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Introduced
09/08/2020
09/08/2020
In Committee
09/08/2020
09/08/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 1
AI Summary
This bill, the COVID Community Care Act, seeks to implement a comprehensive program to prevent and respond to COVID-19 in medically underserved communities. The key provisions include: providing diagnostic and serological testing, contact tracing, distributing personal protective equipment, facilitating voluntary isolation and quarantine, and conducting a culturally and linguistically appropriate public awareness campaign. The Secretary of Health and Human Services will provide grants to faith-based, community, and non-profit organizations, as well as eligible institutions of higher education, to carry out these components. The bill also directs the Secretary to implement a similar program specifically for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Additionally, the bill defines key terms such as "essential worker" and "medically underserved communities."
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
Sponsors (61)
Barbara Lee (D)*,
Nanette Barragán (D),
Karen Bass (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
Anthony Brown (D),
G. Butterfield (D),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
André Carson (D),
Joaquin Castro (D),
Judy Chu (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Katherine Clark (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Lou Correa (D),
Sharice Davids (D),
Danny Davis (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Lloyd Doggett (D),
Eliot Engel (D),
Chuy García (D),
Vicente Gonzalez (D),
Al Green (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Debra Haaland (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Hank Johnson (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Carolyn Maloney (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Frank Pallone (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Katie Porter (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Dutch Ruppersberger (D),
Michael San Nicolas (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Terri Sewell (D),
Albio Sires (D),
Adam Smith (D),
Bennie Thompson (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Peter Welch (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 09/08/2020)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8192/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8192/BILLS-116hr8192ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8192/BILLS-116hr8192ih.pdf.pdf |
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