Mobilizing America to Help Act

Bill: 116-hr-6416
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2020-03-27
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Infectious and parasitic diseases

National and community service

Peace Corps

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Mobilizing America to Help Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the President to make Peace Corps volunteers available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a declared emergency period resulting from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6416 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2020 Mr. Quigley (for himself, Mr. Huffman , Ms. Haaland , and Ms. Schakowsky ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To direct the President to detail Peace Corps volunteers to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mobilizing America to Help Act . 2. Detail of Peace Corps volunteers to the Federal Emergency Management Agency The President shall exercise the authority provided for in section 5(h) of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2504(h) ) to detail or assign Peace Corps volunteers or otherwise make such volunteers available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency during an emergency period (as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1) )) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.