A resolution to constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.
- Last Action
- 2/3/2021
Actions
- 2021-01-22Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-01-22Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-01-22 (00)
Health Force, Resilience Force, and Jobs to Fight COVID-19 Act of 2021
This bill establishes and expands programs to bring on individuals to perform public health functions, such as contact tracing and vaccine administration, to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency and meet future public health needs.
The bill provides funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a Health Force. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. To establish the force, the CDC must award grants within 30 days to state, tribal, territorial, and local governments and community health centers to recruit and train individuals for roles in public health and health care.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must hire and train additional individuals for its Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees. These employees may be detailed to certain federal agencies or to state, local, or tribal governments to support response efforts related to COVID-19 or other disasters or emergencies.
Cosponsors (15)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee hiring
- Employee leave
- Employment and training programs
- Federal-Indian relations
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Foreign labor
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Health personnel
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