| SB4971 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the "Jim Ramstad Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Held at the desk. |
| SB4857 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the "Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Held at the desk. |
| SR729 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the importance of the Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the Bosnian War and brought peace to the region, and condemns human rights abuses that took place during the conflict
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (text: 09/30/2020 CR S5982-5983) |
| SB3248 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) through FY2029. The bill also directs (1) USADA to promote a positive youth sport experience by providing educational materials on sportsmanship, character building, and healthy perfor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Held at the desk. |
| HB5598 | Intro
Sine Die | Withdraws approximately 234,328 acres of federal land and waters in a specified area in the Rainy River Watershed of Superior National Forest in Minnesota from entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 556. |
| HB5347 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of the Interior to establish a Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program. Under the program, Interior must provide grants to assist communities that have experienced a significant decline in quantity or quality...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555. |
| HB5153 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a permanent program within the Department of the Interior to develop and promote tribal ownership and management of buffalo and buffalo habitat on Indian lands. Specifically, the bill requires Interior to (1) enter into contracts, award g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 554. |
| HB4891 | Intro
Sine Die | Addresses water management infrastructure and improvement, groundwater management, and water conservation and environmental restoration in certain western states. Specifically, the bill increases the authorization of appropriations to fund research a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 558. |
| HB4479 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the annual cap on permits for alien workers entering the Northern Mariana Islands to work in the construction and extraction occupations. Specifically, DHS shall increase the cap by 3,000 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560. |
| HB4299 | Intro
Sine Die | Reauthorizes the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program through FY2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 553. |
| HB3879 | Intro
Sine Die | Sets forth and revises provisions regarding special recreation permits for use by individuals and groups to engage in recreational activities on federal recreational lands and waters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 562. |
| SB2165 | Engross
Sine Die | A bill to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Held at the desk. |
| HB3797 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a new, separate registration process to facilitate medical marijuana research. Specifically, it directs the Drug Enforcement Administration to register (1) practitioners to conduct medical marijuana research, and (2) manufacturers and dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB3794 | Intro
Sine Die | To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 561. |
| HB3723 | Intro
Sine Die | Reauthorizes through FY2025 a grant program for constructing desalination projects. The bill also revises the program, including by requiring the prioritization of projects that maximize energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 552. |
| SB1982 | Pass | A bill to improve efforts to combat marine debris, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Became Public Law No: 116-224. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB1782 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to share contact information for suicide prevention resources with students. If IHEs distribute student identification cards, then they must include on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Held at the desk. |
| SB1681 | Engross
Sine Die | A bill to educate health care providers and the public on biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Held at the desk. |
| HB2610 | Engross
Sine Die | 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, which must create model educational ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| SB1069 | Pass | Provides statutory authority for and revises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Digital Coast program. (The program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Became Public Law No: 116-223. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB945 | Pass | Requires certain issuers of securities to establish that they are not owned or controlled by a foreign government. Specifically, an issuer must make this certification if the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is unable to audit specified repo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Became Public Law No: 116-222. (TXT | PDF) |
| SB910 | Pass | Reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the National Sea Grant College Program, through which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) supports university-based programs that focus on studying, conserving, and effectively using U.S....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Became Public Law No: 116-221. (TXT | PDF) |
| HB1922 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, health flexible spending arrangements, and health...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 559. |
| SB481 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to award grants to states and tribal organizations to install carbon monoxide alarms in (1) the homes of low-income families and older adults, (2) facilities that commonly serve children or older adults,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Held at the desk. |
| HB1162 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes permanent, and otherwise revises, the Bureau of Reclamation's grant program for the funding of water recycling and reuse projects. The bill removes priority under the program for projects in areas that, in the preceding four-year period, have b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 551. |
| HB1031 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of the Interior to take approximately 700 acres of land in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, if the tribe transfers title to that land to the United States. The land i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 550. |
| HB733 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Department of Agriculture to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 11,760 acres of identified federal land in the Chippewa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 549. |
| HB644 | Intro
Sine Die | Ratifies and modifies the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement negotiated between the Navajo Nation, the United States, and Utah. The agreement gives the Navajo Nation the right to use water from sources located within Utah and adjacent to o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 557. |
| HB9001 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a Member of Congress convicted of certain felony offenses relating to sexual abuse shall not be eligible for retirement benefits based on that individual's Member service, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Administration Committee |
| SB5055 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to protect immigrant families, combat fraud, promote citizenship, and build community trust, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HR1269 | Intro
Sine Die | Calling on the President of the United States to take Executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Education and Labor Committee |
| HB9009 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the transparency of the process of the National Library of Medicine in listing and delisting journals in MEDLINE (or any other current or successor databases or indices), and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
| SB5041 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB9013 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend title 11 of the United States Code to dispense with the requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SR804 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement with Taiwan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB5045 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to reform the treatment of multiemployer plans, to ensure the ability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to provide guaranteed benefits...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB5057 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to permit voluntary economic activity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB5051 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB9014 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 to modify certain membership and other requirements of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| SB5040 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a strategy of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to address the global climate change crisis, improve the energy and resource efficiency of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| SB5052 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to increase fairness and transparency in algorithmic eligibility determinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB9016 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year pilot program to furnish doula services to pregnant veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system. The program must furnish doula services through eligible entities by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| HB9021 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to modernize Federal nursing home protections and to enhance care quality and transparency for nursing home residents and their families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB8999 | Intro
Sine Die | To require the speeches and schedules of the heads of executive agencies to be made publicly available, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| SB5061 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to authorize a grant program for the development and implementation of housing supply and affordability plans, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee |
| HB9020 | Intro
Sine Die | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expedite the processing of claims for disability compensation by veterans affected by major disasters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| SB5050 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide grants for deployment of renewable fuel infrastructure, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee |
| SB5056 | Intro
Sine Die | A bill to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide for ocean-based climate solutions to reduce carbon emissions and global warming, to make coastal communities more resilient, and to provide for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee |
| HB9017 | Intro
Sine Die | To temporarily allow a deduction for the trade or business expenses of employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| HB9005 | Intro
Sine Die | To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-17
To House Energy And Commerce Committee |
