US Congress House Bill 6600 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-04-23 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in consultation with the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), to conduct a prize competition for institutions of higher education in order to incentivize research on point-of-care testing that is capable of detecting current or past infection with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and meets other specified criteria. The NIST must assist the NIH with the development of certain validation protocols and standards for the testing.

Point-of-Care Testing Prize Competitions Act of 2020

Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
2020-04-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
2020-04-23	House	Introduced in House

HB6924 (Related) 2020-05-19 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6600/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6600/BILLS-116hr6600ih.pdf