3.0.0 236 2023-01-11T13:46:39Z 2023-01-11T13:46:39Z Senate S 2021-02-04 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-04T20:13:00Z Tracking COVID–19 Variants Act 117 791 HR 2021-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-02-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-02-04 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-02-04 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-02-04 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-02-04 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2021-02-04 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-02-04 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-02-22 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-02-22 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-02-22 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-02-22 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2021-02-22 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2021-02-25 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medical services and trauma care Food assistance and relief Genetics Government information and archives Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Housing supply and affordability Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Medical research Mental health Minority health Public-private cooperation Racial and ethnic relations Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination State and local government operations Health 00 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-18T18:19:41Z Tracking COVID-19 Variants Act

This bill expands viral genomic sequencing, disease surveillance, and other public health research activities.

Specifically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must issue guidance on the sequencing of the virus that causes COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Additionally, the CDC must establish a program to strengthen genomic sequencing, analytics, and disease surveillance activities. As part of this program, the CDC must provide grants and technical assistance to health departments to build their capacity to carry out such activities.

Furthermore, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) must carry out a demonstration program to expand an existing program that links different federal data sets for statistical public health research, including research on food insecurity, housing instability, and other social determinants of health. In particular, the program must support linkages with the National Death Index, a database of death records maintained by the NCHS.

]]> Tracking COVID–19 Variants Act Display Title Tracking COVID–19 Variants Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve activities for the gathering of data on, and the tracking of, new variants of COVID-19. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Tracking COVID–19 Variants Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s236is/xml/BILLS-117s236is.xml 2021-02-04 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.