Rep. Brian Higgins

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District HD-NY-26
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 53

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US Congress 116th Congress

COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020 [HB-6559]
Requires the Department of Labor to promulgate both an emergency temporary occupational safety or health standard and a permanent standard to protect certain employees from occupational exposure to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). These standards apply to health care sector employees, paramedic and emergency medical services employees, and other employees identified as having an elevated risk for exposure. Further, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must collect and make public information regarding employee exposure (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 04/21/2020

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COVID-19 Earned Income Act [HB-6762]
Sets forth a special rule for determining the amount of the earned income tax credit and the refundable portion of the child tax credit. Specifically, the bill allows a taxpayer to use the earned income of the preceding taxable year in computing such credits if such income is greater than the income for the current taxable year (i..e., 2020).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Higgins Introduced In House on 05/08/2020

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American Opportunity Student Tax Relief Act of 2020 [HB-6749]
Increases the dollar amounts of the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning tax credits for taxable years beginning in 2020 and increases the refundable portions of such credits. It also expands the tax exclusion for Pell Grants and makes such expanded exclusion retroactive to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. The bill also allows a tax exclusion beginning in 2020 for any emergency financial aid grant amount received by a student in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 05/08/2020

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To amend the CARES Act to provide forbearance and foreclosure moratoriums for all mortgage loans, and for other purposes. [HB-6741]
To amend the CARES Act to provide forbearance and foreclosure moratoriums for all mortgage loans, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 05/08/2020

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Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020 [HB-6697]
Modifies the Paycheck Protection Program implemented by the Small Business Administration in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to include certain entities and exclude certain individuals. Specifically, the bill expands the program to encompass organizations with 300 or fewer employees that (1) operate under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (other than a professional football league), or (2) are a destination marketing organization engaged in promoting communities and facilities to businesses and leisure travelers. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 05/05/2020

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ACCESS Act Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act [HB-6487]
(1) provides appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center Program of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop telehealth capacity for certain nursing facilities, and (2) directs other activities to increase access to telehealth services in such facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. HRSA shall award grants, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, to skilled (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/14/2020

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Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020 [HB-6820]
To provide emergency rental assistance under the Emergency Solutions Grants program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in response to the public health emergency resulting from the coronavirus, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 05/12/2020

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COVID–19 Language Access Act [HB-6623]
Requires each federal agency that receives federal assistance related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic to translate any English language written material prepared for the general public relating to the pandemic into specified languages not later than seven days after such material is made available in English. Such languages shall include, at a minimum, the following: Spanish, Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Haitian Creole, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Russian, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese, Greek, Polish, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E403) on 04/28/2020

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To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program that provides financial assistance to sports facilities, museums, and community theaters, and for other purposes. [HB-7023]
Requires the Department of the Treasury to implement a program to provide financing of at least $1 billion for loans related to losses incurred as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to certain community-owned or private businesses that have contractual obligations for making lease, rent, or bond payments for publicly owned sports facilities, museums, and community theaters. Terms for such loans shall include (1) a 15-year term, (2) no requirement to provide collateral or a guaranty, and (3) a maximum loan amount of $25 million. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Introduced In House on 05/27/2020

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Paycheck Recovery Act of 2020 [HB-6918]
Directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a paycheck recovery program to provide grants for certain small businesses and employers that have lost revenue because of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to pay wages and fixed expenses such as rent, utilities, and safety equipment. Treasury shall award such grants to employers that have experienced revenue losses above a 10% gross receipts threshold or to small businesses that employ 20 or fewer individuals and have annual gross receipts of less than $3 million. Recipients shall receive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 05/19/2020

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