Support Working Families Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7846
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2020-07-29
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Child care and development

Child health

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Support Working Families Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill expands access to pandemic unemployment assistance for individuals with caregiving responsibilities when, due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), a school or facility is closed or only partially open, care is not available or affordable during the hours of available work, or attending a school or facility presents an unacceptable risk to a child or household.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7846 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2020 Ms. Porter (for herself and Ms. Sánchez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To ensure access to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance for workers who are unable to obtain child and family care, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support Working Families Act of 2020 . 2. Clarification of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance eligibility for primary care­giv­ing Section 2102(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(dd) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(dd)) is amended by striking that is closed as a direct result of the COVID–19 public health emergency and inserting because the school or facility is closed or only partially reopened due to COVID–19, because child or family care is not available or affordable during the hours work is available due to COVID–19, or because physical attendance at the school or facility presents an unacceptable health risk for the household or the individual in need of care due to COVID–19, .