3.0.0 3699 2023-01-11T13:42:41Z 2023-01-11T13:42:41Z Senate S 2020-05-12 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-12T22:21:03Z 2020-05-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-05-12 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-05-12 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-05-12 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-05-12 True Health Advisory bodies Cardiovascular and respiratory health Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Congressional oversight Economic performance and conditions Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Medical tests and diagnostic methods State and local government operations Travel and tourism Worker safety and health Health 00 2020-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-11T20:19:02Z America Forward Act of 2020

This bill establishes an America Forward Commission to create a strategy to reopen the economy in light of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

Specifically, the commission shall take steps that include

  • examining the tools and techniques necessary to ensure that federal, state, and local governments can diagnose, isolate, and mitigate the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19;
  • evaluating information-sharing policies and practices for essential information between government stakeholders;
  • developing recommendations concerning necessary materials;
  • evaluating proposals to strengthen the resilience of economic sectors and protect workers who are most vulnerable to disruption from viral pandemics; and
  • advising on best practices for strengthening international trade, business, and tourism in a manner that reduces the risk of foreign traveler-related transmission of viral disease.

The bill requires (1) the commission to submit its findings or recommendations to the White House Coronavirus Task Force and Congress and make them available to the public, and (2) the task force to respond in writing to the commission's recommendations or findings and make its response available to the public.

]]> America Forward Act of 2020 Display Title America Forward Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced America Forward Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the America Forward Commission to create a strategy to re-open the economy, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3699is/xml/BILLS-116s3699is.xml 2020-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.