HOUSE 3019117th CongressReferred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

COVID–19 Memorial Quilt Act of 2021

Last Action: 5/7/2021

Actions

2021-05-07Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
2021-05-07Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
2021-05-07Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E481-482)
2021-05-07Introduced in House
2021-05-07Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2021-05-07 (00)

COVID-19 Memorial Quilt Act of 2021

This bill directs the Smithsonian Institution and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to jointly carry out a project to be known as the "COVID-19 Pandemic Memorial Quilt Project" to honor and remember Americans who have lost their lives to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

The bill establishes the Congressional Advisory Panel on Honoring Victims of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The panel shall develop and submit a plan to carry out the memorial quilt project.

Cosponsors (18)

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Ed Case (D-HI)
David Cicilline (D-RI)
DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
Mike Levin (D-CA)
Gwen Moore (D-WI)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

Subjects

Advisory bodies
Art, artists, authorship
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal-Indian relations
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Historical and cultural resources
Humanities programs funding
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Library of Congress
Monuments and memorials
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Capitol

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