Economic Justice Act

Bill: 116-s-5065
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2020-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Aging
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Building construction
Business education
Business investment and capital
Business records
Buy American requirements
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Credit and credit markets
Debt collection
Department of Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Digital media
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Family services
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Floods and storm protection
Food assistance and relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Gulf of Mexico
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor standards
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Libraries and archives
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Medical education
Mental health
Metals
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority employment
Minority health
National and community service
Natural disasters
Nursing
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Telecommunication rates and fees
Unemployment
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Women in business
Women's employment
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: 

Economic Justice Act

 
This bill provides emergency funding to address economic disparities and the impact of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in communities, particularly with respect to low-income and minority populations.
 
Among other programs, the bill provides funding for child care, health services, job training, family support services, small businesses, and housing, as well as for hospital, school, and broadband infrastructure. The bill also includes provisions that raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, incentivize Medicaid expansion, establish a tax credit for first-time homebuyers, and institute clean water and air programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S7713-7806)
action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate