• Small Business Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Rules Committee• Financial Services Committee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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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.
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Introduced in House
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.
Introduced in House
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.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdult education and literacyAdvisory bodiesAssault and harassment offensesChild care and developmentChild healthChild safety and welfareCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal district courtsFirearms and explosivesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHigher educationHomelessness and emergency shelterHousing and community development fundingIncome tax creditsJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingLicensing and registrationsMental healthNational Guard and reservesPerformance measurementPersonnel recordsPoverty and welfare assistancePreschool educationProtest and dissentPublic-private cooperationResearch administration and fundingRetail and wholesale tradesSmuggling and traffickingTeenage pregnancyTemporary and part-time employmentUnemploymentU.S. Sentencing CommissionVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationViolent crimeVocational and technical educationWages and earningsYouth employment and child labor
Urban Progress Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-6318| House
| Updated: 3/23/2020
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.
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Introduced in House
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.
Introduced in House
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.
• Small Business Committee• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Rules Committee• Financial Services Committee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdult education and literacyAdvisory bodiesAssault and harassment offensesChild care and developmentChild healthChild safety and welfareCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal district courtsFirearms and explosivesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHigher educationHomelessness and emergency shelterHousing and community development fundingIncome tax creditsJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingLicensing and registrationsMental healthNational Guard and reservesPerformance measurementPersonnel recordsPoverty and welfare assistancePreschool educationProtest and dissentPublic-private cooperationResearch administration and fundingRetail and wholesale tradesSmuggling and traffickingTeenage pregnancyTemporary and part-time employmentUnemploymentU.S. Sentencing CommissionVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationViolent crimeVocational and technical educationWages and earningsYouth employment and child labor