US Congress House Bill 460

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes and expands programs to bring on individuals to perform public health functions, such as contact tracing and vaccine administration, to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency and meet future public health needs. The bill provides funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a Health Force. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. To establish the force, the CDC must award grants within 30 days to state, tribal, territorial, and local governments and community health centers to recruit and train individuals for roles in public health and health care. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must hire and train additional individuals for its Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees. These employees may be detailed to certain federal agencies or to state, local, or tribal governments to support response efforts related to COVID-19 or other disasters or emergencies.

Health Force, Resilience Force, and Jobs To Fight COVID–19 Act of 2021

Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2021-02-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2021-01-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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.
2021-01-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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.
2021-01-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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.
2021-01-25	House	Introduced in House

SB32 (Same As) 2021-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/460/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr460/BILLS-117hr460ih.pdf