US HR6362

Bill

Public Health Emergency Shelter 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

To authorize emergency homeless assistance grants under the Emergency Solutions Grants program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for response to the public health emergency relating to coronavirus, and for other purposes. This bill authorizes additional grants under the Emergency Solutions Grants program to assist individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness and to otherwise address needs arising from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public-health emergency.

AI Summary

This bill authorizes additional grants under the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness and address needs arising from the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill provides $15.5 billion in funding for the ESG program and allows the use of these funds for activities like training on infectious disease prevention, hazard pay for staff working to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless, and reimbursement of eligible costs incurred before the bill's enactment. The bill also waives certain requirements, such as procurement standards and habitability and environmental review standards, to expedite the use of these emergency funds.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (9)

Ayanna Pressley (D)*, Earl Blumenauer (D), Suzanne Bonamici (D), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D), Joe Neguse (D), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D), Ilhan Omar (D), Maxine Waters (D),

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (on 03/23/2020)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6362/all-info

(6 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6362/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6362/BILLS-116hr6362ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6362/BILLS-116hr6362ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR6724	Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.	Related
HR6800	The Heroes Act	Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.	Related
HR7301	Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020	Received in the Senate.	Related
HRes1017	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 51) to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 1425) to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to provide for certain reinsurance payments to lower premiums in the individual health insurance market; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 5332) to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ensu	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
HRes967	Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 965) authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.B. 6800) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from May 19, 2020, t	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Similar To
S3856	Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.	Related

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