Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
- Last Action
- 3/11/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-11Referred 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.
- 2021-03-11Referred 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.
- 2021-03-11Introduced in House
- 2021-03-11Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-11 (00)
COVID Community Care Act
This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund and the Indian Health Service for implementing programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 in medically underserved communities and among tribal populations, respectively.
The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Cosponsors (20)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
- Robin Kelly (D-IL)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
- ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Blood and blood diseases
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Community life and organization
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Education programs funding
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Immunology and vaccination
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Marketing and advertising
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