Public Health Emergency Fund Act
Latest action · Jan 30, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Health Emergency Fund Act
This bill provides $5 billion in supplemental appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Public Health Emergency Fund.
The bill designates the funds as an emergency requirement and provides that the funds are only available if the President subsequently designates the funds. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.)
HHS may use the funds provided by this bill to acquire products such as drugs, vaccines and other biological products, and medical devices for deposit into the Strategic National Stockpile.
The bill also exempts the Public Health Emergency Fund from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2020 to May 22, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 4, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | May 22, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 30, 2020Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Strategic materials and reserves
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2020Introduced in House
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