| HR1251 | Intro
Sine Die | Expressing support for the designation of December 19, 2020, as "National Wreaths Across America Day".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| HB2477 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes a series of changes to, and requires additional notifications regarding, the Medicare enrollment process. Specifically, the bill changes the Medicare general enrollment period to October 15-December 31, and requires coverage to begin on the fir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HR549 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution reaffirms the House of Representatives' commitment to media diversity and expresses its pledge to eliminate barriers to such diversity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SJR78 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution prohibits the proposed foreign military sale of specified defense articles to the United Arab Emirates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 49. Record Vote Number: 262. |
| SB4460 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to waive existing eligibility requirements for a veteran to receive per diem payments for domiciliary care at a state home if the veteran has met at least four of such requirements (e.g., can feed himself...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| SJR77 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution prohibits the proposed foreign military sale of specified defense articles to the United Arab Emirates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 50. Record Vote Number: 261. |
| HB8235 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a single electronic system for all public court records that is publicly accessible for free. Under the existing Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system, users are ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1375 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide, in response to an inquiry from certain non-group health plans (e.g., liability insurers), whether an individual was enrolled in Medicare, Medicare Advantage, or the Medicare prescripti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB3632 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Transportation (DOT) from issuing a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption from certain air carrier certificate requirements under the United States-European Union Air Transport Agreement of April 2007, unless DOT find...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 521. |
| HB5756 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the provision of disaster assistance for critical services to solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care. Such assistance is also extended to any major disaster in Puerto Ric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522. |
| SB790 | Intro
Sine Die | Ratifies and confirms the actions of the Department of the Interior to take into trust approximately 17 acres of land in Cleveland County, North Carolina, for the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation. The land is made part of the Catawba Reservation....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607. |
| HB8918 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in coordination with the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to nonprofits, institutions of higher education, or consortia of these entities to promote healthy eating and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB8910 | Intro
Sine Die | To require a study of the barriers to conservation practice adoption on leased agricultural land, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB4992 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes measures to protect the human rights of journalists. Specifically, the bill (1) expands the scope of required reports related to violations of the human rights of journalists, (2) requires the President to impose certain property- and vis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB4989 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to allot funding to states and territories to improve 2-1-1 call systems. These systems connect callers seeking non-emergency assistance with appropriate local human services, such as homelessness ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB1811 | Engross
Sine Die | Addresses water resources infrastructure funding as well as Army Corps of Engineers projects for navigation, flood risk management, and ecosystem restoration. The bill removes from annual discretionary spending limits funds appropriated from the Harb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill. |
| SB4991 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to add a bankruptcy chapter relating to the debt of individuals, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB8925 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires states to count all ballots cast or received by early voting (e.g., early in-person voting or mail voting) prior to the date of the federal election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Administration Committee |
| HB8909 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture to review the national conservation practice standards, taking into consideration the climate benefits of such standards. Climate benefit is defined as a reduction i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB4986 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB4987 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Justice to award grants to nonprofit disability organizations to develop training programs for law enforcement officers who may encounter individuals with disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB8912 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the role of Chief Diversity Officer in the Department of State, modifies promotion, training, and mentorship at the State Department, and authorizes the submission of gap memos prior to a performance evaluation. A gap memo is a written re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HB8928 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish safety standards for portable generators.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB8914 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to permit certain non-designated clearinghouses access to a deposit account at a Federal reserve bank, to apply certain risk management standards to non-designated clearinghouses ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB8908 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Justice to collect and make publicly available certain information from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies about allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers, including the amounts of any relevant s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB4994 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to provide civil relief for victims of the disclosure of certain intimate images, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HCR126 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the commercial and power coordination provisions of the Columbia River Treaty between the United States and Canada be terminated. The Columbia River Treaty is an agreement between the United States...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SB4990 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services to study the validity and effectiveness of current methods used to determine if health information is not individually identifiable for purposes of federal privac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB683 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires professionals employed in debt adjustment cases involving Puerto Rico to file verified statements disclosing their connections with the debtor, creditors, and other interested parties before seeking compensation for their services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB8917 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization of the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| HB8161 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes grants to connect offenders transitioning from prisons or jails to the community with local reentry services. The Department of Justice (DOJ) may award grants to community-based nonprofits for community reentry centers. The centers must pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB8924 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat the lease for a dwelling unit under certain federally assisted housing programs as a simultaneous application for voter registration in elections for Federal office, to designate owners of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Administration Committee |
| SB4983 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, to combat human trafficking and to strengthen civil remedies for survivors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB8930 | Intro
Sine Die | Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property Act of 2020 or the E-QUIP Act allow straight line depreciation over a 10-year period of energy efficient qualified improvement property. The bill defines energy efficient qualified improvement property ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB4993 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in coordination with the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to nonprofits, institutions of higher education, or consortia of these entities to promote healthy eating and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB8921 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse health care providers for costs to obtain and operate certain equipment capable of maintaining cold storage of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB8920 | Intro
Sine Die | To establish a program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting the most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SB2891 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the use of wildlife corridors on Indian land to provide habitat or ecological connectivity and allow for fish, wildlife, or plant movement on such land. Specifically, the bill permits an Indian tribe to nominate a corridor within the land ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 605. |
| HB631 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB4988 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to provide for the modernization of electronic case management systems, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB8922 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit interactive computer service immunity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| HB8929 | Intro
Sine Die | To improve the procedures of the national instant criminal background check system in the case of firearm transfers by federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers before the completion of the related criminal background check, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB8911 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide public benefits to citizens of the freely associated states, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HB8919 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a strategy to improve its printing and mailing operations (excluding the mailing of prescription and over-the-counter drugs).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB8913 | Intro
Sine Die | To report data on COVID-19 immigration detention facilities and local correctional facilities that contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB4985 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish forestry policies that facilitate reforestation, conservation, international cooperation, and other ecologically sound management practices that reduce atmospheric carbon, to support United States efforts in partnership with the O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| HB8916 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| SB4138 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes permanent the Telework Enhancement Act Pilot Program in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The program allows USPTO employees to telework from locations across the United States; USPTO may cover any necessary travel expenses to and f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| HB8923 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure a health care practitioner exercises the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SR798 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses disapproval of the escalation of political tensions between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front into armed conflict, and it urges all parties to the conflict to (1) cease all violence; (2) eng...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-09
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
