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House Bill 6201
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Became Law
Amendments
Became Law
Became Public Law 116-127 on Mar 18, 2020
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Democrat
Introduced
Mar 11, 2020
Latest Action
Mar 19, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
6201
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Nita Lowey
New York
Democrat
Rosa DeLauro
Connecticut
Democrat
Sanford Bishop Jr.
Georgia
Democrat
Richard Neal
Massachusetts
Democrat
Collin Peterson
Minnesota
Democrat
Frank Pallone
New Jersey
Democrat
Bobby Scott
Virginia
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (1)
checkPassed on March 14, 2020
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
102
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Families First Coronavirus Response Act

This bill responds to the coronavirus outbreak by providing paid sick leave and free coronavirus testing, expanding food assistance and unemployment benefits, and requiring employers to provide additional protections for health care workers.

Specifically, the bill provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for nutrition and food assistance programs, including

  • the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
  • the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP); and
  • nutrition assistance grants for U.S. territories.

The bill also provides FY2020 appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for nutrition programs that assist the elderly.

The supplemental appropriations provided by the bill are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.

The bill modifies USDA food assistance and nutrition programs to

  • allow certain waivers to requirements for the school meal programs,
  • suspend the work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program), and
  • allow states to request waivers to provide certain emergency SNAP benefits.

In addition, the bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an emergency temporary standard that requires certain employers to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect health care workers.

The bill also includes provisions that

  • establish a federal emergency paid leave benefits program to provide payments to employees taking unpaid leave due to the coronavirus outbreak,
  • expand unemployment benefits and provide grants to states for processing and paying claims,
  • require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees,
  • establish requirements for providing coronavirus diagnostic testing at no cost to consumers,
  • treat personal respiratory protective devices as covered countermeasures that are eligible for certain liability protections, and
  • temporarily increase the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP).
Text (4)
Enrolled Bill
Engrossed in House
March 18, 2020
Received in Senate
March 17, 2020
Introduced in House
March 11, 2020
Amendments (5)
Displaying only amendments with a detailed public record (3)
Mar 18, 2020
Not Agreed to in Senate
3
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1559
To provide Americans with paid sick time and paid leave so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
Active
Mar 18, 2020
Not Agreed to in Senate
12
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1558
To strike Federally mandated sick pay and paid family leave and replace it with financial support provided through State administered unemployment insurance systems and funds.
Active
Mar 18, 2020
Not Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1556
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require a social security number for purposes of the child tax credit, to provide the President the authority to transfer funds as necessary, and to terminate United States military operations and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan.
Active
Actions (18)
03/19/2020
Engrossment Correction
03/18/2020
Became Public Law No: 116-127.
03/18/2020
Signed by President.
03/18/2020
Presented to President.
03/18/2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
03/18/2020
Passed Senate, under the order of 3/18/20, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 8. Record Vote Number: 76.
03/18/2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, under the order of 3/18/20, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 8. Record Vote Number: 76.
03/18/2020
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1790-1796)
03/17/2020
Received in the Senate, read twice.
03/14/2020
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 6201.
03/14/2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
03/14/2020
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 363 - 40, 1 Present (Roll no. 102). (text: CR H1675-1687)
03/14/2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 363 - 40, 1 Present (Roll no. 102).
03/14/2020
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6201.
03/14/2020
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1675-1691)
03/14/2020
Mrs. Lowey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
03/11/2020
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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.
03/11/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Aug 25, 2022 6:29:12 PM
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