| SB1730 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to award grants to state or local governments, Indian tribes, or nonprofit organizations to (1) implement climate-resilient living shoreline projects; and (2) encourage innovation in the use...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-15
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631. |
| SB1636 | Engross
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the scope of new chemical exclusivity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-15
Held at the desk. |
| SB1341 | Intro
Sine Die | Adopts the California flammability standard as the federal standard for upholstered furniture. To meet the standard, the upholstered furniture must past a specific test of the materials' ability to resist smoldering when a heat source is applied.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-15
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 630. |
| SB1166 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a grant program for the establishment and expansion of facilities through which internet service providers and content delivery networks exchange internet traffic (internet exchange facilities) in unserved or underserved areas. Further, the b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-15
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629. |
| HB278 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Bureau of Reclamation to convey to Kennewick Irrigation District certain canals, laterals, and appurtenant works and lands, which begin at the district's head gate and extend 40 miles east to the Columbia River. The irrigation district is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-15
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 531. |
| HB8956 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Government Accountability Office to report on certain regulations promulgated during the period leading up to the inauguration of a new President, including major rules that may be subject to nullification under the Congressional Review ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB8965 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifies provisions of the new markets tax credit (NMTC). Specifically, it increases and extends the NMTC limitation through 2022 and allows a carryback of the credit for five years. The bill also exempts the NMTC from the 75% general business credit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB8952 | Intro
Sine Die | Expands the permissible uses of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Customer Protection Fund to include education initiatives and administrative expenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB8953 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to the general population.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB8960 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require large asset managers to establish Sustainable Investment Policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB8955 | Intro
Sine Die | To prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HB8966 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to state, tribal, territorial, and local health departments or nonprofits to disseminate information about COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), including regarding the safe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB8957 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish a grant program for training wind technicians, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB8962 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit States from registering individuals to vote in elections for Federal office who do not provide documentary proof of United States citizenship, to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Administration Committee |
| HB8964 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it a crime to intimidate, threaten, or coerce (or attempt to do so) an individual (i.e., an election official or a poll worker) for the purpose of interfering with their duties in administering elections. Violators are subject to criminal penal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB8959 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require retirement plans to establish Sustainable Investment Policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB8958 | Intro
Sine Die | To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish guidance for States on strategies for maternal care providers participating in the Medicaid program to reduce maternal mortality and severe morbidity with respect to individuals receivi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB8961 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend title 18, United States Code, to update the privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy interests while meeting law enforcement needs, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB8954 | Intro
Sine Die | To reform the process by which temporary nonagricultural workers' visas are allocated, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB8963 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to treat the District of Columbia the same as a State for purposes of such Acts, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| SB5014 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. For an ini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613. |
| SB4224 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress an analysis of border security technology along the Southwest border. The report shall address the technology DHS needs to (1) prevent terrorists from entering the United States...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 625. |
| SB4165 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals a provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that requires the Department of Homeland Security to promulgate regulations to minimize the excessive use by contractors of subcontractors or tiers of subcontractors to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623. |
| SB4153 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to evaluate the National Response Framework based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621. |
| SB4210 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to transfer personal protective equipment or medically necessary equipment to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during a declared public health emergency. These transfers must be made at ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624. |
| SB4158 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue, within 90 days, a public report on the security and resilience of the supply chain for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. This...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622. |
| SB3997 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to strengthen the security and integrity of the United States scientific and research enterprise.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 620. |
| SB3658 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an Office of Equal Rights and Community Inclusion (OERCI) within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). OERCI shall be responsible for improving underserved community access to disaster assistance and improving the quality of ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619. |
| SB3451 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the definition of major food allergen for purposes of certain food-labeling requirements to specifically include sesame. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must report on certain information related to food allergy resea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Held at the desk. |
| HB6196 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes several changes to trademark law, such as by providing new mechanisms for opposing and canceling trademark registrations at the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and by making it easier to secure an injunction. The bill authorizes a third party...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 530. |
| SB3038 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Management Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to publish an annual report on a DHS website on projects that have used innovative procurement techniques within DHS to accomplish specified goals. Such goals are improvi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618. |
| SB2967 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations of the United States. The commission shall, among other things, provide a forum for discussing ways to improve the administration and coordination of federal grant-in-aid, regulatory, tax, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 617. |
| SB2722 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of federal funds for publicity, propaganda, swag, or mascots, with exceptions. Swag is a product or merchandise distributed at no cost with the sole purpose of advertising or promoting an agency, organization, program, or agenda. Ea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 616. |
| HB4764 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB4679 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Government Accountability Office to examine efforts by the Regional Fishery Management Councils, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare and adapt fisheries for the impacts of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 527. |
| HB4139 | Intro
Sine Die | Adjusts the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park in Texas to include the approximately 166.44 acres of land identified on the map titled "PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Proposed Boundary Addition, Fort Brown ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526. |
| HB4135 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of the Interior to remove the statue of Albert Pike near Judiciary Square in the District of Columbia using nonfederal funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 525. |
| SB2315 | Engross
Sine Die | Includes subcontractors and subgrantees within the scope of provisions providing for whistleblower protection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Held at the desk. |
| SB2162 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire at least 600 new Border Patrol agents each fiscal year until the total number of agents meets the staffing requirements identified in a 2017 executive order. CBP shall report to the Government Accou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 615. |
| SB1031 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the U.S. Coast Guard to implement regulations related to the safety of amphibious passenger vessels, including during severe weather emergencies. Operators of amphibious passenger vessels are required to provide reserve buoyancy for such vess...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Held at the desk. |
| SB633 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (commonly known as the "Six ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Held at the desk. |
| HB1313 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes periods of performance for the use of public transportation security assistance grant funds. Additionally, the bill allows such grants provided for operational purposes to be used to backfill positions when employees attend security train...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626. |
| SB92 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking. Specifically, the bill establishes a congressional approval process for a major rule. A major rule may only take effect if Congress approves of the rule. A major rule is a rule...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 614. |
| HB244 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming (western states) to relinquish state land grant parcels wholly or primarily within eligible areas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-14
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524. |
| SB5011 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides economic assistance to small businesses impacted by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), including through (1) the designation of specified amounts for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, (2) the establishment of a S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB5012 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for criminal and civil liability for an interactive computer service that willfully or recklessly promotes or facilitates child exploitation, to amend section 230 of the Communic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB5013 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend requirements for awarding the National Medal of Science, the National Medal of Arts, and the National Technology and Innovation Medal, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB8945 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assistance, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management |
| HB8943 | Intro
Sine Die | To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply of equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19, to elevate the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency as the head of the COVI...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management |
| HB8949 | Intro
Sine Die | To authorize the President to provide disaster assistance to States and Indian Tribes under a major disaster recovery program, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-11
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management |
