MONARCH Act of 2020 Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2020 [HB-5920]
Provides support for the conservation of western monarch butterflies (the monarch butterfly population that overwinters along the coast of California and breeds across California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah). Specifically, the bill establishes the Western Monarch Butterfly Rescue Fund. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use amounts in the fund to provide grants for the conservation of such butterflies. In addition, USDA must transfer amounts from the fund to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to implement
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HB-5920: MONARCH Act of 2020 Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 03/05/2020
ABLE Age Adjustment Act [HB-1814]
Increases from 26 to 46 the age threshold for tax-favored ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts. (ABLE accounts are designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses. To establish an account, an individual must have a qualifying impairment that began before the individual attained the age threshold.)
HB-1814: ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/18/2019
BEST Act Better Energy Storage Technology Act [HB-2986]
Addresses grid-scale energy storage systems. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research and development program for energy storage systems, components, and materials across multiple program offices of DOE, including analyzing the need for various types of energy storage to improve electric grid resilience and reliability; develop a five-year strategic plan that identifies research, development, demonstration, and commercial application goals for the program; support the standardized testing and validation
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HB-2986: BEST Act Better Energy Storage Technology Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Science, Space, And Technology. H. Rept. 116-472. on 08/07/2020
Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020 [HB-5929]
Requires an issuer of securities to disclose information related to expenditures for political activities. Specifically, issuers must disclose quarterly any such expenditure, including by identifying any candidate the expenditure was made in relation to and any trade association or other tax exempt organization that received dues or other payments that may be used for political activities. Annually, issuers must report on expenditures for political activities made in the previous year over $10,000 and information related to anticipated expenditures
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HB-5929: Shareholder Political Transparency Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-632. on 12/08/2020
Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020 [HB-5884]
Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to nonprofit and governmental entities to provide free legal assistance to eligible low-income tenants at risk of, or subject to, eviction.
HB-5884: Legal Assistance to Prevent Evictions Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/13/2020
Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2019 [HB-4129]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low-vision devices under Medicare in the same manner as Medicare coverage is provided for durable medical equipment. The bill defines low-vision device to mean a physician-prescribed device that magnifies, enhances, or otherwise augments or interprets visual images; the term does not include ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses. The bill appropriates $2.5 million for FY2020 and each of the next four fiscal years
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HB-4129: Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/31/2019
Veterans’ Right to Breathe Act [HB-4574]
Provides a presumption of service connection to burn pit-exposed veterans for certain diseases. Under a presumption of service connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. A burn pit-exposed veteran is a veteran who was supporting a contingency operation on or after January 1, 1990, and was stationed at a location where an open burn pit (an area used for burning solid waste in open
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HB-4574: Veterans’ Right to Breathe Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 10/14/2019