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Jobs and Justice Act of 2020

Introduced: September 23, 2020 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 24, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Sep 24, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Sep 24, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Sep 24, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Sep 24, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Sep 23, 2020

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, the Budget, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, House Administration, Natural Resources, Oversight and Reform, Rules, Science, Space, and Technology, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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.

Sep 23, 2020

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jobs and Justice Act of 2020

This bill addresses a wide variety of domestic policy matters and focuses on economically distressed communities, opportunities for minorities and the disadvantaged, and civil rights enforcement. Included in the programs and requirements affected are those concerning the following areas:

workforce development, including job training and wage standards;
economic development, including through assistance to minority businesses;
antipoverty measures, including programs to specifically address child poverty and persistent poverty;
housing and savings matters, including housing affordability, discrimination, homelessness assistance, tenant protections, public housing funding, home ownership and foreclosure mitigation, and lead-safe housing;
savings and consumer finance, including financial literacy and lending discrimination;
public contracting;
infrastructure development;
job training for youth and older Americans;
veterans' and military family benefits;
health care coverage and access, including Medicare and Medicaid coverage;
small business investment and commercial investment in underserved areas, including through tax benefits;
elementary and secondary education, including education of girls and minorities and teacher preparation;
higher education access, including through community college attendance;
science, technology, and information security education;
law enforcement officer conduct, resources and administration, juvenile justice, sentencing procedures, hate crimes, correctional facilities, and firearms sales and possession;
election administration and voting rights; and
environmental, agriculture, and energy matters, including climate change, environmental justice, and energy efficiency and transition to alternative and renewable resources.