United States 116th Congress Status: Died 1 D cosponsors

HR 6800 — The Heroes Act

Last action — Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

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Summary

Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. Among other things, the bill provides FY2020 emergency supplemental appropriations to federal agencies; provides payments and other assistance to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments; provides additional direct payments of up to $1,200 per individual; expands paid sick days, family and medical leave, unemployment compensation, nutrition and food assistance programs, housing assistance, and payments to farmers; modifies and expands the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans and grants to small businesses and nonprofit organizations; establishes a fund to award grants for employers to provide pandemic premium pay for essential workers; expands several tax credits and deductions; provides funding and establishes requirements for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing; eliminates cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatments; extends and expands the moratorium on certain evictions and foreclosures; and requires employers to develop and implement infectious disease exposure control plans. The bill also modifies or expands a wide range of other programs and policies, including those regarding Medicare and Medicaid, health insurance, broadband service, medical product supplies, immigration, student loans and financial aid, the federal workforce, prisons, veterans benefits, consumer protection requirements, the U.S. Postal Service, federal elections, aviation and railroad workers, and pension and retirement plans.

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Action History

  1. Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

  2. Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 455.

  3. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

  4. Received in the Senate.

  5. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  6. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 199 (Roll No. 109). (text: CR H2042-2220)

  7. On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 198 - 209 (Roll no. 108).

  8. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2254-2255)

  9. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule 19 further proceedings on H.R. 6800 were postponed.

  10. The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

  11. DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Riggleman motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to strike in subtitle A of title I of division B, section 20102 pertaining to Individuals Providing Taxpayer Identification Numbers Taken into Account in Determining Credit and Rebates.

  12. Mr. Riggleman moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Ways and Means. (text: CR H2253)

  13. The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  14. DEBATE - The House proceeded with two hours of debate on H.R. 6800.

  15. Rule provides for consideration of H. Res. 965 and H.R. 6800. Measures will be considered read. Bills are closed to amendments. Rule provides for one hour of debate on H. Res. 965 and two hours of debate on H.R. 6800.

  16. Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 967. (consideration: CR H2042-2253)

  17. Rule H. Res. 967 passed House.

  18. Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 967 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Res. 965 and H.R. 6800. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. Rule provides for one hour of debate on H. Res. 965 and two hours of debate on H.R. 6800.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. Introduced in House

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (546)

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Subjects

Economics and public finance Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Census and government statistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Child care and development Child health Community life and organization Computers and information technology Congressional agencies Congressional oversight Corporation for National and Community Service Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crimes against women Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Education Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Justice Department of Labor Department of State Department of Transportation Department of the Interior Department of the Treasury Disaster relief and insurance Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Election Assistance Commission Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Employee leave Employment and training programs Employment taxes Energy assistance for the poor and aged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental health Executive agency funding and structure Family services Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal officials First responders and emergency personnel Food assistance and relief Foreign language and bilingual programs Fraud offenses and financial crimes General Services Administration Government Accountability Office (GAO) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Government trust funds HIV/AIDS Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Home and outpatient care Homelessness and emergency shelter House of Representatives Housing and community development funding Housing discrimination Housing finance and home ownership Housing for the elderly and disabled Humanities programs funding Immunology and vaccination Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Inflation and prices Intergovernmental relations Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Internet and video services Law enforcement administration and funding Lawyers and legal services Legal Services Corporation Libraries and archives Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Manufacturing Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Medicaid Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Mental health Military medicine Minority health Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation National and community service Nursing Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Poverty and welfare assistance Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement Public housing Public transit Public-private cooperation Railroad Retirement Board Research administration and funding Research and development Roads and highways Self-employed Separation, divorce, custody, support Small Business Administration Small business Social security and elderly assistance State and local finance State and local government operations State and local taxation Strategic materials and reserves Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax treatment of families Tax-exempt organizations Teaching, teachers, curricula Telephone and wireless communication Transportation costs Transportation employees Transportation programs funding U.S. Postal Service U.S. territories and protectorates Unemployment User charges and fees Veterans' medical care Wages and earnings Worker safety and health Youth employment and child labor Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Architect of the Capitol Asia Blood and blood diseases Buy American requirements Caribbean area Chemical and biological weapons China Civil actions and liability Commuting Computer security and identity theft Consumer affairs Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Debt collection Digestive and metabolic diseases Disability and health-based discrimination Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Educational technology and distance education Emergency communications systems Federal-Indian relations Foreign aid and international relief Government buildings, facilities, and property Guam Hate crimes Health care quality Hospital care International organizations and cooperation Landlord and tenant Library of Congress Lighting, heating, cooling Marine and inland water transportation Medical education Military civil functions Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents Minority education Northern Mariana Islands Performance measurement Puerto Rico Retail and wholesale trades Rural conditions and development Telecommunication rates and fees Transportation safety and security Urban and suburban affairs and development Virgin Islands World health Adult day care Advanced technology and technological innovations American Samoa Bank accounts, deposits, capital Banking and financial institutions regulation Building construction Business records Cancer Consumer credit Credit and credit markets Crime victims Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Disability and paralysis Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Economic performance and conditions Evidence and witnesses Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Federal Reserve System Financial services and investments Government liability Housing supply and affordability Insurance industry and regulation Interest, dividends, interest rates Iran Judicial procedure and administration Law enforcement officers Licensing and registrations Marshall Islands Micronesia Middle East Minority and disadvantaged businesses National Credit Union Administration Neurological disorders North Korea Oceania Organized crime Palau Product development and innovation Solid waste and recycling Syria Temporary and part-time employment Terrorism Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' pensions and compensation Women in business Women's health Congressional elections Voting rights Allied health services Contracts and agency Employment discrimination and employee rights Family relationships Fires National Guard and reserves Television and film Congressional-executive branch relations Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Fruit and vegetables Nutrition and diet Assault and harassment offenses Border security and unlawful immigration Citizenship and naturalization Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign labor Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Immigration status and procedures Juvenile crime and gang violence Research ethics Scientific communication Visas and passports Business expenses Accounting and auditing Disability assistance Due process and equal protection Employee hiring Indian lands and resources rights Natural disasters Postal service Right of privacy
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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 6800 do?
Responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. Among other things, the bill provides FY2020 emergency supplemental appropriations to federal agencies; provides payments and other assistance to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments; provides additional direct payments of up to $1,200 per individual; expands paid sick days, family and medical leave, unemployment compensation, nutrition and food assistance programs, housing assistance, and payments to farmers; modifies and expands the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans and grants to small businesses and nonprofit organizations; establishes a fund to award grants for employers to provide pandemic premium pay for essential workers; expands several tax credits and deductions; provides funding and establishes requirements for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing; eliminates cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatments; extends and expands the moratorium on certain evictions and foreclosures; and requires employers to develop and implement infectious disease exposure control plans. The bill also modifies or expands a wide range of other programs and policies, including those regarding Medicare and Medicaid, health insurance, broadband service, medical product supplies, immigration, student loans and financial aid, the federal workforce, prisons, veterans benefits, consumer protection requirements, the U.S. Postal Service, federal elections, aviation and railroad workers, and pension and retirement plans.
Who sponsors HR 6800?
HR 6800 is sponsored by Nita Lowey (D).
What is the current status of HR 6800?
This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HR 6800?
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