US Congress House Bill 6560 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: Introduced on April 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-04-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency by increasing volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and employment opportunities at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and requiring the re-enrollment of Peace Corps volunteers whose service ended involuntarily on March 15, 2020, or earlier for volunteers who were serving in China and Mongolia. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 Americorps programs; increases recruitment levels of its volunteers to 500,000 in FY2020-FY2022; sets the minimum compensation for Americorps volunteers, beginning in FY2020, at 200% of the poverty line applicable to a family of one; and requires FEMA to appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 10,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees above the level of such employees in FY2019 to address the COVID-19 emergency.

UNITE Act of 2020 Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020

Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]
Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2020-04-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2020-04-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2020-04-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
2020-04-21	House	Introduced in House

SB3642 (Related) 2020-05-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6560/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6560/BILLS-116hr6560ih.pdf