WORK NOW Act
Summary
Work Opportunities and Resources to Keep Nonprofit Organizations Well Act or the WORK NOW Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a grant program to provide emergency relief to certain nonprofit organizations, prioritizing organizations that provide services related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Organizations receiving funding must use not less than 60% of these funds to hire former and new employees.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 11, 2021
Last action Mar 11, 2021
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Committee
1
Mar 11, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
Co
Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Ron Wyden
DDemocratic
Co
Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
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