Aerospace ]
Authorizes FY2021 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement, including aircraft, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, shipbuilding and conversion, and missiles; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Working Capital Funds; Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction; Drug (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 01/02/2021

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COVID–19 Workforce Emergency Response Act [HB-6402] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Economic Development ] [Unemployment ]
Increases flexibility for state and local agencies to provide continuity of services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency. In particular, the bill allows certain state and local unobligated funds to be used for administrative purposes to carry out local workforce investment activities under one-stop delivery systems if the funds are used to respond to such emergency. (A one-stop delivery system is a system under which entities responsible for administering separate workforce investment, educational, and other human (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 03/26/2020

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COVID–19 Workforce Emergency Response Act [HB-6402] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Economic Development ] [Unemployment ]
Increases flexibility for state and local agencies to provide continuity of services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency. In particular, the bill allows certain state and local unobligated funds to be used for administrative purposes to carry out local workforce investment activities under one-stop delivery systems if the funds are used to respond to such emergency. (A one-stop delivery system is a system under which entities responsible for administering separate workforce investment, educational, and other human (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 03/26/2020

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To establish requirements on accelerated filers receiving Federal aid related to COVID-19, to establish requirements on all corporations until Federal aid related to COVID-19 is repaid, and for other purposes. [HB-6360] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishes requirements for issuers of securities receiving aid in response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. Issuers receiving aid must comply with specified requirements regarding paid leave, minimum wage, and limits on executive compensation. Until the end of the emergency period, issuers receiving aid must maintain preemergency workforce and compensation levels. Additionally, an issuer receiving aid may not provide executive bonuses, purchase its own company's stocks, pay out dividends to stockholders, or engage in (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Maxine Waters Introduced In House on 03/23/2020

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Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 [HB-6322] [Veterans ] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Addresses education programs and assistance for veterans during the covered period from March 1-December 21, 2020. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue paying work-study allowances during emergency periods. The VA is also authorized to continue paying educational assistance and subsistence allowances for a specified amount of time for programs of education that are suspended due to an emergency situation. An educational assistance payment shall not be charged against an individual's entitlement to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor Became Public Law No: 116-140. (txt | Pdf) on 04/28/2020

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Urban Progress Act of 2020 [HB-6318] [Crime ] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Public Safety ]
To expand economic opportunities, improve community policing, and promote commonsense gun violence prevention in underserved communities, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Kelly Introduced In House on 03/23/2020

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Trade Adjustment Assistance For Workers Reauthorization Act of 2020 [S.3555] [Trade ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Economic Development ]
A bill to expand the trade adjustment assistance for workers program, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/20/2020

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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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 06/03/2020

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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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 06/03/2020

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Unemployment Assistance for Individuals Impacted by Quarantine Order for a National or State Public Health Emergency Act of 2020 [HB-6271] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Health ] [Unemployment ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Economic Development ]
Authorizes the President to treat a national or state public health emergency, including a virus threat or other health pandemic, as a major disaster for purposes of providing disaster unemployment assistance. The President may provide additional unemployment assistance to an individual who is under a quarantine order and meets certain requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frederica Wilson Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 03/16/2020

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Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act [HB-6275] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Disaster Relief ] [Food ] [Healthcare ]
Establishes and provides funds for grant programs to respond to safety and health risks presented by qualifying emergencies, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill authorizes (1) the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and (2) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to agencies that administer Child Care Development block grants and Head Start agencies. ED grant recipients must award subgrants to BIE schools, local educational (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 03/13/2020

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Layoff Prevention Act of 2020 [S.3494] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
Provides 100% of temporary federal financing of limited short-time compensation (STC) payments in states with existing or new STC programs. (STC, also known as work sharing, is a program within the federal-state unemployment system that provides pro-rated unemployment compensation to workers whose hours have been reduced in lieu of a layoff.) Certain states without an STC program may enter into an agreement with the Department of Labor under which Labor will temporarily finance 50% of the state's STC payments. If such a state subsequently enacts (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/12/2020

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Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act [S.3489] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Disaster Relief ] [Food ] [Healthcare ]
Establishes and provides funds for grant programs to respond to safety and health risks presented by qualifying emergencies, including COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill authorizes (1) the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and (2) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to agencies that administer Child Care Development block grants and Head Start agencies. ED grant recipients must award subgrants to BIE schools, local educational (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/12/2020

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Preventing Layoffs During a Public Health Emergency Act of 2020 [S.3496] [Public Health ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Funding ] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ]
Provides 100% of temporary federal financing of limited short-time compensation (STC) payments in certain states where a public health emergency has been declared. (STC, also known as work sharing, is a program within the federal-state unemployment system that provides pro-rated unemployment compensation to workers whose hours have been reduced in lieu of a layoff.) The term public health emergency means a public health emergency declared for an area by (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or (2) a state public health official with the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1743-1744) on 03/12/2020

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