US Congress House Bill 6611 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 24-9)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-04-23 - Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides $50 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support agricultural producers impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The supplemental appropriations are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. USDA may not apply any payment limitations to payments made to producers using funding provided by this bill, except to ensure that the total payments made to producers do not exceed the total damages related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. James Baird [R-IN]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]
Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]
Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6611/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6611/BILLS-116hr6611ih.pdf