Healthy and Safe Travel Promotion Act of 2020 [HB-7920]
Establishes grants and authorizes the use of certain funds to assist with economic recovery efforts in communities affected by declines in travel and tourism as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Commerce to provide grants to entities such as nonprofit organizations and state tourism offices that are responsible for marketing, selling, or promoting tourism to a community, region, or state. Such entities shall use grant funds to pay costs associated with (1) tourism marketing and
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HB-7920: Healthy and Safe Travel Promotion Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 08/03/2020
Girls LEAD Act Girls' Leadership, Engagement, Agency, and Development Act of 2019 [HB-6626]
Directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to jointly report to Congress a strategy to strengthen the participation of adolescents, particularly girls, in democracy, human rights, and governance. The State Department and the USAID shall (1) implement activities to achieve this goal, including activities to increase adolescent girls' civic and political knowledge and skills and address barriers to political participation; and (2) prioritize foreign assistance funding for democracy, human rights, and
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HB-6626: Girls LEAD Act Girls' Leadership, Engagement, Agency, and Development Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, And International Organizations. on 05/01/2020
Crack Down on Dark Money Act [HB-7525]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit 501(c)(4) entities from using more than 10 percent of total expenditures on certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.
HB-7525: Crack Down on Dark Money Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020
HOPE Act of 2020 Helping Open Properties Endeavor Act of 2020 [HB-7809]
Establishes an equity facility in the Department of the Treasury to assist commercial mortgage borrowers. Specifically, Treasury must guarantee the purchase by financial institutions of certain equity instruments backed by a commercial mortgage. The bill defines commercial mortgage as a mortgage loan secured by an interest in real property owned for rental income. Borrowers with reduced revenues from their commercial property may qualify for an amount not to exceed 10% of the outstanding amount owed on their commercial mortgage. The bill sets forth
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HB-7809: HOPE Act of 2020 Helping Open Properties Endeavor Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 07/29/2020
VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2020 [HB-7541]
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program for the purpose of improving safety and suicide care for veterans. The program must be implemented at five VA medical centers, including one that serves veterans in rural and remote areas.
HB-7541: VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Salud Carbajal
Committee Hearings Held. on 09/10/2020
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
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HB-7481: RESTART Act Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 07/02/2020
Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020 [HB-7691]
Allows states to provide pandemic unemployment assistance to individuals who earn a combination of regular wages and a minimum of $7,250 of self-employed annual income (1) instead of regular unemployment compensation if they are otherwise eligible, or (2) if they are still employed at their regular-wage job, but unable to earn self-employed income due to circumstances related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).Under current law, individuals earning such mixed income are only eligible for pandemic unemployment assistance if they are not
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HB-7691: Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Introduced In House on 07/20/2020
TRANSPLANT Act of 2020 Timely ReAuthorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies Act of 2020 [HB-4764]
Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2025 the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program, which provides support to patients who need a potentially life-saving bone marrow transplant or umbilical cord blood transplant. It also requires research and other activities related to stem cell therapies. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must conduct a periodic review of the science of using adult stem cells and birthing tissues in therapeutic treatments, and the National Institutes of Health must continue efforts to further the
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HB-4764: TRANSPLANT Act of 2020 Timely ReAuthorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 12/14/2020
Delivering for America Act [HB-8015]
Prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from making changes to operations or levels of service from those that were in effect on January 1, 2020, establishes requirements for the processing of election mail, and provides additional funding for the Postal Service Fund. (Sec. 2) Specifically, the USPS may not, during the period beginning on enactment of this bill and ending on the last day of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency or January 31, 2021, whichever is later, implement or approve any change to the operations
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HB-8015: Delivering for America Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate. on 09/08/2020