Urban Progress Act of 2020
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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.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on March 23, 2020. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on March 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.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 116th Congress (2019-20), 344 of the 14,345 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.4 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Robin Kelly (D-IL) introduced it on March 23, 2020. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 23, 2020, 2362 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2362 days ago, on March 23, 2020.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 116th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2021 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers