Rep. Alcee Hastings

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District HD-FL-20
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 83

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US Congress 116th Congress

Foster Youth Dental Act of 2020 [HB-8118]
Expands Medicaid coverage of current and former foster youth, particularly with respect to dental services. Specifically, the bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services, including dental services, for current and former foster youth under the age of 26. States must set a special payment rate, based on rates in the private sector, for dental services provided to such individuals; the bill provides an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 08/28/2020

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American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019 [HB-5435]
Requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from public lands. The bill increases royalties on fossil fuels produced from public lands and creates annual, per-acre fees for federal oil and gas leases. The bill prohibits Interior from holding new lease sales for coal, oil, or gas for one year and until Interior (1) certifies that additional fossil fuel leasing on public lands is not inconsistent with achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from public lands by 2040, and (2) releases a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Committee Hearings Held. on 02/26/2020

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Farm System Reform Act of 2020 [HB-6718]
To place a moratorium on large concentrated animal feeding operations, to strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to require country of origin labeling on beef, pork, and dairy products, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock And Foreign Agriculture. on 08/13/2020

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RESTART Act Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty Act [HB-7481]
Establishes a loan program whereby the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall guarantee loan amounts to certain businesses affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires the SBA to guarantee 100% of program loan amounts made to certain small businesses that have not more than than 5,000 full-time employees. The terms for such loans shall include (1) a maximum duration of not more than seven years; (2) an amount that is not greater than 45% of 2019 gross receipts, up to $12 million; and (3) no payment on (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 07/02/2020

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Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-945]
Provides for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare. It also excludes such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and authorizes marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 09/09/2020

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Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020 [HB-5636]
Requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or certain fossil fuel operations on public lands. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources & Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives & Mineral Processing Sector. Every two years, Interior must submit a report to Congress that includes, among other things (1) for fossil fuel operations on public lands, the annual and two-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, air (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 01/28/2020

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Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 [HB-6556]
Directs certain penalties assessed by the Securities Exchange Commission against pharmaceutical companies for specified violations to the 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund, an existing fund that supports pediatric disease research. In making allocations from that fund, the National Institutes of Health shall prioritize pediatric research that does not duplicate existing research activities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Introduced In House on 04/17/2020

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STANDUP Act of 2020 Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention Act of 2020 [HB-7293]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide best practices on student suicide awareness and prevention training and condition State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and tribal educational agencies receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/30/2020

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MOTION Act Mobile Options for Testing In Our Neighborhoods Act [HB-8017]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants within 120 days to, among others, specified health facilities, governmental health departments, and nonprofits for establishing or maintaining mobile testing programs for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and the virus that causes it. In awarding these grants, HHS must take into account certain state-based plans for COVID-19 testing and give priority to applicants that serve communities with limited access to transportation, medically underserved populations, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 08/11/2020

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SCHOOLS Act Safe Considerations of the Health Of Our Learning Students Act [HB-8150]
Requires a study on safety precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in schools. It also establishes a grant program to assist state educational agencies with implementing health and safety measures in schools. Specifically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must study and report on the safety precautions necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools. The study must address (1) the minimum criteria that a community needs to meet to reopen schools for full-time in-person instruction; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 09/01/2020

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