WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 6534) to "include reasonable costs for high-speed Internet service in the utility allowances for families residing in public housing." The bill was introduced on April 17 and has 18 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass., Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala., Bobby L. Rush, D-Ill., Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., Joe Neguse, D-Colo., Susie Lee, D-Nev., Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., S  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (H.R. 6541) to amend the Public Health Service Act "to provide for maintaining adequate supplies in Strategic National Stockpile." The bill was introduced on April 17 and has 37 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Conn., Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif., Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., Ann Kuster, D-N.H., Raul M. Grijalva  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 6609) to "provide for the immediate procurement of COVID-19 medical testing components, materials, and supplies under the Defense Production Act of 1950." The bill was introduced on April 23 and has 28 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Anthony G. Brown, D-Md., Judy Chu, D-Calif., Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., has introduced legislation (H.R. 6611) "making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic." The bill was introduced on April 23 and has 31 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Rick Allen, R-Ga., Jim Baird, R-Ind., Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., Rick Crawford, R-Ark., Jim Hagedorn, R-Minn., Trent Kelly, R-Miss., Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., Roger W. Marshall, R-Kan., David Ro  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Va., has introduced legislation (H.R. 6559) to "require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to promulgate an emergency temporary standard to protect employees from occupational exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)." The bill was introduced on April 21 and has 29 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Donna Shalala, D-Fla., Joe Courtney, D-Conn., Frederica S. Wilson, D-Fla., J  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., has introduced legislation (H.R. 6550) to amend the Federal Credit Union Act "to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from the COVID-19 emergency." The bill was introduced on April 17 and has 16 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Don Young, R-Alaska, Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif., Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, Paul Cook, R-Calif., Jah  more