PASS Act Pandemic Accommodation to Support Students Act [HB-8820]
Directs the Department of Education (ED) to extend certain temporary relief related to federal student loans. Specifically, the bill extends to September 30, 2021, the suspension of payments and interest due on Federal Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loans that are held by ED. Further, ED must carry out a program, beginning on August 1, 2021, to provide at least six notices to borrowers that normal payment obligations will resume.
HB-8820: PASS Act Pandemic Accommodation to Support Students Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 11/24/2020
Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020 [HB-6142]
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other agencies to address maternal health outcomes among minority populations. HHS must (1) establish task forces to address social determinants of health, maternal mental and behavioral health, and other topics; and (2) award grants for maternal mortality review committees, innovative maternity care models, and other purposes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish a perinatal payment demonstration project. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the
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HB-6142: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/13/2020
BETTER Kidney Care Act Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients Kidney Care Act [HB-8254]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Under the program, renal dialysis facilities, kidney disease specialists, physician practices, and other health care practitioners may form an organization that partners with certain health care entities to provide integrated care to beneficiaries with ESRD. Such care must include all covered Medicare benefits as well as transition services for transplantations, palliative care, and hospice.
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HB-8254: BETTER Kidney Care Act Bringing Enhanced Treatments and Therapies to ESRD Recipients Kidney Care Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 09/15/2020
Freight RAILCAR Act of 2020 Freight Rail Assistance and Investment to Launch Coronavirus-era Activity and Recovery Act of 2020 [HB-8082]
Establishes a new tax credit for the replacement and modernization of qualified freight railcars. Specifically, it allows a credit for 50% of the sum of the qualifying replacement or modernization amount, the qualifying scrap amount, and the qualifying railcar facility and technology modernization amount. The bill defines qualified freight railcar as a freight railcar that meets significant improvement requirements for capacity, fuel efficiency, or performance.
HB-8082: Freight RAILCAR Act of 2020 Freight Rail Assistance and Investment to Launch Coronavirus-era Activity and Recovery Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 08/21/2020
You have voted HB-8082: Freight RAILCAR Act of 2020 Freight Rail Assistance and Investment to Launch Coronavirus-era Activity and Recovery Act of 2020.
Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2020 [HB-8918]
Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in coordination with the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to nonprofits, institutions of higher education, or consortia of these entities to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children in early care and education settings.
HB-8918: Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 12/09/2020
Calling on the President to invoke the Defense Production Act to respond to COVID-19. [HR-906]
This resolution calls on the President to (1) use all relevant authorities of the Defense Production Act to direct the domestic production of supplies to address COVID-19 (i.e., the coronavirus disease 2019), and (2) share specified information regarding the use of such authorities with Congress. (The Defense Production Act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.) The resolution also states that Congress stands ready to
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HR-906: Calling on the President to invoke the Defense Production Act to respond to COVID-19.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/23/2020
HR-496: Affirming that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 07/30/2019
You have voted HR-496: Affirming that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution..