Congress 116 - HR 6318 - Urban Progress Act of 2020

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Adult education and literacy Advisory bodies Assault and harassment offenses Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Health and Human Services Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee hiring Employment and training programs Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Federal district courts Firearms and explosives Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Higher education Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Income tax credits Juvenile crime and gang violence Law enforcement administration and funding Licensing and registrations Mental health National Guard and reserves Performance measurement Personnel records Poverty and welfare assistance Preschool education Protest and dissent Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Retail and wholesale trades Smuggling and trafficking Teenage pregnancy Temporary and part-time employment U.S. Sentencing Commission Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Violent crime Vocational and technical education Wages and earnings Youth employment and child labor

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Urban Progress Act of 2020

This bill addresses economic development, employment opportunities, gun violence, and poverty. Among other provisions, the bill

makes permanent the work opportunity tax credit and increases it for employers who hire ex-felons;
establishes grants to promote commercial development in underserved communities, to provide career training programs, and to support summer employment opportunities for youth;
increases Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits when school is not in session for households with minor children;
increases the child tax credit for low-income taxpayers;
broadens the categories of prohibited persons who are barred from receiving or possessing firearms;
requires states to submit mental health and criminal history records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System;
prohibits firearm transfers between private parties unless a licensed dealer first conducts a background check;
requires gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms; and
prohibits licensed gun dealers from transferring firearms to unlicensed persons prior to background check completion.

Actions

Mar 23, 2020

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Small Business, Oversight and Reform, Agriculture, Rules, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 23, 2020

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