3.0.0 3855 2023-01-11T13:46:19Z 2023-01-11T13:46:19Z Senate S 2020-06-01 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-01T22:48:44Z CORE Act 116 7076 HR 2020-06-01 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Education and Labor, Small Business, House Administration, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, 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. Identical bill CRS 2020-06-01 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-06-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-06-01 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-06-01 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-06-01 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-06-01 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-06-01 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2020-06-01 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-06-01 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-06-01 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-06-01 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-06-01 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-06-01 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-06-01 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2020-06-01 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-07-22 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Afghanistan Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Architect of the Capitol Asia Banking and financial institutions regulation Business expenses Cardiovascular and respiratory health Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Civil actions and liability Congressional agencies Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Labor Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Evidence and witnesses Executive Office of the President Family relationships Federal officials Financial crises and stabilization Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government Accountability Office (GAO) Government Publishing Office (GPO) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Judicial review and appeals Law enforcement officers Library of Congress Licensing and registrations Office of Government Ethics Personnel records Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Public contracts and procurement Public participation and lobbying Reconstruction and stabilization Right of privacy Small business Tax administration and collection, taxpayers U.S. Capitol Wages and earnings Worker safety and health Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-06-01 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-02T18:17:14Z Coronavirus Oversight and Recovery Ethics Act of 2020 or the CORE Act

This bill establishes requirements for oversight, accountability, and transparency in the disbursement and supervision of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds.

Among other things, the bill

  • prohibits conflicts of interest in the selection or hiring of contractors or advisors and in the distribution of relief grants and loans;
  • allows inspectors general to be fired only for specified reasons;
  • grants the Congressional Oversight Commission, established in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), subpoena authority for testimony and documents and expands its jurisdiction to include all COVID-19 relief funding, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of the Small Business Administration (SBA);
  • requires the Department of the Treasury to submit a weekly list of any instances in which the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Relief or the Pandemic Relief Accountability Committee believe the executive branch has unreasonably denied them information;
  • requires lobbyists to make monthly disclosures regarding all lobbying related to COVID-19 relief spending or lending;
  • establishes whistle-blower protections for government contractors and private sector workers who may witness waste, fraud, or abuse or be victims of misconduct;
  • requires the SBA to publicly disclose information about PPP lenders and recipients, including loan amounts; and
  • allows any individual harmed by a company's misuse of industry stabilization funds to seek recourse through the courts.
]]> CORE Act Display Title CORE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced CORE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Coronavirus Oversight and Recovery Ethics Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure ethical and accountable use of COVID-19 relief funds, to prevent corruption and bias in the disbursement and supervision of those funds, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3855is/xml/BILLS-116s3855is.xml 2020-06-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.