| 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] | 2020-12-02
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7183-7187) |
| 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 | HB7990 | Engross | FENTANYL Results Act Fighting Emerging Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting Results Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-30
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | HB8294 | Engross | National Apprenticeship Act of 2020 This bill provides statutory authority for the registered apprenticeship program within the Department of Labor (DOL), provides for related grant programs, and contains related provisions. The bill provides statuto...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB8823 | Intro | To prohibit the use of nonlethal rounds by Federal law enforcement officers in certain contexts, and to discourage the use of such munitions by State and local law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| 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 | HB8820 | Intro | PASS Act Pandemic Accommodation to Support Students Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-24
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| 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 | HB8782 | Intro | To prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-19
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB2466 | Engross | State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2020 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the State Opioid Response Grants program that is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-18
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions 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 | HB2610 | Engross | Fraud and Scam Reduction Act This bill expands activities to address mail, telephone, and internet fraud, particularly such scams targeting older adults, Indian tribes, or tribal members. The bill establishes a Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Group,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-18
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| US | HR1227 | Intro | Recognizing and honoring Dawn Wooten and the integral role that whistleblowers play in holding accountable those that endanger members of the public and violate this Nation's laws, often at great personal expense and risk.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB2328 | Intro | Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Community Health Center Fund, which provides enhanced funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-17
House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 31, 2020. |
| US | HR1219 | Intro | Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 8, 2020, as "National Apprenticeship Week".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-12
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HR1213 | Intro | Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the naming of new or undedicated facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs after women veterans and minority veterans in order to reflect the diversity of all who have served in the Ar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-11-12
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HR1209 | Intro | Expressing support for Supreme Court decisions affirming the constitutionally protected right of same-sex couples to marry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB8109 | Intro | Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act of 2020 This bill restricts the political activities of the members of the Postal Service Board of Governors, including the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General. Specifically, the bill prohibits (1) ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-27
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 462. |
| US | HB8691 | Intro | Save Education Jobs Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-27
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB8664 | Intro | PPE for Safe Schools Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-23
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB8639 | Intro | Mental Health Justice Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-20
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB5572 | Engross | Family Support Services for Addiction Act of 2020 This bill directs the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to certain nonprofits to develop or expand services for individuals with substance use disorders and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HJR90 | Engross | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to "Community Reinvestment Act Regulations". This joint resolution nullifies a rul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-19
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 48. Record Vote Number: 201. |
| US | HB7718 | Engross | Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB8609 | Intro | Protect Peaceful Protests Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-19
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management |
| US | HB8595 | Intro | To nullify the effect of Executive Order 13950 relating to combating race and sex stereotyping.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-16
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| US | HB8598 | Intro | Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | HB8559 | Intro | Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-09
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB8550 | Intro | Students Helping Young Students Act of 2020 This bill expands the federal work-study programs at institutions of higher education to include work-study programs that compensate students employed in the educational after-school, before-school, or out-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-09
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB8546 | Intro | Fair Drug Prices for Kids Act This bill allows states to apply the requirements of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program to covered outpatient drugs under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-06
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| US | HB2981 | Intro | Parren Mitchell Minority Business Education and Empowerment Act of 2019 This bill requires the Small Business Administration to award grants through FY2022 to historically black colleges and universities to (1) establish entrepreneurship curricula fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-02
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Mfume asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2981, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cummings, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HB1966 | Intro | Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019 This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to complete a study reviewing how federal agencies address barriers to participation in federally-funded cancer clinical trials by individua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-02
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Mfume asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1966, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cummings, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. |
| 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 | HB7673 | Intro | Represent America Abroad Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of State to establish the Represent America Mid-Career Foreign Service Entry Program to increase diversity in the Foreign Service by recruiting mid-career professionals who are fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-01
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB4764 | Engross | TRANSPLANT Act of 2020 Timely ReAuthorization of Necessary Stem-cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-01
Received in the Senate. |
| US | HB8436 | Intro | Equal Health Care for All Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-01
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5120) |
| US | HB8470 | Intro | Federal Correctional Facilities COVID-19 Response Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-10-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB2075 | Engross | School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2020
[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 | HB4996 | Engross | Helping MOMS Act of 2020 Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act of 2020 This bill allows states to provide one year of postpartum coverage under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). (Current law requires 60 days of post...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB5469 | Engross | Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB4078 | Engross | EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| 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 | HB6957 | Intro | National Guard COVID-19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat full-time National Guard duty performed in response to the national emergency with respect to COVID-19 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity |
| US | HB7420 | Intro | Voices for Veterans Act This bill expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Among other responsibilities, the committee advises the Department of V...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations |
| US | HB7293 | Engross | STANDUP Act of 2020 Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB8468 | Intro | STRONG Act of 2020 Supporting Teachers with Residency Opportunities and New Grants Act of 2020 This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Teacher Quality Partnership program and otherwise revises the program to allow certain undergraduate students wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| US | HB8451 | Intro | Know Your Home Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-09-30
To House Financial Services Committee |
