US Congress House Bill 8010 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on August 11 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands the authorities and responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with respect to federal responses to public health and other emergencies and the Strategic National Stockpile. Specifically, the bill expands the responsibility of HHS to lead federal public health and medical responses to expressly include national disasters or emergencies declared under presidential authorities. Additionally, the bill provides authority for HHS to deploy the Strategic National Stockpile in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), rather than as required by DHS.

HEALTH Act of 2020 Health Emergencies Are Literally Tenets of HHS Act of 2020

Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]

Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]

Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
2020-08-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2020-08-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, 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.
2020-08-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, 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.
2020-08-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, 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.
2020-08-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8010/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8010/BILLS-116hr8010ih.pdf