3.0.0 3763 2023-01-11T13:42:39Z 2023-01-11T13:42:39Z Senate S 2020-05-19 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-19T18:51:44Z Pandemic Responder Service Award Act 116 6953 HR 2020-05-19 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. Related bill CRS 2020-05-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-05-19 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-05-19 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-05-19 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-05-19 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-06-03 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-06-03 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2020-06-03 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-06-03 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-08-04 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-09-10 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-12-17 False Health Bank accounts, deposits, capital Business investment and capital Cardiovascular and respiratory health Cemeteries and funerals Disability and paralysis Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Employment and training programs Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Health personnel Higher education Home and outpatient care Hospital care Housing finance and home ownership Income tax exclusion Infectious and parasitic diseases Labor-management relations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Mental health Nursing Student aid and college costs Vocational and technical education Wages and earnings Health 00 2020-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-10T18:53:13Z Pandemic Responder Service Award Act

This bill establishes a monetary award for health care workers who provide eligible services during the COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The award may only be used by the worker or their dependents for specified purposes, such as repaying student loans or starting a business. Eligible services include, among others, emergency medical services, health care or patient care services, and mortuary services in environments that present an elevated risk of contracting COVID-19.

The maximum award amount is $10,000 in 2021, with amounts in subsequent years increased by cost-of-living adjustments. Recipients receive a percentage of that amount based on the number of days they provided eligible services during the pandemic.

The Department of the Treasury must establish application processes and guidelines for the award and maintain savings accounts for eligible health care workers or their dependents to receive distributions of award amounts.

]]> Pandemic Responder Service Award Act Display Title Pandemic Responder Service Award Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Pandemic Responder Service Award Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Pandemic Responder Service Award program to express our gratitude to front-line health care workers. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3763is/xml/BILLS-116s3763is.xml 2020-05-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.