US HR6724

Bill

Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020

Introduced
05/05/2020

In Committee
05/05/2020

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 program to assist individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness and to address needs arising from the COVID-19 public health emergency. It provides $11.5 billion in funding, allows for a range of eligible activities such as infectious disease prevention training and hazard pay for staff, and waives certain requirements related to procurement, habitability, and environmental reviews for emergency shelters. The bill also exempts the use of these funds from the usual consultation, citizen participation, and matching requirements for the Emergency Solutions Grants program.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (31)

Ayanna Pressley (D)*, Joyce Beatty (D), Ami Bera (D), Don Beyer (D), Earl Blumenauer (D), Cheri Bustos (D), David Cicilline (D), Debbie Dingell (D), Chuy García (D), Vicente Gonzalez (D), Alcee Hastings (D), Jahana Hayes (D), Denny Heck (D), Jared Huffman (D), Pramila Jayapal (D), Eddie Johnson (D), Stephen Lynch (D), Jim McGovern (D), Joe Neguse (D), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D), Ilhan Omar (D), Bill Pascrell (D), Mark Pocan (D), Jamie Raskin (D), Michael San Nicolas (D), Linda Sánchez (D), Mary Gay Scanlon (D), Adam Schiff (D), Rashida Tlaib (D), Maxine Waters (D),

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (on 05/05/2020)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6724/all-info

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6724/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6724/BILLS-116hr6724ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6724/BILLS-116hr6724ih.pdf.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
HR6321	Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Small Business, the Judiciary, and Agriculture, 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.	Related
HR6362	Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.	Related
HR6379	Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, 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.	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
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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