Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020 [HB-8433]
Establishes measures to address global public health risks posed by wildlife markets, which are commercial markets that sell or slaughter wildlife for human consumption as food or medicine in communities where alternative nutritional or protein sources are available. Specifically, the bill prohibits importing, exporting, purchasing, or selling live wild animals in the United States for human consumption as food or medicine. The Department of the Interior must hire, train, and deploy at least 50 new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement
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HB-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
EDOT Act of 2020 Evaluating Disparities and Outcomes of Telehealth During the COVID–19 Emergency Act of 2020 [HB-7078]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to report on the effects of changes that were made during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) with respect to the provision or availability of telehealth services under Medicare. Among other information, the report must include (1) a summary of all services utilized by Medicare beneficiaries during the emergency period, including the number of telehealth visits and in-person visits; (2) any changes in utilization compared to prior periods; and
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HB-7078: EDOT Act of 2020 Evaluating Disparities and Outcomes of Telehealth During the COVID–19 Emergency Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 06/01/2020
IDEA Full Funding Act [HB-1878]
Reauthorizes, and makes appropriations for the grant program under, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
HB-1878: IDEA Full Funding Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/26/2019
Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019 [HB-3018]
Prohibits the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from implementing, administering, enforcing, or in any manner making effective the proposed rule titled Revised Requirements Under Community Planning and Development Housing Programs, published by HUD in Spring 2019, or any final rule based substantially on such proposed rule. The rule allows, among other things, shelter providers under HUD programs that permit certain single-sex or sex-segregated facilities to establish a policy by which such providers may consider an individual's
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HB-3018: Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-185. on 08/13/2019
IDEA Act Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019 [HB-4075]
Directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to collect demographic information about each inventor listed on a patent application. Inventors shall not be required to provide the requested information, which shall include gender, ethnicity, national origin, sexual identity, veterans status, disability, and education and income levels. Such information shall be (1) kept confidential and separate from each patent application, and (2) periodically made public as aggregated data without personally identifying information.
HB-4075: IDEA Act Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 08/28/2019
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019 [HB-1175]
Modifies the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages to exclude the aging period from the production period for beer, wine, or distilled spirits for purposes of determining whether a taxpayer can expense, rather than capitalize, interest costs paid or incurred during the production period; reduce excise tax rates on beer and distilled spirits; permit the transfer of beer between bonded facilities without payment of tax; increase the amount of the small wine producer tax credit and expand the categories of producers covered by such credit; allow
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HB-1175: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 02/13/2019
Fair Access to Financial Services Act of 2020 [HB-8667]
Prohibits financial institutions from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill also provides an aggrieved person with a private right of action for preventive relief.
HB-8667: Fair Access to Financial Services Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 10/23/2020
Living Donor Protection Act of 2019 [HB-1224]
Prohibits discrimination based on an individual's status as a living organ donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or any other condition of a life-insurance policy, disability-insurance policy, or long-term-care insurance policy. The bill also specifically includes recovery from organ-donation surgery as a serious health condition that entitles covered private-sector and federal civil-service employees to medical leave. The Department of Health and Human Services must update public-service announcements, websites, and other
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HB-1224: Living Donor Protection Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/15/2019