HR 1835 United States House · 117th Congress

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

Summary

COVID Community Care Act This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund and the Indian Health Service for implementing programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 in medically underserved communities and among tribal populations, respectively. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2021

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Introduced Mar 11, 2021 Last action Mar 11, 2021

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Mar 11, 2021

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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.

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Mar 11, 2021

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1 primary · 44 co-sponsors