3.0.0 2776 2022-12-31T05:35:16Z 2022-12-31T05:35:16Z Senate S 2021-09-21 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-09-21T16:55:11Z Keeping Renters Safe Act of 2021 117 5307 HR 2021-09-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-09-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-09-21 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-09-21 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-09-21 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-09-21 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-09-21 True Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medical services and trauma care Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases Landlord and tenant Health 00 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-01T16:40:29Z Keeping Renters Safe Act

This bill expressly authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to place a moratorium on residential evictions to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. The bill also requires HHS to implement a moratorium nationwide to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This moratorium must remain in effect for at least 60 days following the termination of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Current law authorizes HHS to take measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. As part of the COVID-19 response, HHS delegated this authority to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which then issued (and extended) several orders banning residential evictions. Whether these orders exceed the CDC's statutory and constitutional authority has been the subject of multiple legal challenges; the Supreme Court blocked enforcement of the most recent order on August 26, 2021.

]]> Keeping Renters Safe Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has authority to implement a residential eviction moratorium under the quarantine authority vested by the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Keeping Renters Safe Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Keeping Renters Safe Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2776is/xml/BILLS-117s2776is.xml 2021-09-21 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.