US Congress House Bill 8266 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-2)
Status: Engrossed on November 18 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-18 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Modifies the federal cost share of certain emergency assistance relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill provides for (1) a 100% federal cost share of assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID-19 and any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it; and (2) at least a 90% federal cost share of assistance provided for any emergency or major disaster declared by the President from January 1-December 31, 2020. These provisions shall apply to funds appropriated on or after this bill's enactment. With respect to the emergency declaration issued on March 13, 2020, the President may provide assistance for activities, costs, and purchases of states, Indian tribal governments, or local governments, including, among other things backfill costs for first responders and other essential employees who are ill or quarantined; increased operating costs for essential government services due to such emergency; personal protective equipment and other critical supplies and services for first responders; and costs of procuring and distributing food to individuals affected by the pandemic. The bill (1) directs the President to provide financial assistance to meet disaster-related funeral expenses (subject to the availability of appropriations), and (2) authorizes specified assistance in advance. FEMA must enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to convene a committee of experts to study the use of certain assistance to respond to an emergency that does not cause physical damages. The bill extends by one year federal disaster assistance to individuals and households.

FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020

Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-18	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2020-11-17	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-11-17	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5847-5848)
2020-11-17	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8266.
2020-11-17	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5847-5849)
2020-11-17	House	Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2020-11-16	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.
2020-11-16	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-580.
2020-09-30	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2020-09-30	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2020-09-30	House	Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
2020-09-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2020-09-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2020-09-16	House	Introduced in House

HB6669 (Related) 2020-05-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
HB8406 (Related) 2020-09-29 - Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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.
SB4627 (Same As) 2020-09-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB4800 (Related) 2020-11-09 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8266/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8266/BILLS-116hr8266ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8266/BILLS-116hr8266rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr8266/BILLS-116hr8266eh.pdf