US Congress House Bill 7308 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 136-12)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Pending: House Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, the Interior, and Health and Human Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation, and Environmental Protection Agency to provide support for research regarding COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or research disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Support under this bill shall be provided through federal science agencies with at least $50 million in basic and applied research obligations in FY2020. Support may be used to provide supplemental funding to extend the duration of a grant to a research institution or national laboratory that was awarded prior to the enactment of this bill, or to expand the purposes of such a grant as specified; provide supplemental funding through existing competitively awarded cooperative agreements and contracts to cover the increased costs of construction of scientific facilities and equipment that have been delayed because of COVID-19; and award grants and cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education to conduct research on the behavioral, social, or economic effects of COVID-19 and the responses to the disease or on the effectiveness of such responses. Agencies must provide the support as rapidly as possible. Provided funds shall remain available for expenditure for up to two years.

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Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. James Baird [R-IN]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
2020-07-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2020-07-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2020-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
2020-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
2020-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
2020-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
2020-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
2020-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
2020-06-24	House	Introduced in House

SB4286 (Same As) 2020-12-15 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7308/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7308/BILLS-116hr7308ih.pdf