Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act

Bill: 116-hr-14
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Aging
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
American Samoa
Appropriations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business education
Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Census and government statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Chemical and biological weapons
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability assistance
Disaster relief and insurance
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Family services
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal preemption
Federal-Indian relations
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food assistance and relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Guam
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Indian social and development programs
Industrial policy and productivity
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Intergovernmental relations
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Labor market
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Marriage and family status
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Northern Mariana Islands
Nuclear weapons
Nursing
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Photography and imaging
Prescription drugs
Product development and innovation
Product safety and quality
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Public-private cooperation
Puerto Rico
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Retail and wholesale trades
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: 

Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act

 
This bill provides funding for various public health programs and activities and revises multiple provisions, including within the tax code, to respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and otherwise address health outcomes.
 
The bill specifically makes changes to support pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains; prevent diversion of controlled substances; increase access to telehealth services under Medicare; and expand various public health programs to address health disparities, maternal and infant health, and behavioral health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2020-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Introduced in House