| US | HB1044 | Engross | Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 This bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant vi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-03
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| US | HB1830 | Engross | National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-02
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HB7098 | Intro | Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2020 This bill modifies the boundary of Saguaro National Park in Arizona by adding approximately 1,150 acres to the park, and it requires the Department of the Interior to conduct a study to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-02
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 504. |
| US | HB3884 | Intro | MORE Act of 2019 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 This bill decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-02
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1244 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3884 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-67, modified by the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted. |
| US | HB1773 | Enroll | Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 This bill directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to Ro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-24
Presented to President. |
| US | HB3589 | Enroll | Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond, in recognition of his con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-24
Presented to President. |
| US | HB4104 | Enroll | Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the 100th annivers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-24
Presented to President. |
| US | HB4153 | Intro | Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to enter into arrangements for the sharing of medical facilities and services with urban Indian organiza...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-19
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492. |
| US | HB1049 | Intro | National Heritage Area Act of 2020 This bill establishes a National Heritage Areas System to recognize certain areas of the United States that tell nationally significant stories and to conserve, enhance, and interpret the areas' natural, historic, s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-19
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494. |
| US | HR1230 | Intro | Expressing support for a national day of mourning in recognition of the lives lost as a result of COVID-19.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-19
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB2117 | Engross | FASTER Act of 2020 Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2020 This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand data collection of information related to food allergies and specific allergens and revi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-18
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB8662 | Intro | Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-23
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HR1153 | Intro | Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent. This resolution condemns the performance of unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their informed consent and recognizes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-02
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HB4840 | Intro | Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified private or state lands or interests in land from willing sellers in order to expand the boundaries of the C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HB4078 | Engross | EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB3225 | Intro | Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2019
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 15. |
| US | HB1109 | Engross | Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2020 This bill provides specific statutory authority for the Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Educational Agency Grant Program that is administered by the Substance Abuse ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB1754 | Engross | Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 This bill recognizes the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority for purposes of developing and implementing a horseracing anti-doping and medication control program and a racetrack safety program. The ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB8420 | Intro | Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States and sets forth its powers, duties, and membership. Among other activities, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-29
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB4983 | Engross | To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the "Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic". This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-24
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB3010 | Engross | Honoring All Veterans Act This bill adds the following as a mission statement for the Department of Veterans Affairs: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise to care for those who shall have borne the battle and for their families, caregivers, and sur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-23
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1923 | Engross | Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue quarter-dollar coins in commemoration of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. The design o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-23
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| US | HB3160 | Engross | Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to take the 55.3 acres of land of the Blackwater Trading Post in Pinal County, Arizona, which is bordered and owned by the Gila River Indian Community of the R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-22
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB5309 | Engross | CROWN Act of 2020 Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020 This bill prohibits discrimination based on a person's hair texture or hairstyle if that style or texture is commonly associated with a particular race or national or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB8243 | Intro | Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act This bill modifies the boundary of the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona to include approximately 97.71 acres of identified Forest Service land. The bill transfers admin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-22
To House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands |
| US | HR1140 | Intro | Recognizing and celebrating the 70th anniversary of Impact Aid on September 30, 2020. This resolution recognizes and celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Impact Aid Program. The program provides funding to local educational agencies that have lost ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-22
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB2694 | Engross | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act This bill prohibits employment practices that discriminate against making reasonable accommodations for qualified employees affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. A qualified employee is an emp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB6016 | Intro | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14955 West Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona, as the "Marc Lee Memorial Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14955 West Bel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-16
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| US | HR1102 | Intro | Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to implement an agenda to Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy ("THRIVE").
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-16
To House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife |
| US | HB2639 | Engross | Strength in Diversity Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to specified educational agencies (e.g., local educational agencies) to develop or implement plans to improve diversity and reduce or eliminate racia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB8270 | Intro | I am Vanessa Guillen Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-16
To House Armed Services Committee |
| US | HR1110 | Intro | Supporting the announcements of the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain, and for other purposes. This resolution supports the announcem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-15
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1379 | Intro | Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover diagnosis and treatment services for congenital anomalies and birth defects, such as reconstructive services and prosthetics. Coverage must include services that f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-09
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB51 | Engross | Washington, D.C. Admission Act This bill admits certain portions of Washington, DC as the 51st state. The bill defines state as the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. TITLE I--STATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. Subtitle A--Procedures for Admission (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-08
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 522. |
| US | HB1425 | Engross | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act This bill establishes and provides funding for the Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund. States must use allocated funds to (1) issue reinsurance payments to health insurers (i.e., reimbur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-08
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 523. |
| US | HB8015 | Engross | Delivering for America Act This bill 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-08
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB2748 | Intro | SAFE Act Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act The bill requires the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change. Specifically, the bill requires the President to establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-01
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385. |
| US | HB5552 | Intro | Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020 This bill prohibits the incidental taking (e.g., capturing or killing) of migratory birds by commercial activities unless the activity is authorized under a permit or is identified as posing de minimis risk to mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-01
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386. |
| US | HB7876 | Intro | Polar Bear Cub Survival Act of 2020 This bill prohibits oil and gas activities within one mile of polar bear habitat on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as specified by the bill. Prohibited activities include exploration, deve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-24
To House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife |
| US | HB8075 | Intro | Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act This bill allows local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the Impact Aid Program to use the student count and federal property valuation data from their FY2021 program applications for their FY2022 program ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-21
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HR1082 | Intro | Expressing the sense of the House that the Department of Justice should defend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 119) and halt its efforts to repeal, sabotage, or undermine health care protections for milli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB886 | Pass | Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a Veterans Treatment Court Program to provide grants and technical assistance for state, local, and tribal governments to develop and maintain v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-08
Became Public Law No: 116-153. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB4348 | Intro | PAW and FIN Conservation Act of 2019 Protect America's Wildlife and Fish In Need of Conservation Act of 2019 This bill nullifies the 2019 rules relating to the listing of endangered or threatened species and the designation of critical habitats. Amon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-08-07
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376. |
| US | HB7027 | Engross | Child Care Is Essential Act This bill establishes and provides $50 billion in appropriations for the Child Care Stabilization Fund to award grants to child care providers during and after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-30
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| US | HCR109 | Intro | Expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2020, be observed as the 130th anniversary of the establishment of the 1890-Institutions. This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that (1) the 130th year anniversary of the 1890 Inst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-30
To House Agriculture Committee |
| US | HB2420 | Engross | National Museum of the American Latino Act (Sec. 4) This bill establishes the National Museum of the American Latino in the Smithsonian Institution. The purposes of the museum are to (1) illuminate Latino contributions to the story of the United Stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-29
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| US | HB7816 | Intro | Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the use of certain foreign assistance funds to provide comprehensive reproductive health care services in developing countries, including abortion services, training, and equipment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-29
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| US | HB4 | Engross | Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 This bill establishes new criteria for determining which states and political subdivisions must obtain preclearance before changes to voting practices in these areas may take effect. (Preclearance is the process ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-27
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 107, enrollment corrections on H.R. 4 have been made. |
| US | HB7806 | Intro | SOS Act Save our Stages Act This bill authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to eligible live venue operators, producers, promoters, or talent representatives to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-27
To House Small Business Committee |
| US | HB748 | Pass | Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. DIVISION A--KEEPI...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-23
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. |
