Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-6611
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2020-04-23
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Appropriations

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Department of Agriculture

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Executive agency funding and structure

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2020-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides $50 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support agricultural producers impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.</p> <p>The supplemental appropriations are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.</p> <p>USDA may not apply any payment limitations to payments made to producers using funding provided by this bill, except to ensure that the total payments made to producers do not exceed the total damages related to the COVID-19 pandemic. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6611 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2020 Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Allen , Mr. Baird , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Hagedorn , Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mrs. Hartzler , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Cuellar , Mrs. Axne , Mr. Bost , Mr. Abraham , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Woodall , Mr. Yoho , Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Soto , Mr. Dunn , and Ms. Schrier ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations , and in addition to the Committee on the Budget , 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 A BILL Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

1. Appropriation for USDA to respond to COVID-19 pandemic (a) In general There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2020 for an additional amount for the Department of Agriculture—Office of the Secretary , $50,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID–19 pandemic by providing support for agricultural producers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, provided that the Secretary shall not apply any limitation on payments made to producers using funding provided under this section, except to ensure that total payments made to producers do not exceed total damages related to the COVID–19 pandemic, as determined by the Secretary. (b) Emergency designation The amount appropriated by subsection (a) is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall only be available if the President subsequently so designates such amount and transmits such designation to the Congress.