| HB9024 | Intro
Sine Die | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for an option under which a person to whom a document is sent may elect to use the United States Postal Service's Signature Confirmation service or Priority Mail Signature Confirmation Restricte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB5042 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require high-ranking officers to provide adequate disclosure of debts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB5048 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to improve compliance with mine safety and health laws, empower miners to raise safety concerns, and prevent future mine tragedies, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB5044 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB9000 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that military departments conduct ongoing training programs regarding human relations, diversity, equity, and inclusion for members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of DOD, and contract employ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB8978 | Intro
Sine Die | To establish the Office for the Equitable, Transparent, and Accountable Puerto Rico Reconstruction, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management |
| SB3287 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes or modifies provisions to provide for standardized government-wide financial management requirements. Each agency Chief Financial Officer must oversee and provide leadership in the areas of budget formulation and execution, planning and p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Held at the desk. |
| HB5821 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes survey requirements for, and enforcement mechanisms against, certified hospice programs under Medicare. Specifically, certified programs must undergo periodic surveys by a state, local, or approved accreditation agency, as specified; the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 544. |
| HB5307 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 Nicol Avenue in Thomasville, Alabama, as the "Postmaster Robert Ingram Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Became Public Law No: 116-220. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB5120 | Intro
Sine Die | Addresses pipeline safety with respect to natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes appropriations through FY2023 for pipeline safety activities; prioritizes assessment methods for transmission pipelines th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 545. |
| HB5062 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9930 Conroy Windermere Road in Windermere, Florida, as the "Officer Robert German Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Became Public Law No: 116-219. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB4975 | Pass | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1201 Sycamore Square Drive in Midlothian, Virginia, as the "Dorothy Braden Bruce Post Office Building."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Became Public Law No: 116-218. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB2513 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the primary government agency investigating an act of terrorism to submit to Congress an unclassified report within one year after the agency completes its investigation. The agency shall conduct such investigation in collaboration with the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Held at the desk. |
| HB4347 | Intro
Sine Die | To enhance the Federal Government's planning and preparation for extreme weather and the Federal Government's dissemination of best practices to respond to extreme weather, thereby increasing resilience, improving regional coordination, and mitigatin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546. |
| SB1387 | Engross
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the service obligation verification process for TEACH Grant recipients, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Held at the desk. |
| HB473 | Pass | Authorizes the establishment on federal land in the District of Columbia of the Every Word We Utter Monument in commemoration of the women's suffrage movement and the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Became Public Law No: 116-217. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB123 | Intro
Sine Die | Reauthorizes a pilot program for an alternative credit rating system for use by mortgage lenders. Specifically, the program provides credit information about borrowers who have insufficient credit histories for purposes of determining their creditwor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 547. |
| HB149 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for testing to detect housing discrimination and awards grants to study the causes and effects of such discrimination. Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must conduct a nationwide testing program to (1) detec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 548. |
| HB8974 | Intro
Sine Die | To increase the principal obligation limits for mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act for residences in eligible metropolitan cities and urban counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB8979 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the defense of qualified immunity in civil actions for deprivation of rights. Qualified immunity is a judicially created doctrine that protects government employees or those acting with state authority from being held personally liable for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB8989 | Intro
Sine Die | To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study on the feasibility, benefits, and costs of using a distributed ledger system in the post-trade clearing and settlement process, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB5038 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of a household under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee |
| SB5028 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require each authorized committee or leadership PAC of a former candidate for election for Federal office to disburse all of the remaining funds of the committee or PAC after the election, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee |
| HB8987 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Public Health Service Act to incentivize the manufacture of certain medicines in the United States and to enhance the security of the United States pharmaceutical supply chain, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SB5029 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish and carry out two grant programs to make grants to eligible institutions to plan and implement programs that provide comprehensive support services and resources designed to increase transfer a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB8988 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the base erosion minimum tax rate for taxable years ending in 2020.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| SB5032 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to modify venue requirements relating to bankruptcy proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB5037 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to provide a hardship waiver for certain overpayments of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB5026 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of Press Freedom to advance the protection and well-being of members of the press abroad and to engage with foreign governments and global press freedom organizations concerning freedom of the press and of expression. The Gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB8980 | Intro
Sine Die | To provide for the resentencing and expungement of nonviolent offenses for individuals adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB5039 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the automatic extension of certain deadlines in the case of taxpayers affected by federally declared disasters, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB5035 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide matching payments for retirement savings contributions by certain individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB8982 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the Federal Open Market Committee to establish interest rates on balances maintained at a Federal Reserve Bank by depository institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB8983 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts certain privately held, noncustody brokers and dealers in good standing from specified audit report requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| HB8984 | Intro
Sine Die | To ensure that the operations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System remain independent from the credit policy of the United States, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Financial Services Committee |
| SB5033 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support college students to meet satisfactory academic progress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| HB8994 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Department of Education Organization Act to permit appeals of certain determinations made by the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education made with respect to complaints filed between March 5, 2018, and November 18, 2018.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB8991 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of voting systems in elections for Federal office whose hardware and software components are not manufactured and maintained in the United States or which are produced by foreign entities...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Administration Committee |
| HB8977 | Intro
Sine Die | To require employers to provide training to employees whose jobs are in danger of being changed or replaced due to technology, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| SB5025 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to provide competitive grants for the promotion of Japanese American confinement education as a means to understand the importance of democratic principles, use and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the importance of cultural tolera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| HB8993 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out an intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Homeland Security Committee |
| HB8981 | Intro
Sine Die | To prohibit discrimination on the basis of mental or physical disability in cases of anatomical gifts and organ transplants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SB5030 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to provide for negotiations for the establishment or designation of a trust fund administered by the international community for the prevention and reduction of marine debris, including marine plastic pollution, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| HB8995 | Intro
Sine Die | To require the Secretary of Energy to establish programs for carbon dioxide capture, transport, utilization, and storage, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Science, Space, And Technology Committee |
| HB8990 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to permit default investment arrangements in annuities, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| SB5027 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to eligible State, Tribal, and territorial public health agencies to develop and administer a program for digital contact tracing for COVID-19, and for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB5034 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to empower communities to establish a continuum of care for individuals experiencing mental or behavioral health crisis, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| SB5024 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish the National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization Council, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB8976 | Intro
Sine Die | To clarify access to courts of the United States for persons seeking redress for a violation of a constitutional right by the United States or any agent, person, or entity acting in the name of the United States, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB8985 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make an exception to the 100 shareholder S corporation limitation in the case of shareholders whose shares were acquired through certain crowd-funding or small public offerings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-16
To House Ways And Means Committee |
