Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6379
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2020-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Africa
Aging
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Agricultural trade
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
American Samoa
Animal and plant health
Appropriations
Architect of the Capitol
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Army Corps of Engineers
Aviation and airports
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Coast guard
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Corporate finance and management
Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Debt collection
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Disaster relief and insurance
District of Columbia
Domestic violence and child abuse
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Family services
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Reserve System
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial literacy
Fires
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Forests, forestry, trees
General Services Administration
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Guam
HIV/AIDS
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Historical and cultural resources
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Hospital care
House of Representatives
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Humanities programs funding
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Landlord and tenant
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Legal Services Corporation
Library of Congress
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Low- and moderate-income housing
Manufacturing
Medicaid
Medical research
Medicare
Mental health
Mexico
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority health
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Multilateral development programs
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Guard and reserves
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
National Science Foundation
National and community service
Northern Mariana Islands
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nursing
Nutrition and diet
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Peace Corps
Performing arts
Pollution liability
Postal service
Preschool education
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Public participation and lobbying
Public transit
Public utilities and utility rates
Puerto Rico
Railroad Retirement Board
Railroads
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Self-employed
Senate
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Small Business Administration
Small business
Smithsonian Institution
Social Security Administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs
Supreme Court
Surgery and anesthesia
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade agreements and negotiations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Capitol
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment
Veterans' medical care
Violent crime
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 

Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act 

 
This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. 
 
The bill provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations for federal agencies to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. The supplemental appropriations are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. 
 
In addition, the bill 
 
 
 expands paid sick days, family and medical leave, unemployment compensation, and food assistance programs; 
 
 provides economic assistance payments of up to $1,500 per individual;
 
eliminates cost-sharing (e.g., deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments) for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines; 
 
requires health care facilities to implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect health care workers; 
 
 provides grants, loans, and other assistance to hospitals, small businesses, state and local governments, elementary and secondary schools, institutions of higher education, and airports; 
 
expands or establishes various tax credits; and
 
establishes requirements for early voting and absentee voting.
 
 
 The bill also modifies or expands a wide range of other programs and policies, including those regarding 
 
 
 Medicare and Medicaid, 
 
 medical product supplies, 
 
 housing, 
 
 student loans and financial aid, 
 
 the federal workforce, 
 
 veterans benefits
 
 environmental and consumer protection requirements,
 
the U.S. Postal Service, 
 
 aviation workers and the airline industry, and 
 
 pension and retirement plans. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 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.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 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.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: 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.
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-03-23
text: Introduced in House