Black History is American History Act [HB-6902]
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs that include the history of peoples of African descent in the settling and founding of America, the economic and political environments that led to the development, institutionalization, and abolition of slavery and its impact on all Americans, the exploration and expansion of America, impact on and contributions to the development and enhancement of American life, United States history, literature, the economy, politics, body of laws,
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HB-6902: Black History is American History Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/15/2020
Moving Forward Act [HB-2]
Addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Among other provisions, the bill extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2021 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs; reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2025 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs; addresses climate change, including strategies
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HB-2: Moving Forward Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate. on 07/20/2020
Coronavirus Health Care Worker Wellness Act of 2020 [HB-7255]
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to health care providers to establish or expand programs dedicated to promoting mental wellness among their health care workers, including contractors, on the front lines of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and for other purposes.
HB-7255: Coronavirus Health Care Worker Wellness Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 06/18/2020
SAFE Workers Act Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act [HB-7485]
Requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to provide employees with the ability to vote remotely by telephone or the internet in union representation elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.The bill further permits the NLRB's use of appropriations to issue directives or regulations providing for electronic voting methods.
HB-7485: SAFE Workers Act Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 07/02/2020
Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act [HB-4104]
Directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 400,000 half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Negro National League, a professional baseball league that was formed in response to African-American players being banned from baseball's major leagues. The design of the coins shall be emblematic of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and its mission to promote tolerance, diversity, and inclusion. Only during a one-year period beginning
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Infectious Disease Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Act [HB-7531]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase Federal efforts to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies with respect to the spread of infectious diseases, and for other purposes.
HB-7531: Infectious Disease Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020
Earned Income and Child Tax Credits Outreach Act of 2020 [HB-7551]
Directs the Department of the Treasury, in January of 2021 and January of 2022, to carry out a public outreach program to inform individual taxpayers of their potential eligibility for the earned income and child tax credits. The Inspector General for Tax Administration of Treasury must study the outreach program and make recommendations for improving it.
HB-7551: Earned Income and Child Tax Credits Outreach Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020
Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act [HB-7499]
To prevent an unintended drop in Social Security benefits due to COVID-19 and the application of the National Average Wage Index, and improve Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits on an emergency basis.
HB-7499: Social Security COVID Correction and Equity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020
Protect Access to Birth Control Act [HB-7517]
Nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement that their health insurance plans cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing.
HB-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020