US HR6318

Bill

US HR6318

Urban Progress Act of 2020

Introduced
03/23/2020

In Committee
03/23/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To expand economic opportunities, improve community policing, and promote common-sense gun violence prevention in underserved communities, and for other purposes. 1

AI Summary

This bill, the Urban Progress Act of 2020, aims to: Expand economic opportunities in underserved communities by providing grants to develop financing packages for commercial investment, lower property taxes, conduct market analysis, create training programs, and hire business recruitment specialists. It also increases tax deductions for start-up and organizational expenditures. Improve community policing by expunging and sealing youth criminal records, coordinating federal, local, and tribal juvenile justice efforts, and providing grants to increase the racial diversity of law enforcement agencies. Promote common-sense gun violence prevention through measures like prohibiting firearm sales to high-risk individuals, requiring background checks for all firearm sales, and reporting on the public health effects of gun violence. The bill also includes provisions to address mental health, such as reauthorizing funding for priority mental health programs and requiring an annual report on adverse childhood experiences in communities facing civil unrest.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Robin Kelly (D)*,

Last Action

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. (on 03/23/2020)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6318/all-info

(6 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6318/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6318/BILLS-116hr6318ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6318/BILLS-116hr6318ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR1114	To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.	Related
HR1116	Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Related
S2036	Youth Summer Jobs and Public Service Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4634; text: CR S4634-4635)	Related
S4068	Background Check Completion Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related
S42	Background Check Expansion Act	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related
S730	Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Related

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