House Bill 6379 - Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020

Purpose and Summary

Chamber: House

Introduced date: 2020-03-23

Recent Activity

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.

Alternative Names

Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act

Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act of 2020

COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention Act

Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2020

Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2020

Aviation Worker Relief Act of 2020

Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020

Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act

ACCESS Act

American Coronavirus/COVID-19 Election Safety and Security Act

COVID-19 Pandemic Education Relief Act of 2020

Financial Protections and Assistance for America's Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act

Emergency Coronavirus Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Act of 2020

COVID-19 Workers First Protection Act

Third Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

GROW Act

Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020

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Fair Housing Further Enforcement Emergency Act of 2020

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Facilitating Virtual Visitation for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2020

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Rapid Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccine Act of 2020

Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019

Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2019

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To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish a minimum period for early voting in elections for Federal office.

Economic Mobility Act of 2019

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Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Act

Covering our FAS Allies Act

National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2020

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Microloan Emergency Assistance Act of 2020

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To establish a Congressional COVID-19 Aid Oversight Panel, to authorize the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to coordinate audits and investigations in connection with the receipt of Federal aid related to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

To waive required minimum distribution rules for retirement plans in 2020.

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To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk, and for other purposes.

Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act

CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act

A bill to waive required minimum distribution rules for retirement plans in 2020.

Emergency Rental Assistance Act of 2020

To provide supplemental appropriations to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and for other purposes.

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To waive certain requirements with respect to in-person appraisals, and for other purposes.

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose risks related to global pandemics, and for other purposes.

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CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act

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COVID–19 National Service Response Act

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Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020

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Stop Health Premium Spikes Act of 2020

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking certain actions with respect to Medicaid supplemental payments reporting requirements, and for other purposes.

Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act

Financial Literacy Education Commission Emergency Response Act

To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to provide zero-interest loans to minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions to combat COVID-19, and for other purposes.

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To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of COVID-19.

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Financial Protections and Assistance for America’s Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act

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Tax Filing Relief for America Act

STEP Reimbursement Act of 2020

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COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020

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REEF Act

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Policy Areas

Economics and Public Finance

Potential Impact

Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Adoption and foster care

Africa

Aging

Agricultural marketing and promotion

Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Agricultural research

Agricultural trade

Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration

American Samoa

Animal and plant health

Appropriations

Architect of the Capitol

Armed Forces Retirement Home

Army Corps of Engineers

Aviation and airports

Bank accounts, deposits, capital

Canada

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Caribbean area

Child care and development

Child health

Child safety and welfare

Civil actions and liability

Coast guard

Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

Computer security and identity theft

Congressional agencies

Congressional oversight

Consumer credit

Corporate finance and management

Corporation for National and Community Service

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Crime victims

Crimes against women

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Debt collection

Defense spending

Department of Agriculture

Department of Commerce

Department of Defense

Department of Education

Department of Energy

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Justice

Department of Labor

Department of State

Department of Transportation

Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of the Interior

Department of the Treasury

Disaster relief and insurance

District of Columbia

Domestic violence and child abuse

Economic development

Economic performance and conditions

Education programs funding

Educational technology and distance education

Election Assistance Commission

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Electric power generation and transmission

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Emergency planning and evacuation

Employee leave

Employment and training programs

Energy assistance for the poor and aged

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental health

Executive agency funding and structure

Family relationships

Family services

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Federal Reserve System

Federal appellate courts

Federal district courts

Finance and Financial Sector

Financial literacy

Fires

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food assistance and relief

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Foreign aid and international relief

Foreign language and bilingual programs

Forests, forestry, trees

General Services Administration

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Government lending and loan guarantees

Government trust funds

Guam

HIV/AIDS

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Health technology, devices, supplies

Higher education

Historical and cultural resources

Home and outpatient care

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Hospital care

House of Representatives

Housing and community development funding

Housing discrimination

Housing finance and home ownership

Humanities programs funding

Immunology and vaccination

Indian social and development programs

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Interest, dividends, interest rates

Intergovernmental relations

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Judicial procedure and administration

Juvenile crime and gang violence

Landlord and tenant

Latin America

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Lawyers and legal services

Legal Services Corporation

Library of Congress

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Low- and moderate-income housing

Manufacturing

Medicaid

Medical research

Medicare

Mental health

Mexico

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Minority health

Motor carriers

Motor vehicles

Multilateral development programs

Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

National Guard and reserves

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

National Science Foundation

National and community service

Northern Mariana Islands

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Nursing

Nutrition and diet

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Peace Corps

Performing arts

Pollution liability

Postal service

Preschool education

Public contracts and procurement

Public housing

Public participation and lobbying

Public transit

Public utilities and utility rates

Puerto Rico

Railroad Retirement Board

Railroads

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Research administration and funding

Rural conditions and development

Securities

Self-employed

Senate

Separation, divorce, custody, support

Small Business Administration

Small business

Smithsonian Institution

Social Security Administration

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Solid waste and recycling

State and local finance

Student aid and college costs

Supreme Court

Surgery and anesthesia

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Telephone and wireless communication

Trade agreements and negotiations

Transportation employees

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

U.S. Capitol

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. territories and protectorates

Unemployment

Veterans' medical care

Violent crime

Virgin Islands

Wages and earnings

Water quality

Water resources funding

Water use and supply

Worker safety and health

Sponsors and Supporters

Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]

Cosponsors and Supporters

Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]

Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]

Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]

Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]

Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]

Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]

Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]

Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]

Committees and Subcommittees

Ways and Means Committee

Budget Committee

Appropriations Committee

Variations and Revisions

Zoe LofgrenNita M. LoweyFair Housing Enforcement Emergency Act of 2020STEP Reimbursement Act of 2020Ensuring Affordable Housing Security During the Coronavirus Emergency Act of 2020Relief for Small Businesses and Nonprofits ActTribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020Rental Eviction Moratorium Act of 2020To establish requirements on accelerated filers receiving Federal aid related to COVID-19, to establish requirements on all corporations until Federal aid related to COVID-19 is repaid, and for other purposes.

Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020

2/8/2022, 11:17 PM

Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act

This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. <...

Congress
116

Number
HR - 6379

Introduced on
2020-03-23

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/23/2020

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act

This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. <...

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedMaking emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Economics and Public Finance

Potential Impact
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Africa
Aging
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Agricultural trade
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
American Samoa
Animal and plant health
Appropriations
Architect of the Capitol
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Army Corps of Engineers
Aviation and airports
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Coast guard
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Corporate finance and management
Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Debt collection
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Disaster relief and insurance
District of Columbia
Domestic violence and child abuse
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Family services
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Reserve System
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial literacy
Fires
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Forests, forestry, trees
General Services Administration
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Guam
HIV/AIDS
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Historical and cultural resources
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Hospital care
House of Representatives
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Humanities programs funding
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Landlord and tenant
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Legal Services Corporation
Library of Congress
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Low- and moderate-income housing
Manufacturing
Medicaid
Medical research
Medicare
Mental health
Mexico
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority health
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Multilateral development programs
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Guard and reserves
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
National Science Foundation
National and community service
Northern Mariana Islands
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nursing
Nutrition and diet
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Peace Corps
Performing arts
Pollution liability
Postal service
Preschool education
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Public participation and lobbying
Public transit
Public utilities and utility rates
Puerto Rico
Railroad Retirement Board
Railroads
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Self-employed
Senate
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Small Business Administration
Small business
Smithsonian Institution
Social Security Administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs
Supreme Court
Surgery and anesthesia
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade agreements and negotiations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Capitol
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment
Veterans' medical care
Violent crime
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Worker safety and health

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary4/24/2020

Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act

This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. <...


Latest Action3/23/2020
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 jurisdic...