Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Bill: 116-hres-935
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2020-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional agencies
Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Retail and wholesale trades
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2020-04-22
text: 
This resolution establishes the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform to investigate, study, and report to the House of Representatives on its findings, including
 
 
 the efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and transparency of the use of taxpayer funds and relief programs to address the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) crisis;
 
 reports of abusive practices related to the coronavirus crisis;
 
 the implementation or effectiveness of any federal law applied, enacted, or under consideration to address the coronavirus crisis and prepare for future pandemics;
 
preparedness for and response to the coronavirus crisis;
 
 the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis on individuals, communities, small businesses, health care providers, states, and local government entities;
 
 any disparate impacts of the coronavirus crisis on different communities and populations and the measures taken to address the disparate impacts;
 
 executive branch policies, deliberations, decisions, activities, and internal and external communications related to the coronavirus crisis;
 
 the protection of whistleblowers who provide information about improper activities related to the coronavirus crisis; and
 
 cooperation by the executive branch and others with Congress, the Inspectors General, the Government Accountability Office, and others in connection with oversight of the preparedness for and response to the coronavirus crisis.
 
 
 

action_date: 2020-04-23
text: 
This resolution establishes the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform to investigate, study, and report to the House of Representatives on its findings, including
 
 
 the efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and transparency of the use of taxpayer funds and relief programs to address the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) crisis;
 
 reports of abusive practices related to the coronavirus crisis;
 
 the implementation or effectiveness of any federal law applied, enacted, or under consideration to address the coronavirus crisis and prepare for future pandemics;
 
preparedness for and response to the coronavirus crisis;
 
 the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis on individuals, communities, small businesses, health care providers, states, and local government entities;
 
 any disparate impacts of the coronavirus crisis on different communities and populations and the measures taken to address the disparate impacts;
 
 executive branch policies, deliberations, decisions, activities, and internal and external communications related to the coronavirus crisis;
 
 the protection of whistleblowers who provide information about improper activities related to the coronavirus crisis; and
 
 cooperation by the executive branch and others with Congress, the Inspectors General, the Government Accountability Office, and others in connection with oversight of the preparedness for and response to the coronavirus crisis.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-04-23
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 938, H. Res. 935 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H1953-1954; text: CR H1953-1954)
action_date: 2020-04-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 938, H. Res. 935 is considered passed House.(consideration: CR H1953-1954; text: CR H1953-1954)
action_date: 2020-04-23
text: Rule H. Res. 938 passed House.
action_date: 2020-04-23
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 938 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Res. 935 with 1 hour of general debate.
action_date: 2020-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2020-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-04-22
text: Introduced in House