3.0.0 7801 2023-01-11T13:45:49Z 2023-01-11T13:45:49Z House HR 2020-07-27 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 132 (Monday, July 27, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. FUDGE:H.R. 7801.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among theseveral states, and with the Indian tribes;[Page H3881]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2020-07-28T15:04:01Z Referred to 2020-07-27T13:01:10Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-07-27T13:01:05Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-07-27T13:01:00Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-07-27T13:00:54Z 2020-07-28 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Committee 2020-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2020-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2020-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2020-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2020-07-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-07-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000455 Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] Marcia Fudge D OH L. 11 N R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 40 2020-07-30 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2020-08-07 False T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2020-08-07 False Health Allied health services Cardiovascular and respiratory health Community life and organization Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Education programs funding Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment and training programs Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Hospital care Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military personnel and dependents Minority employment Minority health National Guard and reserves Nursing Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Youth employment and child labor Health 00 2020-07-27 Introduced in House 2021-04-16T23:39:50Z Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and otherwise expand the federal public health reserve corps, including by reactivating retired personnel, to assist with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts. This corps includes, among others, the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, the Medical Reserve Corps, and certain personnel of the Federal Emergency Management Agency appointed to respond to disasters and emergencies.

Specifically, HHS must award grants to governmental health departments to recruit and train personnel to serve in the federal public health reserve corps and assist with COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and treatment. To carry out these grants, health departments may establish partnerships with institutions that offer medical training and public health programs, giving priority to partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. HHS must also develop a training program, in consultation with the Department of Defense, that addresses activation and surge capacity of the reserve corps to respond to COVID-19.

In addition, HHS must award grants, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to local workforce development boards to develop career plans and other activities to facilitate the transition of reserve corps personnel to other health-related occupations.

]]> Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act Display Title Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to State, local, and Tribal public health departments to train and equip Federal public health reserve corps personnel to assist with testing, contact tracing, and treatment of COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Pandemic Community Reserve and Public Health Response Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr7801ih/xml/BILLS-116hr7801ih.xml 2020-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.